From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IGUT1-00020B-7E for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:47:27 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IGUSz-0001yK-UJ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:47:26 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IGUSz-0001xy-HU for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:47:25 -0400 Received: from mail-out.criltechnology.com ([195.115.177.11] helo=criltechnology.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IGUSz-0007Di-1g for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:47:25 -0400 Received: from cril01.criltechnology.net by criltechnology.com (MDaemon PRO v9.6.0) with ESMTP id md50000119680.msg for ; Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:46:03 +0200 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Using Microsoft-provided Windows images From: GUERRAZ Francois In-Reply-To: <20070801155559.GW4797@volumehost.com> References: <20070801140533.GL16020@erizo.shearer.org> <1185978811.6846.32.camel@BODDINGTONX.criltechnology.net> <20070801155559.GW4797@volumehost.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:45:47 +0200 Message-Id: <1186037147.6846.37.camel@BODDINGTONX.criltechnology.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Hello. Yes but if I understood well, you can't boot on the SCSI device because of BIOS limitations right? So the problem remains ... :) Maybe if you install GRUB and tell him to boot on SCSI...... :) --- Fran=C3=A7ois. Le mercredi 01 ao=C3=BBt 2007 =C3=A0 10:55 -0500, risc@volumehost.com a =C3= =A9crit : > on x86, qemu by default does not emulate a scsi device. >=20 > if you look at my last set of postings, you will see a patch set for addi= ng scsi controllers on demand. >=20 > its got some code formatting issues, so i understand why it hasnt been me= rged as of yet. i intend to publish a new version in the next couple of day= s. >=20 > Julia Longtin >=20 > On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 04:33:31PM +0200, GUERRAZ Francois wrote: > > Hello. > >=20 > > Micro$oft's 64bits OSes are known to be problematic w/ kvm. > >=20 > > I guess that the main problem w/ Qemu is that Microsoft Virtual Server > > can emulate a SCSI controller and Qemu cannot... I havent checked but I > > bet they installed their VM's with just SCSI drivers... > > Try to install IDE drivers from VM Ware and then to boot from QEMU. > > Also, try to disable ACPI (update the "computer" driver to "Standard PC= " > > if available) > >=20 > > Regards, > >=20 > > Fran=C3=A7ois. > >=20 > > Le mercredi 01 ao=C3=BBt 2007 =C3=A0 23:35 +0930, Dan Shearer a =C3=A9c= rit : > > > I have been playing around with the demonstration Windows images > > > downloadable from Microsoft just to see how hard it would be to use t= he > > > OSs they provide. The images are designed for Microsoft Virtual Serve= r, > > > but can be successfully converted to qcow2 and vhdx using qemu-img. Q= EMU > > > won't boot the images (not a difficult problem, I think) but VMware c= an. > > > I'll try other free virtualisation systems at some point. > > >=20 > > > See http://shearer.org/Microsoft_Demo_VMs for my notes so far. > > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20