severity 591266 normal thanks 01.08.2010 20:11, Matthias Mann wrote: > Package: qemu-kvm > Version: 0.12.4+dfsg-1 > Severity: important > > I'm trying to install Windows 95 B on qemu-kvm Version 0.12.4+dfsg-1 from > Lenny backports with this options: > > kvm /var/mmn/vm/Win95/Win95.img -name "Windows 95" -M pc-0.12 -m 512M -rtc > base=localtime -k de -soundhw sb16 -vga cirrus -net user,hostname=w95vm -net > nic,model=ne2k_pci -boot a -fda /var/mmn/vm/floppy/win95B_Drive-D-boot.img > -cdrom /var/mmn/vm/CD/win95-setup.iso -no-acpi -no-kvm -usb > > I also tried to use some other options but always the same problem: the vm > fails to detect the ps/2 mouse and usb mouse is not supported on Windows 95 B > and earlier.
This is a known issue in the SeaBIOS code as shipped with qemu-kvm package. It is fixed upstream and in the seabios package in Debian, but not in the copy of the code in qemu-kvm. I plan to switch to using bios and other supplementary code (PXE boot ROMs etc) in external packages, but this will be a few releases later. For now, I included the fixes for this issue in the current qemu-kvm package, it will be fixed in the next upload. Besides, win95 did not work at all up to just a few releases ago (lots of realmode emulation were missing), so it is a great surprize for me to know that it works somehow. This opens up quite a few possibilities for me too. Lowering severity to normal since the issue affects only a very-very small fraction of guests and since it can be worked around. Thanks! /mjt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
