Hello, I install a Solaris 10 (03/05) on couple QEMUs from CVS 0.6.2 (Host FEDORA or CentOS) without huge problems (With or without IDE patch). I tried both instalation from CD-ROM image and CD (/dev/cdrom).
Issues: 1. If HOST is LINUX check your kernel (QEMU dont like some kernel hacks to make LINUX kernel faster). What is your HOST OS ? 2. I found than on very fast mashines, if proccessor is faster then 2Ghz, time insise Solaris 10 instalation is very deformed. In places where Solaris must wait by default 30s it waits maximum only 2 seconds. !!! Have anybody idea why ??? What hardware you have ? I use a couple tricks to make instaltion faster: 1. I use only 125MB of memory on install time of first CD, this will automaticly switch instalation to text mode. After system will install first CD, use for next boot and instalaiton of rest CDs 256MB of memory. 2. I use a network floppy image from http://www.tools.de/solaris/itu/ and add driver in DCA (mount floppy image du.ing as fda and press escape on begining of instalation, after F4 add driver) I configure network in user mode manualy (DHCP don't put right gateway or / and DNS ?) ne2000 driver works OK 3. I use a RAW format for hardrive image, QCOW with compression is realtively slow if you use a CD image on same disk. 4. If you have a relativly slow proccessor you can in LINUX do: renice -8 (pid of QEMU) It will speed up Solaris 10 instalation Rudolf ----- PŮVODNÍ ZPRÁVA ----- Od: "Juergen Keil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Komu: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Předmět: Re: [Qemu-devel] Solaris (9 and 10) supported on Datum: 22.4.2005 - 11:04:45 > > I just pulled the source from CVS and applied the > > mentioned patch > > Which patch? > > > > but had no luck (tried running qemu both > > with and without -isa). It keeps bumping on the > > "cannot mount root" > > error and reboot automatically again and again. > > Are you trying to install Solaris 9 x86, or Solaris 10 > x86? > > Looking at your screenshot image, it seems you're > trying to install Solaris 9 > x86. > > I do see some slight differences between Solaris 9 and > 10 x86, and qemu-cvs: > > Solaris 9 x86 & qemu cvs "-pci" crashes with pci-ide > timeout and abort > error messages (with exactly the error messages that > you've got). > > Solaris 9 x86 & qemu cvs "-isa" works. > > Solaris 9 x86 & qemu cvs "-pci" + attached ide.c patch > works, and uses > ide hdd dma transfers. > > > Solaris 10 x86 & qemu cvs "-pci" works, but complains > that the ide controller > is not busmaster dma capable, so ide hdd pio transfers > are used instead of > dma transfers. > > Solaris 10 x86 & qemu cvs "-pci" + attached ide.c patch > detects a pci busmaster > capable ide controller and uses ide dma transfers. > > > (Note tested by me, but reported to work:) Solaris > "next" x86 & qemu cvs > "-pci" + attached ide.c patch is able to use dma > transfers for both the > ide hdd and the ide atapi cdrom. > -- Zkoušejte vysokorychlostní nonstop internet VOLNÝ ADSL 14 dní ZDARMA! Již déle neváhejte! Prvních 500 zákazníků navíc získá tričko. Více informací na http://adsl.volny.cz/adsl-na-zkousku/ _______________________________________________ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
