Hope this helps, I was able to boot Server 2008 R2 and run with Maverick's seabios bios.bin (0.6.0-0ubuntu1) file on Lucid on a 16 cpu (2/4/2) system without a problem. I could not boot more than 4 cpus before with Lucid's seabios (0.5.1-0ubuntu2).
Working configuration: Linux ubuntu01 2.6.32-25-server #43~pre201008250901-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 25 17:08:36 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux QEMU PC emulator version 0.12.5 (qemu-kvm-0.12.5), Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard 880b1b717e5806dafe8c8a71c2df26af0ad35dbb /usr/share/seabios/bios.bin -- Windows Server 2008 won't boot with more than 4 vCPUs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/589063 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to qemu-kvm in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs