From: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>
To: Martin Kraus <martin.kraus@wujiman.net>
Cc: kvm <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: windows 2008 installation doesn't recognize cdrom
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:12:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C7BBC35.1000605@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100830124518.GA30293@/bin/hostname>
On 08/30/10 14:45, Martin Kraus wrote:
> By the installer I've meant the windows installer which complains that it can't
> find a driver for cdrom (emulated by kvm patched qemu). I can boot from the cd
> image by using -drive file=.....media=cdrom or -cdrom ... and the
> installation starts but it stops at the second installation window asking to
> browse manualy for an appropriate driver.
>
> I've been just wondering if anyone came across this problem or if I should
> blame it on Windows.
That is very odd, I have certainly managed to install win2k8 here from
an ISO image without problems. If you launch it with -monitor stdio what
do you get when you type 'info block' ?
Cheers,
Jes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-08-30 14:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-08-28 15:44 windows 2008 installation doesn't recognize cdrom Martin Kraus
2010-08-30 10:15 ` Jes Sorensen
2010-08-30 12:45 ` Martin Kraus
2010-08-30 14:12 ` Jes Sorensen [this message]
2010-08-30 15:29 ` Martin Kraus
2010-08-31 22:36 ` Martin Kraus
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