[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI 2023.05 USB image doesn't work in QEMU

[James Madgwick]

Hi,

It seems that the "OI-hipster-gui-20230502.usb" image doesn't boot in
QEMU. With the command "qemu-system-x86_64 -m 3G --enable-kvm -hda
OI-hipster-gui-20230502.usb" I only get as far as below:
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Loading unix...
Loading /platform/i86pc/amd64/boot_archive...
Loading /platform/i86pc/amd64/boot_archive.hash...
Booting...
NOTICE: MPO disabled because memory is interleaved

WARNING: cpu1: CPUID.0xD returns invalid value: hw_low = 0, hw_high =
0, xsave_size = 0, ymm_size = 0, ymm_offset = 0

Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver for UNIX platforms
470.182.03  Fri Feb 24 03:20:38 UTC 2023 Hostname: openindiana
Remounting root read/write
Probing for device nodes ...
Preparing live image for use
Requesting System Maintenance Mode
(See /lib/svc/share/README for more information.)
Console login service(s) cannot run

Enter user name for system maintenance (control-d to bypass):
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Trying to use the newer virtual hardware (with -M q35) results in boot
loop. If I use OVMF UEFI firmware, then it instead hangs after the
NVIDIA message. This is using QEMU version 6.2.0 from Debian.

If I instead try the CD/DVD ISO with "qemu-system-x86_64 -m 3G
--enable-kvm -cdrom OI-hipster-gui-20230502.iso", then I get to the
language selection prompt as expected.

Is this some kind of problem with the USB image? I recall having this
same issue a couple of years ago and gave up on the USB image - what is
the difference between these two anyway?

I've not tried the USB image with a physical PC yet - as I've always
just used DVD, though I don't see why it should behave any differently.

Regards,
James