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AndyBrandi

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Registered: 2014-12-29

Posts: 3

Running Arch guest in QEMU - boot error

I'm trying to install Arch on a QEMU virtual machine. Qemu runs with the parameters

qemu-system-i386 --enable-kvm -cdrom archlinux.iso -boot order=d [my-disk-file]

I get to the ISO's boot menu, but trying to boot Arch results in the following error:

'/dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201412' device did not show up after 30 seconds
..
Falling back to interactive promt

To make matters worse, the 'interactive' shell doesn't work either (it does not respond to keyboard input, at all).

I tried re-downloading the ISO, with no success. Other than that, I've got no idea where to even start. Any hints would be much appreciated. Thanks!

nobody44

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Registered: 2011-08-25

Posts: 29

Re: Running Arch guest in QEMU - boot error

Hi,

When you start qemu like that, the virtual machine gets 128 MB RAM. I tried some values and it starts with 256. With 128 or less I get the same error as you do.

Try:

qemu-system-i386 -enable-kvm -cdrom archlinux-2014.12.01-dual.iso -m 256 ....

Last edited by nobody44 (2014-12-31 19:19:03)

AndyBrandi

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Registered: 2014-12-29

Posts: 3

Re: Running Arch guest in QEMU - boot error

Yup, increasing the RAM fixed it. Didn't think of that - thanks!!