• Error messages

Error messages in Qemu and how to solve them

• Error message: Boot from Hard disk 0 failed ---> Not a bootable disk.

  • Solution: Use -boot <letter> option to point to bootable image (ususally letter is"d" --> CD-ROM)

• Error message: Boot from Floppy 0 failed ---> Not a bootable disk.

  • Solution: Use the -no-fd-bootchk option.

• Error message: Could not load PC BIOS

  • Solution

• Error message: Unknown interface

  • Solution

• Error message: No such device (i.e. SIOCSIFADDR ; eth0...)

  • Solution

• Error message: Boot from CD-Rom failed --> Could not read the boot disk

  • Solution

• Error message: qemu: could not open hard disk image '/dev/cdrom'

  • Solution: Under Linux, run the command mount. If your device is properly mounted you should see a line something like "/dev/scd0 on /media/cdrom0 ". If cdrom0 is the device you are interested in, use "/dev/scd0" when running qemu