> P4 3.40GHz > WinXP Professional SP2 > > Solaris Express Developer Edition 2/07 DVD iso image > (I have 2/07 but latest version is 9/07 > http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/solaris-express/get.jsp) > > qemu-0.9.1: ... > Small comment - normal setup goes almost without delay, but > errors appear[*] after 1 or 2 minutes delay (and continue to appear by the > same "blocks" with the same interval
> [*] WARNING: /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],1/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (ata1): > timeout: abort requested, target=0 lun=0 Workaround is to disable the use of DMA data transfers for the Solaris ata driver. Edit the boot entry in the initial grub menu and append ",ata-dma-enabled=0" at the end of the line starting with "kernel ...". The kernel command should look similar to this: kernel /boot/platform/i86pc/kernel/unix -B install_media=cdrom,ata-dma-enabled=0