From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Tokarev Subject: Re: Problems in starting windows using qemu-kvm from arch Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:51:08 +0400 Message-ID: <4CBD781C.9030304@msgid.tls.msk.ru> References: <4CBD6851.8090209@msgid.tls.msk.ru> <4CBD7470.9060101@tls.msk.ru> <4CBD74CE.2000601@msgid.tls.msk.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org To: Satish Kagathara Return-path: Received: from isrv.corpit.ru ([86.62.121.231]:42769 "EHLO isrv.corpit.ru" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758160Ab0JSKuE (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Oct 2010 06:50:04 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 It seems that earlier kvm utility has been replaced by qemu-kvm 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