Re: stuck with "setup is starting windows" when installing windows with kvm

[Daniel Hecken <dh-LcvzS2Pvy/8X0D0ZMPkEVw@public.gmane.org>]

Hello,

I had the same problems on my Notebook Intel Core Duo. To resolv these
issues I did the following:

1. Install with "-no-kvm"
2. Whilst installing Windows 2000 SP 4 I get an error about "Com+" not
being able to install which I ignore.
3. After installation finishes I reboot the CD and select repair
installation
4. After all of this I start Windows 2000 with KVM and all works good.

(There is also a bug report about this
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1634816&group_id=180599&atid=893831.
This only happens if you start Windows 2000 with KVM enabled.)

With Windows 2003 I used the same procedure, but it crashes at startup
also saying something about not being able to run the "Com+ Service" and
then reboots.

But Windows XP runs fine on my Laptop.

Daniel Hecken


Ian Brown schrieb:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to install windows under FC6 on x86_64. The processor is AMD
> which has support for virtualization (I do see "svm" in  the flags of
> /proc/cpuinfo).
> 
> I made three ties according to KVM howto; first win2k, than win2003, than
> winxp, and they all failed.
> 
> More details:
> I have a machine with 1GB of RAM.
> After building and modprobe kvm-amd,
> I ran:
> /usr/local/kvm/bin/qemu-img create -f qcow vdisk.img 10G
> and than:
> /usr/local/kvm/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 . -hda vdisk.img -cdrom /dev/hdb
> -no-acpi -boot d -m 384
> 
> In all three cases it started the installation, go to a screen saying , at the
> bootom,"setup is starting windows", and than I wait for ten minutes and nothing
> changes on screen.
> If I try to click on the installation window - it panics (Blue Screen Of Death).
> Any idea what is happening here ? should I wait more ???
> 
> one more thing: /dev/hdb is the DVD drive (and it is not mounted).
> 
> Regards,
> Ian
> 
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