On Wed, 2012-05-02 at 14:08 +0200, Philipp Klaus Krause wrote: > Am 02.05.2012 14:03, schrieb harish badrinath: > > Hello, > I used > > kvm -m 2G -net nic,model=ne2k_pci -net user -cdrom cd-1.iso -boot d > -drive file=hurd-raw.qemu,cache=writeback > > which is 4 times the amount of memory recommended at > http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/installer/cdimage/README.txt How much memory does your HOST have, if you are giving 2G to the guest?