[Qemu-devel] kqemu processor feature question

[Brad Campbell <brad@wasp.net.au>]

G'day all,

I have a disk image here of Win2k-SP4 with AutoCAD installed.
It's a 4G QCOW filesystem. I have burned it on a DVD with QEMU and a few other bits and I carry it 
around with me alongside a Knoppix disk so I always have my CAD system with me wherever I go.

Now this has worked great for a while, until today where I tried to run it on a P-IIIM Laptop.

The system was installed on an AMD Sempron with kqemu, and it *refuses* to boot past the Win2k 
splash screen on the laptop.
It occurs to me that every system I have run it on to date has been an AMD, and I'm wondering as it 
was installed with kqemu, if win2k might use/detect some instruction present on the Althon and then 
depend on it. I can see no other reason for the image refusing to run on a P-III.

I'm in the process of installing another image completely with -no-kqemu to test my theory (but that 
is about 5 hours work), and I thought I'd ask here in addition just in case I'm doing something silly.

I have tried the image with and without kqemu on all machines, and it runs great on any Athlon, but 
refuses to boot on my only Intel box (P-III Laptop).

Regards,
Brad
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