Re: [kvm-devel] installation of win xp hangs

2007-12-21 Thread Amit Shah
On Friday 21 December 2007 13:32:07 Norbert Preining wrote: > Hi Amit, > > a new day, a new success ... > > Ok, I got it running, no idea why: > - updated the BIOS > - updated to kernel 2.6.24-rc6 > - kvm kernel part from 2.6.24-rc6 > - kvm user part from Debian sid, i.e. v57 > And it worked. That

Re: [kvm-devel] installation of win xp hangs

2007-12-21 Thread Norbert Preining
Hi Amit, a new day, a new success ... Ok, I got it running, no idea why: - updated the BIOS - updated to kernel 2.6.24-rc6 - kvm kernel part from 2.6.24-rc6 - kvm user part from Debian sid, i.e. v57 And it worked. SO I guess we can close this topic ... anyway, if you are interested in anything e

Re: [kvm-devel] installation of win xp hangs

2007-12-20 Thread Amit Shah
On Thursday 20 December 2007 22:10:48 Norbert Preining wrote: > Hi Amit, > > On Do, 20 Dez 2007, Amit Shah wrote: > > > I never had a version that worked, so it would be quite hard ... > > > > Oh that is strange. This is the first such report. Do non-windows guests > > work fine for you? Is there a

Re: [kvm-devel] installation of win xp hangs

2007-12-20 Thread Norbert Preining
Hi Amit, On Do, 20 Dez 2007, Amit Shah wrote: > > I never had a version that worked, so it would be quite hard ... > > Oh that is strange. This is the first such report. Do non-windows guests work > fine for you? Is there any BIOS update available that you can install? Well, I did start playing

Re: [kvm-devel] installation of win xp hangs

2007-12-20 Thread Amit Shah
On Thursday 20 December 2007 20:49:49 Norbert Preining wrote: > Hi Amit, > > On Do, 20 Dez 2007, Amit Shah wrote: > > Or better, can you git-bisect to a version that worked? That'll point out > > the > > I never had a version that worked, so it would be quite hard ... Oh that is strange. This is t

Re: [kvm-devel] installation of win xp hangs

2007-12-20 Thread Norbert Preining
Hi Amit, On Do, 20 Dez 2007, Amit Shah wrote: > Or better, can you git-bisect to a version that worked? That'll point out the I never had a version that worked, so it would be quite hard ... > A couple of things you can try before doing that: use the -no-kvm switch and > see if the install goe

Re: [kvm-devel] installation of win xp hangs

2007-12-20 Thread Amit Shah
On Thursday 20 December 2007 18:28:44 Norbert Preining wrote: > Dear Amit, > > thanks for the reply! > > On Do, 20 Dez 2007, Amit Shah wrote: > > > kernel 2.6.24-rc{3,4,5} > > > kvm user space v55 > > > kvm kernel space v55 or the one from the kernel > > > > Which host is this? Intel or AMD? > > Ho

Re: [kvm-devel] installation of win xp hangs

2007-12-20 Thread Norbert Preining
Dear Amit, thanks for the reply! On Do, 20 Dez 2007, Amit Shah wrote: > > kernel 2.6.24-rc{3,4,5} > > kvm user space v55 > > kvm kernel space v55 or the one from the kernel > > Which host is this? Intel or AMD? Host Intel Core2 > We had this problem some time back, but it should be now solved.

Re: [kvm-devel] installation of win xp hangs

2007-12-20 Thread Amit Shah
On Thursday 13 December 2007 05:09:20 Norbert Preining wrote: > Hi all! > > (Please Cc, thanks) > > kernel 2.6.24-rc{3,4,5} > kvm user space v55 > kvm kernel space v55 or the one from the kernel Which host is this? Intel or AMD? > I am trying to install a winxp (either plain or sp2) into a kvm: >

[kvm-devel] installation of win xp hangs

2007-12-12 Thread Norbert Preining
Hi all! (Please Cc, thanks) kernel 2.6.24-rc{3,4,5} kvm user space v55 kvm kernel space v55 or the one from the kernel I am trying to install a winxp (either plain or sp2) into a kvm: qemu-img create -f qcow vdisk.img 10G kvm -hda vdisk.img -cdrom /path/to/winxp.iso -boot d -m