Blue Swirl <blauwir...@gmail.com> writes: On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Torbjorn Granlund <t...@gmplib.org> wrote: > > "install64", which comes a bit longer. It fails in a new way: it > > ignores keyboard input, This happens after the kernel has booted, and > > the installer has started. > > Yes, ignoring keyboard input sounds right. The issue here is that > we're basically emulating a PPC32 machine, but plug in a PPC64 > CPU. This works mostly, but for ADB it breaks, as the guest kernel > doesn't have support for our ADB controller. Unfortunately, keyboard > and mouse are attached using ADB. > > One way to get around this is to use -usb -usbdevice keyboard. > > That makes no difference. I suppose it is still using the adb keyboard. I got to livecd prompt, with working keyboard using the following command line: qemu-system-ppc64 -boot d -cdrom install-powerpc-minimal-2008.0.iso -cpu 970fx -M mac99 -usb -usbdevice keyboard At boot prompt, I just hit enter to select a G5 kernel. Wow, it indeed works! Later Gentoo releases fail in a way similar to Debian (an early hang). Did you fight your way through the contorted Gentoo install in order to see if you get a bootable system? (I'll try that when I have time.)
The default nic cannot be used, -net nic,model=e1000 is needed. I started a page that intends to save others from the trouble I have. It is at <http://gmplib.org/~tege/qemu.html>. I'll try and collect enough info for getting started, or save others from wasting time on things that do not work. [qemu-de...@nongnu.org might block this message. It lastly tried to pseudo-mail back using an incorrect address, then reject my messages with a 550 code. Some anti-spam mechanism gone bad.] -- Torbjörn
