[Qemu-devel] [Bug 586175] Re: Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot
In qemu-kvm-0.12.5-r1 Windows XP/2003 is booting fine on IDE, but it hangs directly after the first reboot of the Windows setup if you try to install it on a viostor drive. Windows Vista and higher never had any problems in any version of qemu-kvm with any drive (IDE and viostor)... I'm using the binaries of viostor-1.11.1, which I got from this site: http://www.linux-kvm.com/content/latest-windows-virtio-drivers -- Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586175 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: Incomplete Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in Debian GNU/Linux: Fix Released Status in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: Hello everyone, my qemu doesn't boot any Windows XP/2003 installations if I try to boot the image. If I boot the install cd first, it's boot manager counts down and triggers the boot on it's own. That's kinda stupid. I'm using libvirt, but even by a simple qemu-kvm -drive file=image.img,media=disk,if=ide,boot=on it won't boot. Qemu hangs at the message Booting from Hard Disk... I'm using qemu-kvm-0.12.4 with SeaBIOS 0.5.1 on Gentoo (No-Multilib and AMD64). It's a server, that means I'm using VNC as the primary graphic output but i don't think it should be an issue.
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 586175] Re: Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot
This bug is annoying. I don't know who patched what but: 1. I finally was able (with version 0.12.5) to set up a WinXP installation which is able to boot on its own. 2. But this works only with IDE, if I try to use VirtIO I still can't boot the installation. 3. I just updated from 0.12.5 to 0.12.5-r1 and again I can't boot the WinXP installation on IDE. What the hell are you doing? I don't know what's wrong but qemu-kvm works with Windows Vista and above much better than with Windows XP atm. Windows Server 2008 boots on it's own even with the non-signed viostor drivers. -- Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586175 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: Incomplete Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Ubuntu: New Status in Debian GNU/Linux: Fix Released Status in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: Hello everyone, my qemu doesn't boot any Windows XP/2003 installations if I try to boot the image. If I boot the install cd first, it's boot manager counts down and triggers the boot on it's own. That's kinda stupid. I'm using libvirt, but even by a simple qemu-kvm -drive file=image.img,media=disk,if=ide,boot=on it won't boot. Qemu hangs at the message Booting from Hard Disk... I'm using qemu-kvm-0.12.4 with SeaBIOS 0.5.1 on Gentoo (No-Multilib and AMD64). It's a server, that means I'm using VNC as the primary graphic output but i don't think it should be an issue.
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 586175] Re: Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot
P.S.: I just read the link posted by Michael. I have also to mention that this boot problem not only appears by using the -drive parameter, even the good old -hda got this bug. I've also tried to correct some funny offsets in the NTFS header, but all offsets were already set to the right values. And it doesn't boot at all. -- Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586175 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: Incomplete Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Ubuntu: New Status in Debian GNU/Linux: Fix Released Status in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: Hello everyone, my qemu doesn't boot any Windows XP/2003 installations if I try to boot the image. If I boot the install cd first, it's boot manager counts down and triggers the boot on it's own. That's kinda stupid. I'm using libvirt, but even by a simple qemu-kvm -drive file=image.img,media=disk,if=ide,boot=on it won't boot. Qemu hangs at the message Booting from Hard Disk... I'm using qemu-kvm-0.12.4 with SeaBIOS 0.5.1 on Gentoo (No-Multilib and AMD64). It's a server, that means I'm using VNC as the primary graphic output but i don't think it should be an issue.
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 586175] Re: Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot
I have to correct myself. Booting from Windows XP/2003 after the first reboot of the Windows setup is still impossible (without booting from the install CD at first). I tried both the command line used by libvirt and the following one: qemu-kvm -hda thisfile -cdrom thatfile -boot c Also, I tested these command lines on qemu-kvm-0.12.4, qemu- kvm-0.12.4-r3 and qemu.git with SeaBIOS 0.5.1, 0.6.0 and seabios.git respectively. Windows always hangs at boot time. (But Windows Server 2008 R2 boots up. I assume Windows 7 and Vista will do fine as well.) -- Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586175 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: Incomplete Status in Debian GNU/Linux: New Status in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: Hello everyone, my qemu doesn't boot any Windows XP/2003 installations if I try to boot the image. If I boot the install cd first, it's boot manager counts down and triggers the boot on it's own. That's kinda stupid. I'm using libvirt, but even by a simple qemu-kvm -drive file=image.img,media=disk,if=ide,boot=on it won't boot. Qemu hangs at the message Booting from Hard Disk... I'm using qemu-kvm-0.12.4 with SeaBIOS 0.5.1 on Gentoo (No-Multilib and AMD64). It's a server, that means I'm using VNC as the primary graphic output but i don't think it should be an issue.
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 586175] Re: Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot
I agree to #10. Today I installed qemu-kvm-0.12.4-r3 and I still can't boot Windows XP/2003 without booting the install cd at first. But now: After I tried to boot the Windows installation I get the same odd char in the screen as described by #10. Plus, I can install Windows without problems, but it doesn't boot AFTER the setup, whether I use IDE or VirtIO as hard disk bus. Ergo: Booting from install cd, the setup copies the files on the hard disk, reboot, booting from hard disk, the setup installs Windows, reboot, and then: it hangs. Seems to be an BIOS issue. -- Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586175 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: Incomplete Status in Debian GNU/Linux: New Status in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: Hello everyone, my qemu doesn't boot any Windows XP/2003 installations if I try to boot the image. If I boot the install cd first, it's boot manager counts down and triggers the boot on it's own. That's kinda stupid. I'm using libvirt, but even by a simple qemu-kvm -drive file=image.img,media=disk,if=ide,boot=on it won't boot. Qemu hangs at the message Booting from Hard Disk... I'm using qemu-kvm-0.12.4 with SeaBIOS 0.5.1 on Gentoo (No-Multilib and AMD64). It's a server, that means I'm using VNC as the primary graphic output but i don't think it should be an issue.
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 586175] Re: Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot
P.S.: Of course I can't boot Windows XP/2003 from a VirtIO drive at all, because the install cd only checks the IDE bus for an existing Windows installation... -- Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586175 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: Incomplete Status in Debian GNU/Linux: New Status in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: Hello everyone, my qemu doesn't boot any Windows XP/2003 installations if I try to boot the image. If I boot the install cd first, it's boot manager counts down and triggers the boot on it's own. That's kinda stupid. I'm using libvirt, but even by a simple qemu-kvm -drive file=image.img,media=disk,if=ide,boot=on it won't boot. Qemu hangs at the message Booting from Hard Disk... I'm using qemu-kvm-0.12.4 with SeaBIOS 0.5.1 on Gentoo (No-Multilib and AMD64). It's a server, that means I'm using VNC as the primary graphic output but i don't think it should be an issue.
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 586420] Re: WinXP install cd hangs at boot time if machine started with floppy
Today I merged the new release qemu-kvm-0.12.4-r3 and, o, wonder, I can use floppy and cd at the same time! This bug seems to be fixed finally. thx for your support! -- WinXP install cd hangs at boot time if machine started with floppy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586420 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: Incomplete Bug description: I have a second problem: I wanted to install Windows Server 2003 on a virtio drive, so I tried to start the machine with the install cd as the boot drive and a floppy image with the viostor drivers. The problem is, the install cd hangs at boot time. If I start VNC I just see a black ground with 640x480. I've also tried this with the install cd of Windows Server 2008 R2 and it works! Could it be that the BIOS screws up because the older install cds are using the floppy emulation to boot the setup?
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 586175] Re: Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot
Long time no post, i tried to install Win2k3 through RIS/PXE this time. I still get the same error at boot time: A disk read error occurred. Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart. Neither the Win2k3 install source nor the VirtIO drivers are defective. Something's just wrong with QEMU. Currently qemu.git is able to compile itself properly, so I'll check it out. Without libvirt (because it can't parse qemu-kvm-devel as version string :/ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609741 ) ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #609741 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609741 -- Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586175 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: Incomplete Status in Debian GNU/Linux: New Status in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: Hello everyone, my qemu doesn't boot any Windows XP/2003 installations if I try to boot the image. If I boot the install cd first, it's boot manager counts down and triggers the boot on it's own. That's kinda stupid. I'm using libvirt, but even by a simple qemu-kvm -drive file=image.img,media=disk,if=ide,boot=on it won't boot. Qemu hangs at the message Booting from Hard Disk... I'm using qemu-kvm-0.12.4 with SeaBIOS 0.5.1 on Gentoo (No-Multilib and AMD64). It's a server, that means I'm using VNC as the primary graphic output but i don't think it should be an issue.
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 586420] Re: WinXP install cd hangs at boot time if machine started with floppy
@Jes: No, it doesn't boot on its own, it's a simple FAT formatted floppy image. I've even tried to format a real floppy on Windows, copied the drivers on it, and saved the whole floppy as an image with rawrite. I also tried other floppy images, but: QEMU 0.12.4 hangs if I try to boot from the Win2k3 install cd AND use a floppy image at the same time. If I boot from the Win2k8 install cd, it works fine. The install cd of Win2k3 isn't corrupted. It just can't be because I even tried it with an ISO image downloaded directly from MS. And both images boot up everywhere, as well on real machines as on VirtualBox. -- WinXP install cd hangs at boot time if machine started with floppy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586420 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: Incomplete Bug description: I have a second problem: I wanted to install Windows Server 2003 on a virtio drive, so I tried to start the machine with the install cd as the boot drive and a floppy image with the viostor drivers. The problem is, the install cd hangs at boot time. If I start VNC I just see a black ground with 640x480. I've also tried this with the install cd of Windows Server 2008 R2 and it works! Could it be that the BIOS screws up because the older install cds are using the floppy emulation to boot the setup?
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 586420] Re: WinXP install cd hangs at boot time if machine started with floppy
Well, I forgot something to mention. Again: I can boot the install CDs of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 if I DON'T use any floppy drive. -fda/-fdb FILE as well as -drive file=FILE,if=floppy are causing this bug, the bug not to be able to boot these install CDs. -- WinXP install cd hangs at boot time if machine started with floppy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586420 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: Incomplete Bug description: I have a second problem: I wanted to install Windows Server 2003 on a virtio drive, so I tried to start the machine with the install cd as the boot drive and a floppy image with the viostor drivers. The problem is, the install cd hangs at boot time. If I start VNC I just see a black ground with 640x480. I've also tried this with the install cd of Windows Server 2008 R2 and it works! Could it be that the BIOS screws up because the older install cds are using the floppy emulation to boot the setup?
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 586420] Re: WinXP install cd hangs at boot time if machine started with floppy
I admit I used -L wrong, but that's not the issue. I don't need to specify it, because QEMU finds the right directory itself. My problem is, the installer CD hangs also if I add -hda/-hdb. The setup should be able to boot anyway, even without any hard drive. It's possible that the CD image could be damaged, but I used it since years and it booted in every real machine and also in VirtualBox. (I would like to try qemu.git, but it doesn't want to be compiled. Either it breaks up or it hangs up.) -- WinXP install cd hangs at boot time if machine started with floppy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586420 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: Incomplete Bug description: I have a second problem: I wanted to install Windows Server 2003 on a virtio drive, so I tried to start the machine with the install cd as the boot drive and a floppy image with the viostor drivers. The problem is, the install cd hangs at boot time. If I start VNC I just see a black ground with 640x480. I've also tried this with the install cd of Windows Server 2008 R2 and it works! Could it be that the BIOS screws up because the older install cds are using the floppy emulation to boot the setup?
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 586420] Re: WinXP install cd hangs at boot time if machine started with floppy
I wrote already which system I use (see the third reply). It's Gentoo on AMD64 with the hardened no-multilib profile with qemu-kvm 0.12.4 and SeaBIOS 0.5.1. It isn't really my own build. Since I use Gentoo, it was compiled on my own computer and it's installed in /usr, not in /usr/local. Qemu only gives an error if I use the -L parameter. Still, I can't boot any Windows XP and 2003 install CD. It definitely hangs at boot time, it happens anything in the cpu registers, only EIP and EFL are changing between these values: Command line : qemu-kvm -L /usr/share/qemu/ -cdrom /srv/vm/win2k3srv.iso -fda /srv/vm/virtio.img -boot d -enable-kvm -monitor stdio (qemu) info kvm kvm support: enabled (qemu) info registers EAX= EBX=02fe ECX=0002 EDX=0040 ESI= EDI=0004 EBP=0010 ESP=02e4 EIP=e919 EFL=00033246 [---Z-P-] CPL=3 II=0 A20=1 SMM=0 HLT=0 ES =0040 0400 f300 CS =f000 000f f300 SS =9f40 0009f400 f300 DS =9f40 0009f400 f300 FS =230c 000230c0 f300 GS =230c 000230c0 f300 LDT= TR =0028 feffd000 2088 8b00 GDT= 0003f000 03ff IDT= CR0=0010 CR2= CR3=00039000 CR4= DR0= DR1= DR2= DR3= DR6=0ff0 DR7=0400 FCW=037f FSW= [ST=0] FTW=00 MXCSR= FPR0= FPR1= FPR2= FPR3= FPR4= FPR5= FPR6= FPR7= XMM00= XMM01= XMM02= XMM03= XMM04= XMM05= XMM06= XMM07= (qemu) info registers EAX= EBX=02fe ECX=0002 EDX=0040 ESI= EDI=0004 EBP=0010 ESP=02e4 EIP=e91a EFL=00023046 [---Z-P-] CPL=3 II=0 A20=1 SMM=0 HLT=0 ES =0040 0400 f300 CS =f000 000f f300 SS =9f40 0009f400 f300 DS =9f40 0009f400 f300 FS =230c 000230c0 f300 GS =230c 000230c0 f300 LDT= TR =0028 feffd000 2088 8b00 GDT= 0003f000 03ff IDT= CR0=0010 CR2= CR3=00039000 CR4= DR0= DR1= DR2= DR3= DR6=0ff0 DR7=0400 FCW=037f FSW= [ST=0] FTW=00 MXCSR= FPR0= FPR1= FPR2= FPR3= FPR4= FPR5= FPR6= FPR7= XMM00= XMM01= XMM02= XMM03= XMM04= XMM05= XMM06= XMM07= By the way, I have trouble to compile the newest code of qemu.git, but that could be more a bug related to Portage's tree. The used make scripts are from the qemu.git source though. -- WinXP install cd hangs at boot time if machine started with floppy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586420 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: Incomplete Bug description: I have a second problem: I wanted to install Windows Server 2003 on a virtio drive, so I tried to start the machine with the install cd as the boot drive and a floppy image with the viostor drivers. The problem is, the install cd hangs at boot time. If I start VNC I just see a black ground with 640x480. I've also tried this with the install cd of Windows Server 2008 R2 and it works! Could it be that the BIOS screws up because the older install cds are using the floppy emulation to boot the setup?
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 586175] Re: Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot
Do you mean, I should try to install and boot Win2k3 without libvirt? If I install Windows through libvirt and boot it with a simple command line like qemu-kvm -hda /someimage.img -enable-kvm it doesn't boot. It's in fact this bug, just like Cole meant: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579348 Also interesting, if I use a raw image instead of a vdi image, the workaround (booting the install cd and let it hand over to the installed windows) doesn't work anymore. Now I'll set up another machine with gentoo and try all combinations of image file types, Windozes ( NT 6.0) and qemu options and I'll report the results. -- Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586175 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: Incomplete Status in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: Hello everyone, my qemu doesn't boot any Windows XP/2003 installations if I try to boot the image. If I boot the install cd first, it's boot manager counts down and triggers the boot on it's own. That's kinda stupid. I'm using libvirt, but even by a simple qemu-kvm -drive file=image.img,media=disk,if=ide,boot=on it won't boot. Qemu hangs at the message Booting from Hard Disk... I'm using qemu-kvm-0.12.4 with SeaBIOS 0.5.1 on Gentoo (No-Multilib and AMD64). It's a server, that means I'm using VNC as the primary graphic output but i don't think it should be an issue.
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 586420] Re: WinXP install cd hangs at boot time if machine started with floppy
Well, I tried your command line and I've got the bug qemu: could not load PC BIOS 'bios.bin' It seems something went wrong with my compiled qemu. I'll try qemu.git now. -- WinXP install cd hangs at boot time if machine started with floppy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586420 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: Incomplete Bug description: I have a second problem: I wanted to install Windows Server 2003 on a virtio drive, so I tried to start the machine with the install cd as the boot drive and a floppy image with the viostor drivers. The problem is, the install cd hangs at boot time. If I start VNC I just see a black ground with 640x480. I've also tried this with the install cd of Windows Server 2008 R2 and it works! Could it be that the BIOS screws up because the older install cds are using the floppy emulation to boot the setup?
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 586175] Re: Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot
It's a very strange bug. Starting qemu without boot=on results in the same dilemma. But: I've used a .vdi image (because qcow2 is terribly slow). Just now I tried a raw image. Now I can boot neither directly from the image nor with the install cd. Both ways boot finally NTLDR, but now the loader has a problem with the drive. (I don't know how this message is called in the english version, but the german version says: An error occurred while reading the drive. Restart with Ctrl+Alt+Del.) Now I'll try to install Windows Server 2008 R2... -- Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586175 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: New Status in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: Hello everyone, my qemu doesn't boot any Windows XP/2003 installations if I try to boot the image. If I boot the install cd first, it's boot manager counts down and triggers the boot on it's own. That's kinda stupid. I'm using libvirt, but even by a simple qemu-kvm -drive file=image.img,media=disk,if=ide,boot=on it won't boot. Qemu hangs at the message Booting from Hard Disk... I'm using qemu-kvm-0.12.4 with SeaBIOS 0.5.1 on Gentoo (No-Multilib and AMD64). It's a server, that means I'm using VNC as the primary graphic output but i don't think it should be an issue.
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 586420] [NEW] WinXP install cd hangs at boot time if machine started with floppy
Public bug reported: I have a second problem: I wanted to install Windows Server 2003 on a virtio drive, so I tried to start the machine with the install cd as the boot drive and a floppy image with the viostor drivers. The problem is, the install cd hangs at boot time. If I start VNC I just see a black ground with 640x480. I've also tried this with the install cd of Windows Server 2008 R2 and it works! Could it be that the BIOS screws up because the older install cds are using the floppy emulation to boot the setup? ** Affects: qemu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- WinXP install cd hangs at boot time if machine started with floppy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586420 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: New Bug description: I have a second problem: I wanted to install Windows Server 2003 on a virtio drive, so I tried to start the machine with the install cd as the boot drive and a floppy image with the viostor drivers. The problem is, the install cd hangs at boot time. If I start VNC I just see a black ground with 640x480. I've also tried this with the install cd of Windows Server 2008 R2 and it works! Could it be that the BIOS screws up because the older install cds are using the floppy emulation to boot the setup?
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 586420] Re: WinXP install cd hangs at boot time if machine started with floppy
Oh, I forgot, I'm the one who also reported this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/586175 qemu-kvm-0.12.4 with SeaBIOS 0.5.1 on Gentoo (No-Multilib and AMD64) The install cd hangs at every combination of -fda/-cdrom/-hdc and -drive, just like qemu-kvm -cdrom /srv/vm/win2k3srv.iso -hda /srv/vm/hive.vdi -fda /srv/vm/virtio.img -boot d -vnc 192.168.0.1:0 Also interesting: I tried it with an already installed windows installation in the image. When CD boots it asks for Press any key to boot from CD. After I pressed some key it changes the display resolution from BIOS to 640*480 and nothing happens. I just can't use qemu to virtualize my stupid Windows Server... -___- -- WinXP install cd hangs at boot time if machine started with floppy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586420 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: Incomplete Bug description: I have a second problem: I wanted to install Windows Server 2003 on a virtio drive, so I tried to start the machine with the install cd as the boot drive and a floppy image with the viostor drivers. The problem is, the install cd hangs at boot time. If I start VNC I just see a black ground with 640x480. I've also tried this with the install cd of Windows Server 2008 R2 and it works! Could it be that the BIOS screws up because the older install cds are using the floppy emulation to boot the setup?
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 586175] [NEW] Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot
Public bug reported: Hello everyone, my qemu doesn't boot any Windows XP/2003 installations if I try to boot the image. If I boot the install cd first, it's boot manager counts down and triggers the boot on it's own. That's kinda stupid. I'm using libvirt, but even by a simple qemu-kvm -drive file=image.img,media=disk,if=ide,boot=on it won't boot. Qemu hangs at the message Booting from Hard Disk... I'm using qemu-kvm-0.12.4 with SeaBIOS 0.5.1 on Gentoo (No-Multilib and AMD64). It's a server, that means I'm using VNC as the primary graphic output but i don't think it should be an issue. ** Affects: qemu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586175 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: New Bug description: Hello everyone, my qemu doesn't boot any Windows XP/2003 installations if I try to boot the image. If I boot the install cd first, it's boot manager counts down and triggers the boot on it's own. That's kinda stupid. I'm using libvirt, but even by a simple qemu-kvm -drive file=image.img,media=disk,if=ide,boot=on it won't boot. Qemu hangs at the message Booting from Hard Disk... I'm using qemu-kvm-0.12.4 with SeaBIOS 0.5.1 on Gentoo (No-Multilib and AMD64). It's a server, that means I'm using VNC as the primary graphic output but i don't think it should be an issue.
