On 04/25/2016 10:54 AM, David Hare wrote:
> I just installed qemu again and successfully booted both the latest
> unmodified Refracta and ExeGNU ISO's, through to the desktop, without
> noticing any significant errors
>
> qemu-system-x86_64 -m 384 -cdrom snapshot_current.iso
>
> "snapshot_current.iso" is a symlink to whatever I'm testing at the time.
>
> Bad news is, it's too slow to be of much use (at least on this box)
> beyond checking the isolinux boot department.
>
>

I now see what the problem was. It doesn't work without the -m option. I
thought it automatically used 256mb if it wasn't specified, but apparently
not. It does work with -m 256. I'll update my notes.

And yes, it's a lot faster with -enable-kvm.

Nobody asked, but I'll mention this, because I had trouble getting it
right. Adding the following options will allow ssh between host and guest
(assuming openssh-server is installed):

-device e1000,netdev=user.0 -netdev user,id=user.0,hostfwd=tcp::5555-:22

Host to guest:  ssh -p5555 <guest-username>@localhost
Guest to host:    ssh <host-username>@10.0.2.2

(substitute your favorite port for 5555)

-fsr