I think they fixed this upstream, it's now possible to boot our Ubuntu kernels out of the box:
cd /media/cdrom qemu -m 180 -hda /dev/zero -hdb filesystem.squashfs -kernel vmlinuz -initrd initrd.gz ** Changed in: qemu (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Released -- qemu -initrd loads initrd at overlapping address https://launchpad.net/bugs/32060 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs