Tried to install Vista for Class Virtualization Use -- Failure

Tried to install Vista for Class Virtualization Use -- Failure

[Iain Kyte]

Failed to get Windows Vista to install on KVM-13.  

Tried the following combinations:

kvm  and no-kvm -- Blue Screen of Death
no-acpi (kvm or no-kvm) -- Can only install if BIOS supports ACPI error.

I have taken screen shots of both situations if people are interested.  Just
have not posted to this message to keep our Mail Queues and boxes uncluttered.


I could help with debugging and development testing of Vista.  

Iain 




 
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Re: Tried to install Vista for Class Virtualization Use -- Failure

[Lonnie Mendez]

On Fri, 2007-02-09 at 12:11 -0800, Iain Kyte wrote:
> Failed to get Windows Vista to install on KVM-13.  
> 
> Tried the following combinations:
>
> kvm  and no-kvm -- Blue Screen of Death
> no-acpi (kvm or no-kvm) -- Can only install if BIOS supports ACPI error.
> 
> I have taken screen shots of both situations if people are interested.  Just
> have not posted to this message to keep our Mail Queues and boxes uncluttered.
> 
> 
> I could help with debugging and development testing of Vista.  

The ACPI implementation in qemu is v1.0.  Vista wants at least ACPI 2.0.

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2006-11/msg00255.html

  qemu 0.9.0 moves the ACPI tables into the bochs bios where they belong
- should be just a matter of updating these tables and other misc code.

  Although IIRC ACPI doesn't work very well with KVM/KQEMU at the moment
for other reasons.


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Re: Tried to install Vista for Class Virtualization Use-- Failure

[Dor Laor]

>> Failed to get Windows Vista to install on KVM-13.
>>
>> Tried the following combinations:
>>
>> kvm  and no-kvm -- Blue Screen of Death
>> no-acpi (kvm or no-kvm) -- Can only install if BIOS supports ACPI
error.
>>
>> I have taken screen shots of both situations if people are
interested.
>Just
>> have not posted to this message to keep our Mail Queues and boxes
>uncluttered.
>>
>>
>> I could help with debugging and development testing of Vista.
>
>The ACPI implementation in qemu is v1.0.  Vista wants at least ACPI
2.0.
>
>http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2006-11/msg00255.html
>
>  qemu 0.9.0 moves the ACPI tables into the bochs bios where they
belong
>- should be just a matter of updating these tables and other misc code.
>
>  Although IIRC ACPI doesn't work very well with KVM/KQEMU at the
moment
>for other reasons.
>


- Since KVM-12 it is possible to install windows without the -no-acpi
flag.
- We will soon upgrade our Qemu from 0.82 toward 0.9 so hopefully vista
will soon be energized by KVM.
- I managed to install the vista beta version. (I know the release is
problematic even to qemu head).

>
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