Re: [Qemu-devel] Under WinXP, Solaris installation does not work in qemu 0.9.1 but does work in qemu 0.9.0

[Juergen Keil]

> P4 3.40GHz
> WinXP Professional SP2
> 
> Solaris Express Developer Edition 2/07 DVD iso image
> (I have 2/07 but latest version is 9/07 
> http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/solaris-express/get.jsp)
> 
> qemu-0.9.1:
...
> Small comment - normal setup goes almost without delay, but 
> errors appear[*] after 1 or 2 minutes delay (and continue to appear by the 
> same "blocks" with the same interval

> [*] WARNING: /address@hidden,0/address@hidden,1/address@hidden (ata1):
>         timeout: abort requested, target=0 lun=0


Workaround is to disable the use of DMA data transfers for the Solaris
ata driver.  Edit the boot entry in the initial grub menu and append
",ata-dma-enabled=0" at the end of the line starting with "kernel ...".


The kernel command should look similar to this:

    kernel /boot/platform/i86pc/kernel/unix -B 
install_media=cdrom,ata-dma-enabled=0