From: Charles Duffy <Charles_Duffy@messageone.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: KVM can't install Windows
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:27:04 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <gd8plv$v3c$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <gd8dhi$19p$1@ger.gmane.org>
Bill Davidsen wrote:
> I need a Win98SE VM to do some software testing and support.
> Unfortunately KVM seems to not be able to run 98SE, although it runs a
> bunch of more recent Windows versions I can't use for this. I really
> don't want to support multiple VM servers, and there is pressure to go
> to VISTA and VMware.
Lots of folks here have used KVM with recent Windows guests
successfully, myself included. Could you be more explicit about what is
going wrong, other than "it dosen't work"? Knowing which KVM release
you're using (and which kernel) would be a Good Thing as well.
See whether your guest/version combination is expected to work at
http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Guest_Support_Status
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-17 1:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-16 22:00 KVM can't install Windows Bill Davidsen
2008-10-17 1:27 ` Charles Duffy [this message]
2008-10-17 17:48 ` Bill Davidsen
2008-10-17 20:09 ` KVM can't install Windows 98 Charles Duffy
2008-10-18 1:11 ` KVM can't install Windows Don Parsons
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