On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Anthony Liguori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nguyen Anh Quynh wrote: > > On 4/15/08, Anthony Liguori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hi Nguyen, > >> > >> Nguyen Anh Quynh wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Hi Anthony, > >>> > >>> I spot a bug and few dead code in the extboot option rom. Perhaps the > >>> reason they are there is because less people want to look at assembly > >>> code, and it looks indeed scary. > >>> > >>> So I decided to rewrite it in C, using .code16gcc directive. Some > >>> > >> advantages: > >> > >>> - C code is easier to understand, find bugs, maintain and hack (so we > >>> can add more features in the future) > >>> - The binary image is same: 1.5K. The actual code size is also about > >>> the same size: around 1.2K. (gcc can optimize really well) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> I think converting to code16gcc is a good direction to go in. I actually > >> rewrote it myself using code16gcc but I ran into problems with segment > >> assumptions and Windows guests. I tried out your version with a Linux > guest > >> with good success but it fails with a win2k guest. > >> > >> Have you tested with a Windows guest? > >> > > > > Not yet. Last time I tried, the Windows virtio drivers posted a while > > ago dont work with my WinXP. I will try again, though. > > > > I just test with scsi, not virtio. > > You should be able to get very far along the Windows boot process with > extboot. If you just install the LSI driver in Win2k, you can boot up > completely. Someone just posted instructions for doing scsi boot with > Windows XP assuming you installed the VM from IDE. >
Anthony, could you post in detail on how to configure LSI with W2k to boot on scsi? I tried hard here, but it never works for me. I always get error at bootup step. W2k reports something like it cannot find Windows kernel :-( Many thanks, Jun ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel
