On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:51:39 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote:
> I built and installed qemu-kvm from the Slackbuilds.org script and > loaded the kvm-intel module on my Dell Latitude laptop. I bought a > Dell re-installation disk of Win7/home to use as the guest OS, being > told by the seller that it works on all systems. (Since I know > nothing about Microsoft's stuff I took his word for it.) > > With the disk in the Dell laptop's optical drive I invoke qemu-kvm > and am told that 'boot failed: could not read from CDROM (code 0003)'. Primus: Can you read the Win7 disk from your drive normally? It should be a normal (for Winderz) ISO9660/Joliet disk, which Linux should be able to read just fine. Secundus: Can qemu-kvm read _any_ disk from the CD/DVD drive? If either fails, that's probably the source of your immediate problem. > If anyone here has experience with qemu-kvm please advise me what > to do to get the guest OS installed. It's been ages since I did anything with VMs, so I'm afraid I wouldn't be much help there, sorry. :-( --Dale -- "A proper saute pan should cause serious head injury if brought down hard against someone's skull. If you have any doubts about which will dent -- the victim's head or your pan -- then throw that pan right in the trash." -- Anthony Bourdain, _Kitchen Confidential_ _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
