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From: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>
To: Satish Kagathara <satishkagathara@gmail.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Problems in starting windows using qemu-kvm from arch
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:51:08 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CBD781C.9030304@msgid.tls.msk.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin+L6_Oougvs8+RuHbQdONMvRen-BP-6hNjSXwM@mail.gmail.com>

Please stop top-posting.

Satish Kagathara wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> 1. It seems that earlier kvm utility has been replaced by qemu-kvm
> right? Because i found few threads on net referring to kvm command.

No. It were always named qemu-system-x86_64.  Different distributions
name it differently.  In Debian it were named kvm since beginning and
is still named this way, but the package name were renamed from kvm
to qemu-kvm.

> 2. Do you mean Linux KVM works/emulates only IDE controller for
> starting windows? It does not support SATA/RAID to start windows?

It can emulate one of:
 Intel Corporation 82371SB PIIX3 IDE controller
 LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c895a SCSI controller
 Virtio "controller"

There are a bunch of various sata controllers out there (just like
ide and scsi), and qemu does not emulate any of them.

> 3. Do you think i need to start my linux kernel with IOMMU or
> Intel_iommu options?

It depends on your needs.

> Meanwhile i will try to find how can i prepare my windows to boot from
> PIIX IDE controller.

Hint: google for "mergeide".  That works for WinXP but not
necessary Win7.

/mjt

  reply	other threads:[~2010-10-19 10:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-19  8:57 Problems in starting windows using qemu-kvm from arch Satish Kagathara
2010-10-19  9:43 ` Michael Tokarev
2010-10-19 10:32   ` Satish Kagathara
2010-10-19 10:35     ` Michael Tokarev
     [not found]     ` <4CBD7470.9060101@tls.msk.ru>
2010-10-19 10:37       ` Michael Tokarev
2010-10-19 10:45         ` Satish Kagathara
2010-10-19 10:51           ` Michael Tokarev [this message]
2010-10-20 15:01             ` Satish Kagathara
2010-10-26  5:45               ` Satish Kagathara

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