Re: [Qemu-devel] Version 1.7.0 fails to boot Windows 98 SE on Windows host

[Stefan Weil <sw@weilnetz.de>]

Am 06.02.2014 19:32, schrieb Legorol:
> I am trying to run Windows 98 SE in Qemu. Under version 1.7.0 on a
> Windows 7 64-bit host, it fails to boot.
> 
> The symptom is that the guest hangs on the boot screen with the
> full-screen Windows 98 logo displayed. Booting in safe mode gives the
> same result. If I try to cleanly install Windows 98 SE on a freshly
> formatted hard disk, then the guest hangs the first time setup attempts
> to reboot, on the screen displaying the message "Getting ready to run
> Windows for the first time." If I reboot the guest, it always hangs in
> the same place.
> 
> I tried a few Qemu builds, with the following results.
> Builds that fail:
> * my own 1.7.0 build, compiled natively under MinGW
> * Stefan Weil's build, from qemu-w32-setup-20140118.exe
> Builds that succeed (can install and run Windows 98 SE fine):
> * my own 1.6.2 build, compiled natively under MinGW
> * my own 1.7.0 build, compiled and running under Ubuntu 12.04 instead of
> Windows
> 
> The command line I'm using to execute:
> qemu-system-i386w -rtc base=localtime -cdrom en_win98_se_oem.iso -hda
> win98-hdd.img
> 
> Any suggestions on how I can troubleshoot this issue further?
> 
> Regards,
> Legorol


You can try git bisect under MinGW. As your own 1.6.2 build works, but
the 1.7.0 build fails, there will be a commit somewhere in the middle
which makes things go bad. git bisect will help you to find this commit.

BTW, I just prepared qemu-w64-setup-20140206.exe. Maybe you want to give
it a try.

Regards
Stefan