On 5/17/20 8:57 PM, Valentin Vidić wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to install a s390x VM using qemu:
$ qemu-system-s390x -machine s390-ccw-virtio -nographic \
--cdrom debian-10.4.0-s390x-netinst.iso \
-kernel boot/linux_vm -initrd boot/root.bin -append init=/bin/sh
but it doesn't seem to work - there is no network, cdrom or disk.
Should this work or is this usecase not supported?
I'd recommend to try virt-install, see
http://kvmonz.blogspot.com/p/knowledge-use-virt-install-for-kvm.html.
virt-install will set up the VM in a proper way.
You will need to invoke virt-install with --arch=s390x if your running
on an x86 box and make sure you have the qemu-system-s390x package
installed.
Chance for success will probably increase with the currency of the QEMU
used.
The invocation you've reported above doesn't instantiate a virtio disk
and network interface (which are the only device types supported for
s390x. Similary virtual CD/DVD must be on virtio-scsi for s390x. Again,
virt-install and virsh are your friends here.
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Kind Regards,
Viktor
