Re: Install problems with LinuxMint in mvmm

[Robert Nestor <rnestor%mac.com@localhost>]

Hmm, couldn’t get the noapic option to work.  Not blaming nvmm in any way - it’s quite a piece of work and very impressive!

I did get the LinuxMint DVD to boot under nvmm by selecting the “Compatibility boot option” in the LinuxMint menu.


On Oct 8, 2019, at 4:15 PM, Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost> wrote:

> Once you get a grub menu, you need to specify 'noapic'.
> 
> Linux runs aggressive hw checks that fail under hypervisors (NVMM is not
> to be blamed).
> 
> The right solution is to patch the Linux kernel and disable the checks
> for NVMM and HAXM.
> 
> On 08.10.2019 18:20, Robert Nestor wrote:
>> Thanks!  I tried adding “-no-acpi” to the QEMU command line and that eliminated the messages from QEMU, but the Linux installer still failed.  I then tried using “-append noacpi” on the QEMU command line, but that is only available with one also uses “-kernel”.  So I guess one can’t boot an installation CD this way.
>> 
>> 
>> On Oct 8, 2019, at 9:40 AM, Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 08.10.2019 16:31, Robert Nestor wrote:
>>>> Playing with nvmm in an Oct 9 NetBSD 9.0 build.  Sucessfully installed
>>>> a version of NetBSD 8.0 but ran into problems tryuing to install a
>>>> LinuxMint 19.2 64-bit system.  Nvmm throws these errors:
>>>> 
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x1c9 [val=0x3], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1c9 [val=0x0], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a6 [val=0x0], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x1a6 [val=0x11], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a6 [val=0x0], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a7 [val=0x0], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x1a7 [val=0x11], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x1a7 [val=0x0], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x3f6 [val=0x0], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x3f6 [val=0x11], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x3f6 [val=0x0], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x186 [val=0x0], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x187 [val=0x0], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x188 [val=0x0], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x189 [val=0x0], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x38d [val=0x0], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0xc4 [val=0x0], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0xc4 [val=0xffff], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0xc4 [val=0x0], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x140 [val=0x0], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0xce [val=0x0], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected WRMSR 0x140 [val=0x0], ignored
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64: NVMM: Unexpected RDMSR 0x34 [val=0x0], ignored
>>>> 
>>>> And the Linux installer panics.
>>>> 
>>>> Qemu was invoked with:
>>>> 
>>>> qemu-system-x86_64 -m 256 -accel nvmm -cdrom /home/linuxmint-19.2-xfce-64bit.iso -name "LinuxMint-19.2 Install" -smp 2 -netdev tap,id=nd0,ifname=tap0,script=no,downscript=no -device rtl8139,netdev=nd0 -drive file=/home/LinuxMint-19.2.dsk,media=disk,format=raw 
>>>> 
>>>> Any ideas, or am I missing some important qmeu option here?  NetBSD runs fine with this set of options in qemu.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Ignore the warnigs and set 'noapic' on boot in the bootloader.
>>> 
>> 
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