Thanks again for the pointer to the docs! I found the FAQ which had the answers! Originally I just stumbled across the qemu binary package on the OpenSolaris site which like I said lacked anything but the man3 pages.
Well after figuring out the cdrom stuff the RH install went fine and all the networking & such worked right away. My final task (which is why I started all of this in the first place) is to now see if I can get the Cisco VPN client working on the RH Guest OS for as many of us know Cisco does not make a Solaris x86 VPN client. I found some post somewhere about a guy who ran Windoze as a guest OS under QEMU on Solaris x86 just to take advantage of the Cisco VPN client port for windoze. I figured I'd try the same route yet use RH as the guest OS instead for I think I'm alergic to windoze . . . If I am heading down a dead end road though with a Solaris Host running a RH Guest and trying to do Cisco VPN . . . please someone tell me sooner than later . . ;-) Thanks! T. Bernd Schemmer wrote: > Thomas D. Briglia wrote: > > Thomas, > > >What is the command to tell qemu to use it? > > You can use the documentation on the qemu homepage: > > http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/qemu-doc.html > > `eject [-f] device' > Eject a removable media (use -f to force it). `change device > filename' > Change a removable media. > > There's also a Wiki and a User Forum: > > http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/user-doc.html > > regards > > Bernd > >> Thanks Bernd! >> >> I'll give this a try. What is the command to tell qemu to use it? Or >> if anyone could be so kind to point me to some docs on stuff like >> this? The x86 package I downloaded only seems to have man3 pages and >> no man1 nor man8?? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Regards, >> >> Tom >> >> Bernd Schemmer wrote: >> >>> Tom Briglia wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> did you use the qemu command to eject the cdrom before changing it? >>> (use ctrl-alt-f2 and then eject .. I think) >>> >>> After you insert the 2nd CDROM you should also tell qemu to use it >>> >>> regards >>> >>> Bernd >>> >>> >>>> Hi Folks, >>>> >>>> I am new to this list so I am not sure if this this problem has >>>> been discussed or not. I did search an archive I found at >>>> br.opensolaris.org yet did not immediately get any hits on this >>>> problem. >>>> >>>> I installed the latest .8.2 binary QEMU package on my Solaris 10 >>>> laptop running on a Dell latitude D610. >>>> >>>> I then proceeded on to install RH Linux as a Guest OS. Everything >>>> goes fine until I am asked to insert the 2nd cdrom of the Linux >>>> distro: >>>> >>>> "Please insert Enterprise Linux disc 2 to continue" >>>> >>>> At this point I needed to manually umount/eject the first RH cdrom, >>>> then I inserted and mounted the 2nd RH cdrom and I can see that it >>>> is mounted fine in another window yet when I hit "OK" button to >>>> resume the installation I get another pop-up dialog box that says: >>>> >>>> Unable to access the cdrom. >>>> >>>> At this point it goes into a loop of these two pop-up dialog boxes >>>> and as far as I can tell the only way out is to kill the entire >>>> QEMU session. >>>> >>>> I actually have two Solaris 10 images I run, one with Volume >>>> Management enabled, the other w/o where I manually mount my cdroms. >>>> I tested this install on each image with the same results so it >>>> does not matter whether the cdrom is automounted or manually >>>> mounted, same results. >>>> >>>> Needless to say up until this point I was VERY impressed with how >>>> fast I was able to get going with QEMU and I was very psyched at >>>> having this new virtual ability on my Solaris 10 laptop, Kudos to >>>> all you folks who have contributed! :-) >>>> >>>> If anyone has any ideas about this cdrom problem I would greatly >>>> appreciate the assist for it is basically a show-stopper for me >>>> right now! >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance! >>>> >>>> Tom Briglia >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> qemu-discuss mailing list >>>> qemu-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-discuss >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > >
