Hi, The following patch increases max kernel size to 8 MB when qemu is invoked with -kernel and -initrd. Otherwise, x86_64 kernel panics when loading the initrd (e.g. <Cooker>/x86_64/isolinux/alt0/{vmlinuz,all.rdz}).
Thanks, Gwenole. 2007-03-27 Gwenole Beauchesne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * hw/pc.c (INITRD_LOAD_ADDR): Increase max kernel size with initrd. --- qemu-0.9.0/hw/pc.c.increase-initrd-load-addr 2007-03-15 13:36:53.000000000 -0400 +++ qemu-0.9.0/hw/pc.c 2007-03-27 13:27:43.000000000 -0400 @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extern int kvm_allowed; #define LINUX_BOOT_FILENAME "linux_boot.bin" #define KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR 0x00100000 -#define INITRD_LOAD_ADDR 0x00600000 +#define INITRD_LOAD_ADDR 0x00900000 #define KERNEL_PARAMS_ADDR 0x00090000 #define KERNEL_CMDLINE_ADDR 0x00099000