So, Zoltan pointed to two patches. I applied the first (v8-06-10-i8259-fix.....), but the second patches a file that is not in version 1.7.0.
With the one patch, I am now able to get past the step where it crapped out before. The dma messages are still there, but it seems that they can be ignored. NextStep can now install its basic system onto a file. Thank you for the help so far. Now, I get to the point when NeXTStep want me to click on something to configure the new system, but QEMU is not grabbing the mouse. After this step, it will install the remainder of the system + apps. I have a USB mouse on a x86_64 linux machine, and QEMU 1.7.0. This is the command line I used: qemu-system-x86_64 -hda x.img -fda f.img -cdrom cd.img I have tried ctl-alt (both sides of the keyboard) to no avail. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1276879 Title: lots of dma command 10, 14 not supported Status in QEMU: New Bug description: Trying to install NeXTSTEP 3.3 onto a 2GB file with QEMU 1.7.0. In the terminal that started QEMU, there are a lot of dma: command 10 not supported and dma: command 14 not supported messages. When the installation of NeXTSTEP gets to 'preparing disk for nextstep installation', there are a lot of messages that ATA command c5 failed and other info. The result is a failed installation. Is this a bug in QEMU? Is there a workaround, e.g. by disabling DMA altogether? thank you To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1276879/+subscriptions
