Re: [Qemu-devel] How to run qemu (i386) without hda image?

[Christian MICHON]

remove "root=/dev/hda". you may have not compiled
block drivers as built-in, and fc3.img may not have
the proper init files (which should be inside your
initrd).


On 1/28/07, Neo Jia <address@hidden> wrote:
> The following is the command line i used
>
> qemu -kernel vmlinuz-2.6.20-rc6 -initrd initrd-2.6.20-rc6.img -hda
> fc3.img -nographic -append console=ttyS0 root=/dev/hda
>
> The following is the error message ...
(...)
> Switching to new root
> switchroot: mount failed: 22
> umount /initrd/dev failed: 2
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
>
>
> On 1/28/07, Christian MICHON <address@hidden> wrote:
> > one possibility is to include your kernel and initrd inside a
> > bootable iso (mkisofs and isolinux are your friends: look at
> > the man pages for numerous solutions).
> >
> > the kernel panic could be actually missing block drivers
> > or your root parameter is wrong.
> >
> > On 1/28/07, Neo Jia <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > hi,
> > >
> > > I notice that this would be a very newbie question. Hope you can point me 
> out.
> > >
> > > I am going to simulate i386 arch. But I cannot run it just with initrd
> > > and vmlinuz just like running it for mips arch. It always complained
> > > about missing the hda image file. When I applied the hda.img file, the
> > > kernel will panic due to the file format (eg, ext3).
> > >
> > > Acturallly, my goal is trying to use qemu to setup a kernel debugging envir.
> > >
> > > Your help will be greatly appreciated!
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Neo
> > >
> > > --
> > > I would remember that if researchers were not ambitious
> > > probably today we haven't the technology we are using!
> > >
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