From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49719) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBUyP-0005Cj-5L for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:51:04 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBUyH-0004zb-Ru for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:50:57 -0500 Received: from smtp.mail.uni-mannheim.de ([134.155.96.80]:54379) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBUyH-0004zA-Kz for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:50:49 -0500 Message-ID: <52F3E78D.9050005@weilnetz.de> Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 20:50:37 +0100 From: Stefan Weil MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <731332B8DF01444B8B7080A4482BD2DC@Donkimus> In-Reply-To: <731332B8DF01444B8B7080A4482BD2DC@Donkimus> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Version 1.7.0 fails to boot Windows 98 SE on Windows host List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Legorol Cc: qemu-devel 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