[SLUG] fedora 13 qemu guest
Hi Folks, I'm slowly going crazy trying to use Fedora 13 (I need to fix some build problems for one of my packages). I'm trying to use qemu to host a Fedora 13 guest. Attempt 1: The Fedora 13 i686 Live CD boots OK, but fumbles the ball when it comes to actually mounting the Live root image. DOA. Attempt 2: The i386 install CD (1 of 6) install OK, but nothing I do can make its networking actually able to connect to the Internet, so I can't install any of the required packages so I can build the project I want to build. Googling fedora 13 qemu guest only ever returns hits for how to run fedora 13 hosts... almost as if no-one else can get fedora 13 guests working, either. Um, help? Regards Peter Miller pmil...@opensource.org.au /\/\*http://miller.emu.id.au/pmiller/ PGP public key ID: 1024D/D0EDB64D fingerprint = AD0A C5DF C426 4F03 5D53 2BDB 18D8 A4E2 D0ED B64D See http://www.keyserver.net or any PGP keyserver for public key. The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. -- Albert Einstein -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] fedora 13 qemu guest
On 07/09/10 16:59, Peter Miller wrote: Hi Folks, I'm slowly going crazy trying to use Fedora 13 (I need to fix some build problems for one of my packages). I'm trying to use qemu to host a Fedora 13 guest. Attempt 1: The Fedora 13 i686 Live CD boots OK, but fumbles the ball when it comes to actually mounting the Live root image. DOA. Attempt 2: The i386 install CD (1 of 6) install OK, but nothing I do can make its networking actually able to connect to the Internet, so I can't install any of the required packages so I can build the project I want to build. Googling fedora 13 qemu guest only ever returns hits for how to run fedora 13 hosts... almost as if no-one else can get fedora 13 guests working, either. Um, help? boot a different guest and see if you have your networking working, odds are its something to do with bridges or emulated hardware An ubuntu livecd might be the way to go, perhaps a slightly older one than 10.04 might be more reliable. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] fedora 13 qemu guest
Peter == Peter Miller pmil...@opensource.org.au writes: Peter Hi Folks, I'm slowly going crazy trying to use Fedora 13 (I Peter need to fix some build problems for one of my packages). Peter I'm trying to use qemu to host a Fedora 13 guest. Peter Attempt 1: The Fedora 13 i686 Live CD boots OK, but fumbles the Peter ball when it comes to actually mounting the Live root image. Peter DOA. I tried this, it seems to work. qemu -net nic -net user -m 1G -cdrom ./Fedora-13-i686-Live.iso The default memory size is too small. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] fedora 13 qemu guest
peter == peter pe...@chubb.wattle.id.au writes: Peter == Peter Miller pmil...@opensource.org.au writes: Peter Hi Folks, I'm slowly going crazy trying to use Fedora 13 (I Peter need to fix some build problems for one of my packages). Peter I'm trying to use qemu to host a Fedora 13 guest. Peter Attempt 1: The Fedora 13 i686 Live CD boots OK, but fumbles the Peter ball when it comes to actually mounting the Live root image. Peter DOA. peter I tried this, it seems to work. peter qemu -net nic -net user -m 1G -cdrom peter ./Fedora-13-i686-Live.iso peter The default memory size is too small. The other thing to check is whether your disk image is OK. $ md5sum Fedora-13-i686-Live.iso c550804ef156a2c1b36b915bcf9f69b6 Fedora-13-i686-Live.iso (this is the 32-bit version). Peter c -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] fedora 13 qemu guest
On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 20:06 +1000, pe...@chubb.wattle.id.au wrote: Peter == Peter Miller pmil...@opensource.org.au writes: Peter Hi Folks, I'm slowly going crazy trying to use Fedora 13 (I Peter need to fix some build problems for one of my packages). Peter I'm trying to use qemu to host a Fedora 13 guest. Peter Attempt 1: The Fedora 13 i686 Live CD boots OK, but fumbles the Peter ball when it comes to actually mounting the Live root image. Peter DOA. I tried this, it seems to work. qemu -net nic -net user -m 1G -cdrom ./Fedora-13-i686-Live.iso The default memory size is too small. Damn, you're right! Why couldn't it just say so? Well, now I can look at why libexplain isn't building there. Regards Peter Miller pmil...@opensource.org.au /\/\*http://miller.emu.id.au/pmiller/ PGP public key ID: 1024D/D0EDB64D fingerprint = AD0A C5DF C426 4F03 5D53 2BDB 18D8 A4E2 D0ED B64D See http://www.keyserver.net or any PGP keyserver for public key. To many managers, getting rid of the arrogant, undisciplined, over-paid, technology-obsessed, improperly-dressed programmers would appear to be a significant added benefit. -- Bjarne Stroustrup, The C++ Programming Language, 3e, section 24.2.4 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
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[SLUG] fedora 13 qemu guest (Peter Miller)
I'm trying to use qemu to host a Fedora 13 guest. On that note, be aware there are vast differences in the speed of applications running on qemu virtual machines, depending on the host system. Eg, BOINC on Debian or Suse running inside a virtual machine, with an Ubuntu 10.04 host is about 10 times faster than on Slackware 13 host (MIPS measured by BOINC software). I am guessing this is due to Ubuntu kernel being built with kernel same page merging, and Slackware without, but am not sure. Also inexplicably, having the host OS boot from an external usb hard drive causes major drop in the speed of the virtual machine, far beyond what would be caused by disk access times. I am not sure why this happens. Brett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
