Good call on the CPU. Here's what I was using to run it: qemu-system-mips64 -M malta -kernel vmlinux-4.5.0-2-4kc-malta -initrd initrd.gz -hda hda.img -append root=/dev/ram console=ttyS0 -m 1G -nographic
After adding the -cpu option you mentioned it started up without issue. Thanks! Mike On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 5:26 AM, Aurelien Jarno <aurel...@aurel32.net> wrote: > On 2016-06-03 19:03, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > Control: reassign -1 debian-installer 20160516+b1 > > > > On Fri, 2016-06-03 at 08:48 +0000, Mattia Rizzolo wrote: > > > control: reassign -1 src:linux 4.5.4-1 > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 07:13:04PM -0400, Mike wrote: > > > > Package: kernel > > > > > > this is not a valid package name. > > > > > > > Version: Testing > > > > > > and this is not a valid version.... > > > > > > > > > > > I am working on installing Debian under a QEMU MIPS emulator. I was > able to > > > > get the Debian Stable branch to install and run properly using this: > > > > > > > > > http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-mips/current/images/malta/netboot/ > > > > > > > > However, when I attempt to use unstable or testing, I receive a > kernel > > > > panic immediately on boot for install. I cannot really give a > package name > > > > because it appears there's a problem in the kernel or init somewhere. > > > > > > > > > http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-mips/current/images/malta/netboot/ > > > > > > > > The error I get it as follows: > > > > [ 2.463767] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! > > > > exitcode=0x00000004 > > > > [ 2.463767] > > > > [ 2.464725] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to > kill init! > > > > exitcode=0x00000004 > > > > That usually means something is wrong with the initrd. So reassigning > > to the installer. > > It would be interested to know which QEMU command you used to start this > image. Since the switch to GCC 5, the mips architecture requires a R2 > CPU. > > QEMU defaults emulating a R2 CPU in 32-bit mode, but a R1 CPU in 64-bit > mode. In the later case try to pass "-cpu 5KEf" to QEMU. > > Aurelien > > -- > Aurelien Jarno GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B > aurel...@aurel32.net http://www.aurel32.net >
