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Old 6th August 2018
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Default More QEMU ram and cpu size

Even with the manual, and also several tutorials, I can not seem to figure this out.

This is what works, to start the VM but I would like to increase the - m (memory, cpu) :
Code:
qemu-system-x86_64 -m 600 -drive if=virtio,file=disk.opnbsd63 -netdev user,id=mynet0,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:7922-:22 -device e1000,netdev=mynet0
When I try this:
Code:
qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1200 -drive if=virtio,file=disk.opnbsd63 -netdev user,id=mynet0,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:7922-:22 -device e1000,netdev=mynet0
I get this:
Quote:
WARNING: Image format was not specified for 'disk.opnbsd63' and probing guessed raw.
Automatically detecting the format is dangerous for raw images, write operations on block 0 will be restricted.
Specify the 'raw' format explicitly to remove the restrictions.
qemu-system-x86_64: cannot set up guest memory 'pc.ram': Cannot allocate memory
Which seems straightforward enough, how ever I can not seem to get the syntax correct, where or how do I specify the raw format, ?
Code:
 qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1000, -drive format=raw,file=disk.opnbsd63 -netdev user,id=mynet0,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:7922-:22  -device e1000,netdev=mynet0
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qemu-system-x86_64: cannot set up guest memory 'pc.ram': Cannot allocate memory
Any help or advice will be appreciated
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I've never used qemu, but from your description it sounds like there are two problems being reported.

The first is a warning about the raw format. This seems not to be fatal, so the program proceeds.

The second problem is then encountered; it's an inability to allocate enough memory when you ask for more. This error is fatal.

It looks like by adding "format=raw" you did find the right syntax to avoid the first warning message. What I don't understand is why you didn't get that warning in the first example (with -m 600) that "worked". Is it possible that there actually was a warning, but it flashed by so quickly on the screen that you couldn't see it? Without the second (memory) error happening to stop the program, this seems plausible. But it's just a guess.

As for how to allocate more memory to the process, maybe an OpenBSD expert can comment on that.
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Sorry about the confusion, my fault..... while I was writing the post, I also did a search and stumbled onto a example, and yes, it appears I got the syntax correct now, how ever it still would not accept a increase in memory, the -m 600 is what all ways worked, even without the "-drive format=raw,",.....
The host is also OpenBsd6.3 , and I have 2.8GIB ram,(aprox), but maybe still it is not enough,? just now watching this, when I boot the VM using the -m 600, it shows 90% of the ram is being used, (on the host), after the VM boots, and if it is idle, the ram usage drops, also note, it is not only the OpenBsd Vm, any of the others have the same limitation, I can not use more then the -m 600 (mb).
Any way, nothing urgent, but I am interested in trying to resolve this, if possible. Usually the 600m is enough ram any way, ..
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User process limits are the likely problem source. See the "ulimit" command in the ksh(8) manual.
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Thanks , here is what it shows using the -a option,
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$ start-openbsd63-2
time(cpu-seconds)    unlimited
file(blocks)         unlimited
coredump(blocks)     unlimited
data(kbytes)         1572864
stack(kbytes)        4096
lockedmem(kbytes)    996609
memory(kbytes)       2973384
nofiles(descriptors) 512
processes            256
qemu-system-x86_64: cannot set up guest memory 'pc.ram': Cannot allocate memory
garry$
I don't understand it well enough to know if any changes would help, the way I interpret it, "'pc.ram': Cannot allocate memory", I just don't have enough ram available on this PC, In a search result, that also is what they said to the OP , getting the same error
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Code:
$ ulimit -d 2000000
That number might work; otherwise make it larger until it does.
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Thanks , I will give it a try.
==== edit ========
2000000 did not work, but 3000000 does, thanks a lot.
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