On Wednesday 05 May 2010 14:11:04 Paul Leeming wrote:
> Thanks for your response. I have actually built a RAW image (I put the
> wrong command line into my original email) My attempts to run the RAW image
> have not fully worked. 

I got the same problem as you when trying to boot a RAW image with QEMU.  
However, I was able to boot a CD image.

> I run the command below: 
>
> #> sudo qemu-kvm -m 512 -boot c -hda
> meego-0.90-meego-preview-netbook-core-201005041355-sda.raw

I have been doing my QEMU testing on Windows.  I use the following command 
line:

qemu.exe -L . -m 512 -hda meego.cow -hdb home.dsk -localtime -net 
nic,model=rtl8139 -net user -no-acpi

(that is to boot the disk image I created after booting the cdrom -- to boot 
the cdrom I used "-cdrom meego.iso" instead of the -hda and -hdb options).

The -no-acpi seems to be important (at least in my case).

Note that the "install to disk" option does not work.

> I see some boot information, and a grey QEMU window which very briefly
> flashes 'Starting Meego....' , but no Meego command line. Is this similar
> to your experience?

That was my experience with the RAW image as well.

> open /dev/kvm: No such file or directory
> Could not initialize KVM, will disable KVM support

As I mentioned, I am currently using Windows for my QEMU testing (because I 
started it when I was stuck due to an ash cloud and only had my work laptop 
with me).  But from my previous experience with qemu on my Debian system, the 
kvm support makes a significant difference to the performance of qemu but it 
shouldn't change the functionality.

> Perhaps I should try Meego vmware image instead

I suggest trying the CD image as well.

Graham
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