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  • Quickemu Problem

    From Stephen P. Molnar@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 18 18:00:01 2024
    I have just installed installed Quickemu v-6.1.4.

        quickget windows 11 ran as it should without any errors or warnings.
        However:
            (base) comp@Abanormal:~/VM$ quickemu --vm windows-10.conf
        ~/VM ~/VM
        Quickemu 4.9.4 using /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 v7.2.9
         - Host:     Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) running Linux 6.1 (Abanormal)
         - CPU:      AMD FX(tm)-8320 Eight-Core Processor
         - CPU VM:   1 Socket(s), 2 Core(s), 2 Thread(s), 4G RAM
        ERROR! You have insufficient RAM to run windows in a VM
        (base) comp@Abanormal:~/VM$

    I am somewhat confused as:

        (base) comp@Abanormal:~$ free -ght
                       total        used        free      shared
    buff/cache   available
            Mem:           7.7Gi       2.3Gi       225Mi 34Mi      
    5.4Gi       5.3Gi
            Swap:          975Mi        50Mi       925Mi
             Total:         8.6Gi       2.4Gi       1.1Gi

    The strange thing is that I have installed Windows 10 using QEMU/KVM virt-manager without any RAM problems at all.

    Some guidance would be appreciated.

    Thanks in advance.

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  • From Geert Stappers@21:1/5 to Stephen P. Molnar on Sat May 18 18:40:01 2024
    On Sat, May 18, 2024 at 11:56:06AM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
    I have just installed installed Quickemu v-6.1.4.

        quickget windows 11 ran as it should without any errors or warnings.
        However:
            (base) comp@Abanormal:~/VM$ quickemu --vm windows-10.conf
        ~/VM ~/VM
        Quickemu 4.9.4 using /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 v7.2.9
         - Host:     Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) running Linux 6.1 (Abanormal)      - CPU:      AMD FX(tm)-8320 Eight-Core Processor
         - CPU VM:   1 Socket(s), 2 Core(s), 2 Thread(s), 4G RAM
        ERROR! You have insufficient RAM to run windows in a VM
        (base) comp@Abanormal:~/VM$

    I am somewhat confused as:

        (base) comp@Abanormal:~$ free -ght
                       total    used     free    shared buff/cache   available         Mem:       7.7Gi   2.3Gi    225Mi 34Mi       5.4Gi       5.3Gi         Swap:      975Mi    50Mi    925Mi
            Total:     8.6Gi   2.4Gi    1.1Gi

    The strange thing is that I have installed Windows 10 using QEMU/KVM virt-manager without any RAM problems at all.

    I say: "without any **noted** RAM problems at all"


    Some guidance would be appreciated.

    My guess is: 4Gb in the guest, requires much more 4Gb on the host.


    Thanks in advance.

    Thank the mailinglist by sharing how you got beyond the hurdle.


    Groeten
    Geert Stappers
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  • From Florent Rougon@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 19 13:20:01 2024
    Le 19/05/2024, Timothy M Butterworth <timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> a écrit:

    sudo sync && sh -c "/usr/bin/echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches"

    --w------- 1 root root 0 19 mai 13:11 /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

    The redirection won't work unless the person is already root—there was a thread about this here just a few days ago. :-)

    Regards

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    Florent

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