From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 11 12:10:04 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C474106567C for ; Sun, 11 May 2008 12:10:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7923B8FC0C for ; Sun, 11 May 2008 12:10:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m4BCA3LG008642 for ; Sun, 11 May 2008 12:10:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m4BCA3tW008641; Sun, 11 May 2008 12:10:03 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 12:10:03 GMT Message-Id: <200805111210.m4BCA3tW008641@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Juergen Lock Cc: Subject: Re: amd64/123523: 'qemu -cdrom 7.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso' fails on ubuntu/hardy x86_64 GNU/Linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Juergen Lock List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 12:10:04 -0000 The following reply was made to PR amd64/123523; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Juergen Lock To: klein.marian@gmail.com Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64/123523: 'qemu -cdrom 7.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso' fails on ubuntu/hardy x86_64 GNU/Linux Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 13:47:36 +0200 (CEST) In article <200805081500.m48F05jD085307@www.freebsd.org> you write: >marian@pps0355:/mnt/fbsd7amd64_iso$ qemu -cdrom >FreeBSD-7.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso >qemu: fatal: Trying to execute code outside RAM or ROM at 0x00040000 A few notes: 1. `qemu' is the i386 (32 bit) system emulation, you want qemu-system-x86_64 for amd64 (64 bit) guests. 2. FreeBSD/amd64 guests may need a patch to qemu: http://www.nabble.com/-PATCH--i386-hard-interrupt-generation-bug-fix-p14921171.html (unfortunately not yet committed to mainline qemu, or I missed it...) 3. And a general note: For best results always use the latest qemu release (0.9.1 atm), or if that doesn't help try compiling an svn snapshot. Also debian/ubuntu have a record of shipping partially broken qemu bioses, so if you have problems using a packaged qemu also try using the bios found in that qemu version's source tarball (pc-bios/bios.bin) instead of the one installed by the ubuntu package.