From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E384b-0000LV-NP for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 04:05:59 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E383k-0008TR-Ik for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 04:05:17 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E383M-0008OV-Ax for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 04:04:40 -0400 Received: from [213.68.205.162] (helo=b.mx.secunet.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1E38DH-0003mW-1T for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 04:14:55 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by b.mx.secunet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B8546FE for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:58:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from snsrv019.secumail.de (unknown [10.53.40.80]) by b.mx.secunet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 697AA31C for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:58:46 +0200 (CEST) From: "Nardmann, Heiko" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: importing VMWare image Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:00:00 +0200 References: <42F8F674.8020003@revolutionlinux.com> <42F913CF.9010304@revolutionlinux.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200508111000.02740.heiko.nardmann@secunet.com> Reply-To: "Nardmann, Heiko" , 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 Am Mittwoch, 10. August 2005 10:14 schrieb Adam Bradley: > Yves Trudeau wrote: > > Filip Navara a =E9crit : > >> Yves Trudeau wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> I am trying to use a VMWare Win2k image in Qemu-0.7.1. I imported > >>> the image with qemu-img successfully but when I lauch qemu, I have > >>> the first part (in text mode) of the win2k boot with the progress bar > >>> but as soon as it attempt to switch to graphic mode, qemu freezes. I > >>> tried "--stdvga" and booted win2k in safe-mode with no result. Is > >>> there someone who successfully imported a VMWare image? Any hint will > >>> be appreciated. > >>> > >>> Yves > >> > >> The hardware emulated by QEMU and VMware is different. You might want > >> to try running the image in VMware and reinstalling "Standard IDE > >> driver" instead of the one that is used and then importing the image. > >> > >> - Filip > > > > I tried all the "standard" drivers I could find without success, still > > the same problem. I want to import this vmware image because I have a > > software, Mindmanager, that runs well under vmware but not under Qemu, > > altought the installation raises no error. > > > > Any other suggestions? > > How about a seperate hardware profile with almost everything disabled. > Could ACPI be causing you problems? If so, it might be time to switch > HALs. > Adam > I have a similar problem with a Windows XP image. I choose "Abgesicherter=20 Modus" (translation "Safe Mode" ?) but the last thing I see is something=20 about agp440.sys. I already use '-std-vga' and have tried '-isa', too, but without luck. Is this issue solved now? I have thought that Windows does some hardware autodetection at startup? I am going to change some Windows settings while running the image inside=20 VMware and will come back then. =2D-=20 Heiko Nardmann (Dipl.-Ing. Technische Informatik) secunet Security Networks AG - Sicherheit in Netzwerken (www.secunet.de), Weidenauer Str. 223-225, D-57076 Siegen Tel. : +49 271 48950-13, Fax : +49 271 48950-50