From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Davidsen Subject: Re: KVM can't install Windows Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:48:06 -0400 Message-ID: <48F8CFD6.4070201@tmr.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org To: Charles Duffy Return-path: Received: from mail.tmr.com ([64.65.253.246]:46250 "EHLO partygirl.tmr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755956AbYJQRsP (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:48:15 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Charles Duffy wrote: > Bill Davidsen wrote: >> I need a Win98SE VM to do some software testing and support. >> Unfortunately KVM seems to not be able to run 98SE, although it runs a >> bunch of more recent Windows versions I can't use for this. I really >> don't want to support multiple VM servers, and there is pressure to go >> to VISTA and VMware. > > Lots of folks here have used KVM with recent Windows guests > successfully, myself included. Could you be more explicit about what is > going wrong, other than "it dosen't work"? Knowing which KVM release > you're using (and which kernel) would be a Good Thing as well. > Can you tell me where to get one of those recent Windows guest for Win98SE? > See whether your guest/version combination is expected to work at > http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Guest_Support_Status > I agree completely with the "no way" and "FAILS" evaluation, it continues to hang during install from the CD image with - FC6 Intel 6600 dual core with kvm 65 - FC9 Intel quad core 9400 2.6.27-3 kernel and latest kvm and qemu upgrades - FC9 AMD dual core (number in another building) 2.6.26 latest kernel, kvm and qemu upgrades Avi told me several years ago that it was because Intel virtualization didn't handle something in real mode, and AMD might work. Doesn't seem to. -- Bill Davidsen "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot