Alessandro Sardo wrote: > Hello KVM devs, > > I've just downloaded and checked out KVM-17. I tried > installing a Windows XP SP2 guest, using the following > script (notice how I did NOT use the '-no-acpi' flag): > > qemu -hda /var/vm/img/WinXP.img -cdrom > /var/vm/iso/WinXP.iso -boot d -m 512 > > The first phase of installation went straight without any > problem - and it was quite faster than previous releases! > Then, when the guest had to reboot, KVM crashed with the > following output: > > >
That's a known issue, we don't handle reboot on Intel. > Not a big problem though, I just manually restarted it and > kept going on with the second phase of the installation. > > This is where I got the big problem: after installing the > devices and asking for the cd-key (among other things), > the guest totally *stalled* while configuring the network. > It just says "Installing the network...", but the progress > bar is frozen - and there's no output on the shell. I've > also tried with the '-net nic,model=rtl8139' flag, but the > result was the same. I'm unable to complete the > installation. > > Is there a work-around for this? It may be related to unsynced timestamp counters. Can you try prefixing your command with 'taskset 1'? Like so: taskset 1 qemu -hda ... -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
