[Qemu-devel] Re: W2K SP0 Status - mmx build

[Joe Bogner <joebogner@gmail.com>]

I'm just writing to report that with MMX and SSE enabled (  CPUID_MMX
| CPUID_SSE | CPUID_SSE2 ), I was able to install the .NET Framework
2.0 on a Windows 2000 Professional installation running under qemu. It
took a little bit of work though, I first had to extract the files
from dotnetfx.exe and then run the install in silent and automatic
mode.

I had a lot of difficulty installing w2k pro. At first I tried using
w2k pro+sp4 and would receive errors when configuring COM+. It would
never get past the final stage of setup. When I switched to w2k pro
without a service pack, I had better luck. It still took at least
three hours of rebooting and reinstalling before it finally worked.

I seemed to have better luck when I would switch to the admin console
and save my vm. I never had to restore the vm though. Just as another
tip, somehow full-screen mode tends to work better on an install too
(unless I was just seeing things after doing it so many times). I also
seemed to have better luck when I'd move my mouse around in the qemu
window during long-running setup processes.


On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:38:02 -0500, Joe Bogner <joebogner@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm having trouble executing qemu after compiling on w2k pro. I
> downloaded the 0.6.1 source and followed the porting instructions.
> Everything compiled (although I had to use SDL-1.2.8-devel because SDL
> wouldn't compile). I'm getting a segfault when I run the compiled
> binary. The official release of 0.6.1 works fine on my machine (with
> the same image). The version I compiled won't even show the BIOS
> before crashing...
> 
> Here's the GDB results:
> 
> $ gdb qemu.exe
> GNU gdb 5.2.1
> Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
> welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
> Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
> There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for details.
> This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-mingw32"...
> (gdb) set args -L c:/progra~1/qemu/bios -hda c:/virtual/temp.img
> (gdb) r
> Starting program: c:\dev\qemu\qemu-0.6.1\i386-softmmu/qemu.exe -L
> c:/progra~1/qe
>    mu/bios -hda c:/virtual/temp.img
> 
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> 0x00000000 in ?? ()
> (gdb) backtrace
> #0  0x00000000 in ?? ()
> #1  0x0044e414 in cpu_x86_exec (env1=0x0)
>    at c:/dev/qemu/qemu-0.6.1/cpu-exec.c:540
> 
> I also had the same results with the CVS source. My goal is to enable
> MMX in the windows build so I can attempt to install MDAC/.NET
> Framework on my windows 2000 pro image. My image works great except
> that I get an access violation when attempting to install the .NET
> framework. I read on here that lack of MMX support could be at fault.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should try? I've been
> fighting with this for at least 5 hours.... Or, I'd be grateful if
> someone could just create a windows build with MMX enabled (as
> specified below).
> 
> Thanks,
> Joe
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> From:  Tim
> Subject:  [Qemu-devel] W2K SP0 Status (was: Re: 2.6.10-mm3: swsusp:
> out of memory on resume)
> Date:  Sat, 15 Jan 2005 13:02:14 -0500
> User-agent:  Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> > I did not enable SSE and MMX for x86 because I fear there are still bugs
> > which may cause regressions. Interested people can enable the line:
> >
> > --
> >      env->cpuid_features |= CPUID_FXSR | CPUID_MMX | CPUID_SSE |
> > CPUID_SSE2 | CPUID_PAE;
> > --
> >
> > and see if their OS and application still work.
> 
> I am using exclusively x86 on x86 (target=i386-softmmu).
> 
> I just booted one of my older win2k images without this enabled.
> Everything came up fine, and I am still stuck with the SP4 installer
> (spews the same "an error has occured" that I have reported in the
> past.)  No change here.
> 
> Then I added the two lines you mention in target-i386/helper2.c, and
> recompiled.  Upon booting this old image again, everything worked as
> expected.  I tried installing SP4 and I got the same old error.  So,
> this initial test showed no difference with MMX et al. enabled.  (I was
> hoping that MMX capabilities would fix their SP4 installer, but no
> luck there.)
> 
> Next, I kept MMX stuff enabled, and began installing win2k with an image
> of the install CD.  The disk is partitioned and formatted fine.  After
> the first reboot, and round of hardware detection, I get the dreaded
> "not enough space on disk" error.  It gives me the software selection
> screen, and it indicates there is 0 space left on disk.  I don't
> remember how I got around this last time.  I'll keep trying.  (fyi- I
> created this image with 'qemu-img win2k.img 3G'.)
> 
> In short, I don't see any differences so far, besides the disk issue
> that comes and goes for those installing Win2k.
> 
> tim
>