Re: [Qemu-devel] Boot Problems Windows XP guest

[Erik Rull <erik.rull@rdsoftware.de>]

Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 11:52:26AM +0200, Erik Rull wrote:
>> is it possible to get back to the "legacy" BIOS instead of the (u)efi based
>> BIOS? I have problems booting the guest on a SSD HDD, there it reboots
>> infinitely, when running the guest on a rotating HDD, it works. On qemu 1.2.0
>> both disks work properly. I didn't find a way to select the BIOS type in QEMU.
>
> You can specify the BIOS blob to use with the -bios <filename> option.
>
> Not sure about the issue you are describing.  SeaBIOS is a BIOS, not
> UEFI.
>
> Stefan
>

Hi Stefan,

which BIOS is selected by default? It's more a guess, there must be a 
change between 1.2.0 and 1.6.0 that prevents a simple Windows XP from 
booting completely, if the guest HDD image is placed on a SSD. On a 
rotating HDD (with the same commandline except the path to the image) it 
boots successfully. The only difference is the speed of the disk access.
I will try an alternative BIOS, maybe this fixes it, if not I will try to 
do some regression tests, first trying 1.4.0.

Best regards,

Erik