From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dor Laor Subject: Re: booting XP Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:29:41 +0200 Message-ID: <47773AD5.4030503@qumranet.com> References: <4774EE12.6030203@pagestation.com> Reply-To: dor.laor-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Jerry Geis Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4774EE12.6030203-HlEKYY4NwfurDvn5mFPilA@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Jerry Geis wrote: > Seems as though running with the -no-acpi command will not boot XP. > once I remove it XP boots fine. > > It's probably because you have ACPI HAL in windows, it required the acpi to be set in qemu. It also kills performance on kvm versions < 58. You can approve this by running the problematic setup with -no-kvm flag. There are instructions for switching to standard HAL on the wiki. Dor > Jerry > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > kvm-devel mailing list > kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/