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| author | Michael Brown | 2009-02-01 18:35:53 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Brown | 2009-02-01 21:16:10 +0100 |
| commit | 017109821234608d842a7999eef76545299ff2a4 (patch) | |
| tree | 69cbdcf8835b4c0a35872746701c35af864dfb1d /contrib | |
| parent | [dhcp] Send user class in DHCP requests (diff) | |
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[contrib] Update qemu documentation
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| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/bochs/README.qemu | 29 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/bochs/README.qemu b/contrib/bochs/README.qemu index 2582f62b..18575103 100644 --- a/contrib/bochs/README.qemu +++ b/contrib/bochs/README.qemu @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Running Etherboot within qemu -============================= +Running gPXE within qemu +======================== Michael Brown <mbrown@fensystems.co.uk> @@ -9,13 +9,10 @@ To get qemu running is fairly simple: make 2. Get the qemu source code: - cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.nongnu.org:/sources/qemu \ - login - cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.nongnu.org:/sources/qemu \ - co qemu + svn co svn://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/qemu/trunk qemu 2a. Patch the qemu code. There is currently a bug that causes qemu to - execute Etherboot incredibly slowly. The bug seems to be related + execute gPXE incredibly slowly. The bug seems to be related to the relative prioritisation of CPU and I/O operations within qemu. This patch (which I found via Google) isn't a proper fix, but it does work around the problem: @@ -23,13 +20,9 @@ To get qemu running is fairly simple: 3. Configure qemu with pushd qemu - ./configure --enable-system + ./configure --target-list=i386-softmmu,x86_64-softmmu popd - Note that qemu will not compile with gcc4; if your system's - default compiler is gcc4 then specify the path to gcc3 using - e.g. --cc=gcc-3.3.6 - 4. Build qemu: make -C qemu @@ -44,7 +37,7 @@ To get qemu running is fairly simple: range dynamic-bootp 10.254.254.1 10.254.254.1; } You will also need to add in any of your usual declarations for - Etherboot, e.g. 'filename "vmlinuz.ltsp";'. Note that this setup + gPXE, e.g. 'filename "vmlinuz.ltsp";'. Note that this setup assumes that your DHCP server, TFTP server etc. all live on the machine you are using for running qemu. If not, then you're on your own. @@ -52,7 +45,7 @@ To get qemu running is fairly simple: 7. As root, restart dhcpd /etc/init.d/dhcpd restart -8. Build Etherboot floppy disk images and pad to 1.44MB +8. Build gPXE floppy disk images and pad to 1.44MB pushd ../../src make bin/rtl8139.pdsk popd @@ -62,8 +55,8 @@ To get qemu running is fairly simple: -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net tap,ifname=tap0 \ -boot a -fda ../../src/bin/rtl8139.pdsk -You should see qemu start up, load up Etherboot and attempt to boot -from the network. +You should see qemu start up, load up gPXE and attempt to boot from +the network. @@ -71,8 +64,8 @@ Serial console ============== You can use the program "serial-console" to obtain a virtual serial -console for Etherboot running within qemu. Run "./serial-console" on -a spare tty (e.g. a separate xterm window) before starting qemu, and +console for gPXE running within qemu. Run "./serial-console" on a +spare tty (e.g. a separate xterm window) before starting qemu, and ensure that you have enabled CONSOLE_SERIAL in config.h. When serial-console starts, it will print out the message "Slave pty |