Nexenta Operating System on QEMU

NexentaOS is a combination of the OpenSolaris kernel and the Debian/Ubuntu userspace. It is a bit heavy for QEMU but seems to install successfully (and vvveeerrrryyyy ssssllllooowwwwlllyyy.)

Installation instructions

  1. Download the latest Installation CD here. This author used elatte_installcd_alpha6_i386.zip

  2. Uncompress the ISO. 

$ unzip elatte_installcd_alpha6_i386.zip

  1. Create an empty disk image (15G is probably overkill, but the install won't proceed without sufficient space - more than 5G?): 

$ qemu-img create -f qcow nexenta.img 15G

  1. Boot the installation CD (not sure if the -m option is needed or not): 

$ qemu -cdrom elatte_installcd_alpha6_i386.iso -hda nexenta.img -m 256 -boot d

Proceed with the standard install, being aware that it will work very slowly. This author waited several minutes for the initial screen and then let the non-interactive part of the install proceed for the day while he was at work.

See http://qemu-buch.de/d/Gast-Systeme/_x86-Architektur/_BSD-Unix-Systeme for further information.

Hosted by http://qemu-buch.de

NexentaOnQemu (last edited 2010-07-31 10:03:39 by Rowa)