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| author | hammy <hammy@web> | 2010-01-31 15:15:27 +0000 |
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| committer | GNU Hurd web pages engine <web-hurd@gnu.org> | 2010-01-31 15:15:27 +0000 |
| commit | abd5908d65700bdd498085b9841596326b6aa4d7 (patch) | |
| tree | 02c23a6f1d60ff43e5927ef689faabef929fb4af | |
| parent | 75d3cec57800b933728ce10d58f4d02ad46f3b1f (diff) | |
Add steps to prevent ./native-install hang due to low memory in qemu
| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/running/qemu.mdwn | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hurd/running/qemu.mdwn b/hurd/running/qemu.mdwn index 48d87b35..43542157 100644 --- a/hurd/running/qemu.mdwn +++ b/hurd/running/qemu.mdwn @@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ Next you will want to start up QEMU and begin the installation process. The firs Now at his point do the regular install using `hd0` as your harddrive. Partition it and install the base system. Once you have finished installing the base system select the reboot option as this will ensure the disk is properly un-mounted. When the Debian CD menu comes up again simply close QEMU. Now run your image with floppy booting (`-boot a`) and finish the install (`./native-install` .. etc). +You'll want to add more memory or activate swap for `./native-install` or it will hang. +Starting qemu with `-m 512` worked for me. +Swap can be activated like this (replace hd0s2 with your swap partition): + + $ cd /dev/ + $ MAKEDEV hd0s2 in /dev/ for the swap device + $ /hurd/mach-defpager + $ swapon /dev/hd0s2 **Important:** Older versions on gnumach needed that the `-M isapc` was passed to qemu. This is not needed anymore. |