Peter Lieven wrote: > we are running on intel xeons here: That might be the reason. Does it break when passing -no-kvm? > > processor : 0 > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > cpu family : 6 > model : 26 > model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU L5530 @ 2.40GHz > stepping : 5 > cpu MHz : 2394.403 > cache size : 8192 KB > physical id : 1 > siblings : 4 > core id : 0 > cpu cores : 4 > apicid : 16 > initial apicid : 16 > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 11 > wp : yes > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge > mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe > syscall rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good > xtopology tsc_reliable nonstop_tsc pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est > tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm tpr_shadow > vnmi flexpriority ept vpid > bogomips : 4788.80 > clflush size : 64 > cache_alignment : 64 > address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual > power management: > > kvm-kmod is 2.6.32.7 > ... > > which commandline parameters do you supply to qemu-kvm? None :) > > which kernel parameters do you use for the sles 10 guest? Just the default. I took the SP1 DVD, installed it and booted it up. All is fine: $ ./x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -snapshot /media/studio/images/SUSE/sles10/sles10sp1.x86_64.raw -vnc :10 Running on Intel might be the culprit though. I'll try and check if booting the image on an Intel box works. Alex -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html