Qemu Fedora 7 or 8 won't install

[RIchard James13]

I have Qemu working with and without Kqemu. I can install Slackware 12 from a DVD or DVD iso image but when I try to install Fedora 7 or 8 from the DVD or DVD ISO image, the installer complains it cannot find the install media.


No driver found
Unable to find any devices of the type
needed for this installation type.
Would you like to manually select your
driver or use a driver disk?

Select driver | Use a driver disk | Back

I can get the DVD to boot on my PC past this normally but in Qemu it just stops there.

Does anyone know a way around this?

Qemu Version 0.9.0

[RIchard James13]

Also while trying to find a fix I discovered that OpenSUSE 10.3 and Ubuntu 7.10 have the same problem. It seems that the Kernel is not seeing the IDE subsystem in QEMU.

Further research leads to this thread
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/+bug/154591
they mention that to get Ubuntu to install you need to pass the Kernel parameter
all_generic_ide

The Ubuntu installer runs now, how to track down the others?

[RIchard James13]

With Open SUSE I needed the boot option
insmod=ide-generic

Then it works
http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showtopic=43745

Actually It only installs, it won't boot with the insmod=ide-generic option

Now for the ultimate test Fedora.