Steve McIntyre wrote: > Joel Roth wrote: > >Hi list, > > > >This is borderling off-topic: I'm using qemu under Debian to > >try to run the latest Fedora 64-bit .iso. > > > >qemu-system-x86_64 --enable-kvm -cdrom Fedora-18-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso -m > >512 linux.img > > > >Fedora boots, the spinner-pointer runs, and eventually the > >system hangs showing a monitor logo and the message > >"Please ask the administrator for assistance." > > > >I'd like to do some testing in a virtual machine. > >Wonder if anyone has suggestions to get a better result. > > I've had a similar problem recently when trying to run the Fedora live > image. It helped a lot more when I gave the system more memory - 512M > is very small for a graphical desktop these days. You'll still be > stuck with fallback mode though, I guess.
Thanks. Single-user mode helped. More memory helped. And now I'm able to do some testing... Thanks also to Ralf Maldorf and Patrick Bartek, for your suggestions. Kind regards, -- Joel Roth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130514020349.GA32385@sprite