misc/166259: freebsd 9 images not bootable in qemu

[Brett E. Wynkoop]

>Number:         166259
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       freebsd 9 images not bootable in qemu
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Mar 19 21:20:12 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Brett E. Wynkoop
>Release:        9.0-RELEASE
>Organization:
ME
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD dt0.int.harapartners.com 9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #0 r230201: Mon Jan 16 10:10:05 CET 2012     root at box.vx.sk:/usr/obj/bsd/releng_9_0/sys/GENERIC  amd64


>Description:
             qemu running on FreeBSD 9.0 AMD64 will not boot any of the
             standard FreeBSD boot/distro media either x86 or AMD64.
             It will boot various GNU/Linux distros and also 
             mfsbsd-se-9.0-amd64.iso from http://mfsbsd.vx.sk/

How-To-Repeat:
	 qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom /path/to/freebsd/release/iso
         qemu-system-i386 -cdrom /path/to/freebsd/release/iso
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:

       Unknown, but since Martin's ISO boots I suspect there is an error in the
       way the official ISO has been produced.  I have not tried to boot from a
       real cd or dvd.  The memstick images also refuse to boot in qemu.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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