From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IGGbz-00065V-Pj for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:59:47 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IGGbx-00065J-OO for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:59:46 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IGGbx-00065G-Ix for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:59:45 -0400 Received: from volumehost.com ([69.150.104.236]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IGGbv-0000Fz-Qt for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:59:44 -0400 Received: from volumehost.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by volumehost.com (8.12.8/8.12.5) with ESMTP id l71FtxYa004603 for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2007 10:56:00 -0500 Received: (from risc@localhost) by volumehost.com (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id l71Ftxms004601 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 1 Aug 2007 10:55:59 -0500 Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 10:55:59 -0500 From: risc@volumehost.com Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Using Microsoft-provided Windows images Message-ID: <20070801155559.GW4797@volumehost.com> References: <20070801140533.GL16020@erizo.shearer.org> <1185978811.6846.32.camel@BODDINGTONX.criltechnology.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1185978811.6846.32.camel@BODDINGTONX.criltechnology.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 on x86, qemu by default does not emulate a scsi device. if you look at my last set of postings, you will see a patch set for addi= ng scsi controllers on demand. its got some code formatting issues, so i understand why it hasnt been me= rged as of yet. i intend to publish a new version in the next couple of d= ays. Julia Longtin On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 04:33:31PM +0200, GUERRAZ Francois wrote: > Hello. >=20 > Micro$oft's 64bits OSes are known to be problematic w/ kvm. >=20 > I guess that the main problem w/ Qemu is that Microsoft Virtual Server > can emulate a SCSI controller and Qemu cannot... I havent checked but I > bet they installed their VM's with just SCSI drivers... > Try to install IDE drivers from VM Ware and then to boot from QEMU. > Also, try to disable ACPI (update the "computer" driver to "Standard PC= " > if available) >=20 > Regards, >=20 > Fran=E7ois. >=20 > Le mercredi 01 ao=FBt 2007 =E0 23:35 +0930, Dan Shearer a =E9crit : > > I have been playing around with the demonstration Windows images > > downloadable from Microsoft just to see how hard it would be to use t= he > > OSs they provide. The images are designed for Microsoft Virtual Serve= r, > > but can be successfully converted to qcow2 and vhdx using qemu-img. Q= EMU > > won't boot the images (not a difficult problem, I think) but VMware c= an. > > I'll try other free virtualisation systems at some point. > >=20 > > See http://shearer.org/Microsoft_Demo_VMs for my notes so far. > >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20