From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D4onv-0004mY-16 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:23:27 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1D4onh-0004hP-Gr for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:23:14 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D4onh-0004cC-6C for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:23:13 -0500 Received: from [209.55.4.212] (helo=mxo3.broadbandsupport.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1D4oLG-00055o-HS for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:53:50 -0500 Received: from atmail2.ibbsonline.com (atmail2.ibbsonline.com [209.55.3.51]) by mxo3.broadbandsupport.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72C613B94C for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:56:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from [209.33.77.37] (helo=computername) by atmail2.ibbsonline.com with smtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D4oK8-0002Ib-3d for Qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:52:40 -0500 Message-ID: <001401c51b8c$cdd3d330$254d21d1@computername> From: Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:53:15 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [Qemu-devel] Experiences installing Win98 on WinXP host. Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Qemu-devel@nongnu.org I decided to try and install Win98. Here are some comments about the = Windows cvs build 20050223 downloaded from FreeOSZoo. (I have tried a = few other cvs versions from there, and they have the same problems.) There seems to be a serious problem with the guest OS (Win98, WinME) = detecting when the cd image has changed. This means the guest is = completely unable to do the compliance check, for example. Occasionally it'll detect that you've changed it. But not usually. I haven't heard anybody else comment about this, so I figured I should. Qemu has major problems with spaces in pathnames. For example, when = changing the cd to try and do the compliance check, it can't handle: = "h:\win 9x\win 98.iso" Qemu wont accept quotes around it, either. Realistically, qemu should just accept the rest of the line as being the = path. It'd be nice if qemu gave an error message when you enter a pathname for = a disk image that doesn't exist. Once during the upgrade check, I tried to change the cd, I went into = Windows dialog thing to change from C: to E: and it hadn't recognised = the cd change. I accidently clicked on a directory from the old ISO = image. That caused qemu to crash and immediately abort. It might have = displayed a brief error notice or something, but it flashed by so quick = I couldn't read it. Needless to say, it's not a "good thing" when the entire emulator = crashes. I accidently tried qemu on a very damaged ISO that Nero had just made = for me. From the Win98 boot floppy, changing to the cd drive or doing a = directory on it would cause qemu to abort. Eventually I just made up a cd image with Win98 and the old Win3 files = (for complianc check) and I managed to mostly install Win98. But it blue screened after the reboot during the final part of the = installation. I've also tried Win98se, WinME and XP. None successfully. All crashed = or were unable to continue due to the cd change bug. I don't know if these problems are specific to the windows ports on = FreeOSZoo or not. But to put it very simply.... Qemu is most definetly not ready to = actually use! I've read people installing Win98se, XP, linux, etc. but I can definetly = say the daily windows builds aren't that reliable. The only successful OS's I've installed are DOS and FreeDOS. Dr. DOS = 7.03 doesn't work right. Some stuff in FreeDOS doesn't work right. And = some programs under DOS don't work right. Again, I don't know if I just happen to have tried the versions on = FreeOSZoo that were broken, or if there is a problem with the Windows = builds, or if qemu is just that bad with Microsoft products (and FreeDos = and Dr.DOS.)