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help about qemu-kvm boot with initrd

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http://www.unix.com – I used the redhat RHEL6 boot with initrd but it failed, can sb help me Code: [root@localhost boot]# /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm --enable-kvm -smp 8 -m 1024 -net nic,model=virtio -net tap,script=/etc/qemu-ifup -initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64.img  -kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 -append "root=/dev/ram rw console=ttyS0,115200 " -nographic Google, Inc. Serial Graphics Adapter 07/26/11 SGABIOS $Id: sgabios.S 8 2010-04-22 00:03:40Z nlaredo $ (mockbuild@hs20-bc2-3.build.redhat.com) Tue Jul 26 15:05:08 UTC 2011 4 0 SeaBIOS (version seabios-0.6.1.2-19.el6) &nb (HowTos)

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Submitted by ziyi on 08/24/2012

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