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From: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
To: Jun Koi <junkoi2004@gmail.com>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, "Alexander Graf" <agraf@suse.de>,
	"Andreas Färber" <afaerber@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Windows 8 fails to boot
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 12:22:14 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120301102214.GD10743@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+g7VZ283WvoFEpbMe9B=M79oe8FhuncsYAxi7XiTfBmcMQjqg@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 06:15:54PM +0800, Jun Koi wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 11:08:17AM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote:
> >>
> >> On 01.03.2012, at 10:54, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 10:46:37AM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> On 01.03.2012, at 09:00, Andreas Färber wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Hi,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Am 01.03.2012 05:24, schrieb Jun Koi:
> >> >>>> anybody tested Qemu with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview?
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> i tried the 32-bit ISO file with 1.0.1, with and without -enable-kvm,
> >> >>>> and Qemu reboots immediately after the first screen. that is no more
> >> >>>> than 10 seconds into the boot.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Alex has posted patches that supposedly make AHCI boot work.
> >> >>
> >> >> Yes, but TCG mode also failed on me. I only tried the x64 version though.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> > Why AHCI is needed? I was able to install it on ide (qemu-kvm -cpu
> >> > host).
> >>
> >> It's not needed, it's just faster. Andreas was trying to say that I did run Windows 8, because I had it working with AHCI. :)
> >>
> >>
> > Ah, got it. Well, I confirm that it runs, but installing it was the least
> > pleasant computer experience I ever had, so why bother? :)
> >
> 
> ok, i can confirm that -cpu host work for me.
> 
> so still we must fix the bug with default cpu option, right?
> 
It would be nice to understand what's wrong with it, yes. I am used to the
fact that qemu defaults are unusable.

--
			Gleb.

      reply	other threads:[~2012-03-01 10:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-01  4:24 [Qemu-devel] Windows 8 fails to boot Jun Koi
2012-03-01  8:00 ` Andreas Färber
2012-03-01  9:46   ` Alexander Graf
2012-03-01  9:52     ` Jan Kiszka
2012-03-01  9:54     ` Gleb Natapov
2012-03-01 10:08       ` Alexander Graf
2012-03-01 10:11         ` Gleb Natapov
2012-03-01 10:15           ` Jun Koi
2012-03-01 10:22             ` Gleb Natapov [this message]

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