From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Charles Duffy Subject: Re: KVM can't install Windows Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:27:04 -0500 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kvm@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:49177 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751004AbYJQB1m (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:27:42 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Kqe7v-0007ew-Em for kvm@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:27:39 +0000 Received: from rrcs-71-41-149-67.sw.biz.rr.com ([71.41.149.67]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:27:39 +0000 Received: from Charles_Duffy by rrcs-71-41-149-67.sw.biz.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:27:39 +0000 In-Reply-To: Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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