Re: machine type does not support if=ide,bus=2,unit=0 (host: Win 10; guest: Apple OS 9.2.1)

[Howard Spoelstra]

On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 10:39 PM <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi all,

 

I am a bit new to using QEMU virtualization and need your guidance on getting a IMG disk image to mount in QEMU. 

 

The host computer is running Windows 10 and the guest is Apple OS 9.2.1. The batch file that I use to launch the guest with the IMG disk image looks like this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the command line the result is this:

 

H:\qemu>qemu-system-ppc.exe -L pc-bios -boot c -m 512 -M mac99,via=pmu -prom-env "auto-boot?=true" -prom-env "boot-args=-v" -prom-env "vga-ndrv?=true" -sdl -netdev user,id=network01 -device sungem,netdev=network01 -device VGA,edid=on -drive "file=Mac_OS_9.2.1.qcow2,format=qcow2,media=disk" -drive "file=H:\qemu\Apple\collection\mss86091_179_105_img.img,format=raw,index=4,media=disk"

qemu-system-ppc.exe: -drive file=H:\qemu\Apple\collection\mss86091_179_105_img.img,format=raw,index=4,media=disk: machine type does not support if=ide,bus=2,unit=0

 

What do I need to do to resolve the “machine type does not support if=ide,bus=2,unit=0” and to be able to mount the  mss86091_179_105_img.img disk image?

 

Thanks,

 

Chad Conrady

Hi,

That index=4 indicates you are trying to add a 5th disk to qemu-system-ppc, which only supports 4 disks.

Removing index=4 will give the first disk index 0 and the 2nd disk index1. That should work.

Best,

Howard