[Qemu-discuss] qemu-system-mips and Linux kernel 2.4

[Igor R]

Hello,

I'd like to run an older Linux (kernel 2.4) on qemu-system-mips.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find 2.4-based "qemu-friendly" distros, like these:
https://people.debian.org/~aurel32/qemu/mips/

So, I get some standard kernel and initrd from a regular Debian Sarge distribution:
http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-mips/current/images/sb1-swarm-bn/netboot/

Unfortunately, QEMU seems to be unable to run this kernel.

What am I doing wrong? How can one make QEMU run an arbitrary Linux kernel?

Thanks!