Re: [Qemu-devel] boot a preinstalled winxp on linux/x86: writing a patch...
Hi, booting a preinstalled winxp fails because Windows XP crashs (sometimes you will see a bluescreen) and starts a reboot. It won't fail if the real hardware and QEMU's virtual hardware are nearly identical. Especially the chipset seams to be critical. /dev/hda1 is the first partition which is part of /dev/hda (whole disk), so there are no patches which can fix anything in QEMU here. You might extend QEMU to emulate your computer's hardware - then XP would run. But this is a lot of work... Regards Stefan Roberto Polli schrieb: hi all, I tried to boot my preinstalled winxp with # qemu -boot c -hda /dev/hda that's what happens: - qemu load grub, and I select to boot winxp (grub says chainloader +1, then boot) - qemu starts to load winxp, with a winxp boot screen - qemu fails and reboots it seems qemu stops loading winxp when /dev/hda ends and /dev/hda1 starts. I could build a patch to fix it, but before start studing qemu source, I'd like to ear from you - yes, if it was easy you guru already would have done it! tia, R. ___ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
Re: [Qemu-devel] boot a preinstalled winxp on linux/x86: writing a patch...
Hi Alle 11:09, giovedì 28 dicembre 2006, Stefan Weil ha scritto: booting a preinstalled winxp fails because Windows XP crashs...and ... reboot. It won't fail if the real hardware and QEMU's virtual hardware are nearly identical. ok Especially the chipset seams to be critical. 1- so we should have one qemu chipset emulator for each winxp installation? 2- is this pbm equivalent to the move my hd to another pc with different mainboard one? 3- if I solve pbm 2, should I solve pbm 1? /dev/hda1 is the first partition which is part of /dev/hda (whole disk) yes, i mistakenly thought that part of the windows bootloader was related to the mbr Thank you very much for your explanation, these are very helpful! Do you think I should put something about this thread in the wiki? Forums are full of such these question! Greetings, R. -- Roberto Polli Babel S.r.l. - http://www.babel.it Tel. +39.06.91801075 - fax +39.06.91612446 P.zza S.Benedetto da Norcia, 33 - 00040 Pomezia (Roma) ___ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
Re: [Qemu-devel] boot a preinstalled winxp on linux/x86: writing a patch...
Roberto Polli schrieb: Especially the chipset seams to be critical. 1- so we should have one qemu chipset emulator for each winxp installation? 2- is this pbm equivalent to the move my hd to another pc with different mainboard one? 3- if I solve pbm 2, should I solve pbm 1? 1- Yes, more chipset emulations would help. 2- Yes. 3- Yes, at least I think so. Regards Stefan ___ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
Re: [Qemu-devel] boot a preinstalled winxp on linux/x86: writing a patch...
--- Roberto Polli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi all, I tried to boot my preinstalled winxp with # qemu -boot c -hda /dev/hda that's what happens: - qemu load grub, and I select to boot winxp (grub says chainloader +1, then boot) - qemu starts to load winxp, with a winxp boot screen - qemu fails and reboots Ciao Roberto, this has been discussed before on the user forum, too. In the meantime, maybe this is not exactly waht you're looking for but, have you tried Bart PE: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ ? -- Ottavio Caruso I will not purchase any computing equipment from manufacturers that recommend Windows Vista or any other Microsoft® products. http://www.pledgebank.com/boycottvista __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
[Qemu-devel] boot a preinstalled winxp on linux/x86: writing a patch...
hi all, I tried to boot my preinstalled winxp with # qemu -boot c -hda /dev/hda that's what happens: - qemu load grub, and I select to boot winxp (grub says chainloader +1, then boot) - qemu starts to load winxp, with a winxp boot screen - qemu fails and reboots it seems qemu stops loading winxp when /dev/hda ends and /dev/hda1 starts. I could build a patch to fix it, but before start studing qemu source, I'd like to ear from you - yes, if it was easy you guru already would have done it! tia, R. -- Roberto Polli Babel S.r.l. - http://www.babel.it Tel. +39.06.91801075 - fax +39.06.91612446 P.zza S.Benedetto da Norcia, 33 - 00040 Pomezia (Roma) ___ Qemu-devel mailing list Qemu-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel
