On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 21:34:56 -0500 Vijay Sankar <[email protected]> wrote:
> Quoting Steve Litt <[email protected]>: > > > Hi all, > > > > Has anyone gotten qemu to install a Linux vm on OpenBSD5.5, 64bit? I > > don't know whether I'm making dumb mistakes or whether I'm fighting > > windmills, but so far I haven't gotten a guest to recognize my USB > > keyboard's cursor keys, nor proceed on an install without hanging. > > > > So, has anyone been successful with this? If so, I'll go ahead and > > form an exact symptom description. > > > > Thanks, > > > > SteveT > > > > Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ > > Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance > > > > > > I tested the qemu port by installing debian 7.5, I had to edit the > grub menu and add noapic and nolapic but this was based on info from > various search results. Probably there are better ways of installing > linux as a VM guest on OpenBSD but this worked for me. Thanks Vijay! I'll try it Sunday. By the way, did you mean the grub menu on your OpenBSD host, or did you somehow somehow modify the grub menu on the qemu image file, or on the Debian installer ISO image? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
