On Tue, Jan 01, 2013 at 09:17:52PM +1000, Mark Blakeney wrote: > Linux pc 3.7.0-7-generic #15-Ubuntu SMP Sat Dec 15 16:34:25 UTC 2012 > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux (Ubuntu version 3.7.0.7.11) > > I am using xorg edgers on Ubuntu 12.10 because I have a brand new box > and have been seeing graphics issues so trying latest drivers. > However, I am fairly sure I tried booting that qemu image on the stock > Ubuntu kernel (3.5.0.21.27) with the same result. > So is there kernel that works, or kvm never worked for this image?
> -- > Mark Blakeney. > > > On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Gleb Natapov <g...@redhat.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 01, 2013 at 11:17:52AM +1000, Mark Blakeney wrote: > >> Hi, I am inexperienced using QEMU and hoping somebody here can help me. > >> > >> Some time ago I cloned a disk image of an old Solaris legacy system and was > >> able to successfully boot and use it within QEMU. Recently I upgraded my > >> host from i386 Ubuntu 12.04 to a new box running x86_64 Ubuntu 12.10. Now I > >> find that the same qemu command line results in that guest failing to boot > >> with a "no active boot partition" error message. > >> > >> The command I have been using is: > >> > >> qemu-system-i386 \ > >> -machine pc,accel=kvm \ > >> -m 256M \ > >> -vga std \ > >> -net nic,vlan=1,model=pcnet \ > >> -net user,vlan=1,hostfwd=::8050-$GUEST:22 \ > >> -hda "$DISK" > >> > >> I find that if I change to "accel=tcg" in above command (or add -no-kvm) > >> then the guest will boot ok but I find my host works much harder & slower > >> than when I use kvm. Is there a qemu option so I can use kvm but get around > >> this guest boot issue? > >> > > What is your kernel version? > > > > -- > > Gleb. -- Gleb.