Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Windows XP SP2 and qemu 0.6.2

[Jan Dittmer <jdittmer@ppp0.net>]

Heike C. Zimmerer wrote:
> Jan Dittmer <jdittmer@ppp0.net> writes:
> 
> 
>>Well, I tried this just on the weekend with the latest cvs code and
>>Windows XP Pro SP2 _German_ and it still reboots for me in an endless
>>loop after the second installation stage is over.
>>I reported this problem earlier [1].
>>The commandline I used is
>>$QEMU -L /usr/local/share/qemu/ -hda xp.img  -m 256 -user-net -enable-audio -localtime
> 
> 
> I had the WinXP problem mentioned in the Documentation (some kind of
> Authentication error) with german XP Prof.  An english version
> works both with qemu and kqemu.
> 
> The error in the german version has gone now for both versions; it
> boots fine and SP2 installed flawlessly; even Windows Update works.
> So thanks, Fabrice and folks!  A german XP Home also installed, but I
> didn't try to get into this further.
>

Well, I must correct me - I'm trying to install SP1 .
Booting in 'Safe Mode' as recommended in the Docs brings me over the
login screen. But immediately after explorer.exe crashs.

Jan