* [Qemu-devel] Using Microsoft-provided Windows images
@ 2007-08-01 14:05 Dan Shearer
2007-08-01 14:33 ` GUERRAZ Francois
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Dan Shearer @ 2007-08-01 14:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel
I have been playing around with the demonstration Windows images
downloadable from Microsoft just to see how hard it would be to use the
OSs they provide. The images are designed for Microsoft Virtual Server,
but can be successfully converted to qcow2 and vhdx using qemu-img. QEMU
won't boot the images (not a difficult problem, I think) but VMware can.
I'll try other free virtualisation systems at some point.
See http://shearer.org/Microsoft_Demo_VMs for my notes so far.
--
Dan Shearer
dan@shearer.org
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* Re: [Qemu-devel] Using Microsoft-provided Windows images
2007-08-01 14:05 [Qemu-devel] Using Microsoft-provided Windows images Dan Shearer
@ 2007-08-01 14:33 ` GUERRAZ Francois
2007-08-01 15:55 ` risc
2007-08-02 16:45 ` Natalia Portillo
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: GUERRAZ Francois @ 2007-08-01 14:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel
Hello.
Micro$oft's 64bits OSes are known to be problematic w/ kvm.
I guess that the main problem w/ Qemu is that Microsoft Virtual Server
can emulate a SCSI controller and Qemu cannot... I havent checked but I
bet they installed their VM's with just SCSI drivers...
Try to install IDE drivers from VM Ware and then to boot from QEMU.
Also, try to disable ACPI (update the "computer" driver to "Standard PC"
if available)
Regards,
François.
Le mercredi 01 août 2007 à 23:35 +0930, Dan Shearer a écrit :
> I have been playing around with the demonstration Windows images
> downloadable from Microsoft just to see how hard it would be to use the
> OSs they provide. The images are designed for Microsoft Virtual Server,
> but can be successfully converted to qcow2 and vhdx using qemu-img. QEMU
> won't boot the images (not a difficult problem, I think) but VMware can.
> I'll try other free virtualisation systems at some point.
>
> See http://shearer.org/Microsoft_Demo_VMs for my notes so far.
>
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* Re: [Qemu-devel] Using Microsoft-provided Windows images
2007-08-01 14:33 ` GUERRAZ Francois
@ 2007-08-01 15:55 ` risc
2007-08-02 6:45 ` GUERRAZ Francois
2007-08-02 16:45 ` Natalia Portillo
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: risc @ 2007-08-01 15:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel
on x86, qemu by default does not emulate a scsi device.
if you look at my last set of postings, you will see a patch set for adding scsi controllers on demand.
its got some code formatting issues, so i understand why it hasnt been merged as of yet. i intend to publish a new version in the next couple of days.
Julia Longtin <risc@volumehost.com>
On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 04:33:31PM +0200, GUERRAZ Francois wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Micro$oft's 64bits OSes are known to be problematic w/ kvm.
>
> 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)
>
> Regards,
>
> François.
>
> Le mercredi 01 août 2007 à 23:35 +0930, Dan Shearer a écrit :
> > I have been playing around with the demonstration Windows images
> > downloadable from Microsoft just to see how hard it would be to use the
> > OSs they provide. The images are designed for Microsoft Virtual Server,
> > but can be successfully converted to qcow2 and vhdx using qemu-img. QEMU
> > won't boot the images (not a difficult problem, I think) but VMware can.
> > I'll try other free virtualisation systems at some point.
> >
> > See http://shearer.org/Microsoft_Demo_VMs for my notes so far.
> >
>
>
>
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* Re: [Qemu-devel] Using Microsoft-provided Windows images
2007-08-01 15:55 ` risc
@ 2007-08-02 6:45 ` GUERRAZ Francois
2007-08-02 7:35 ` Laurent Vivier
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: GUERRAZ Francois @ 2007-08-02 6:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel
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...... :)
---
François.
Le mercredi 01 août 2007 à 10:55 -0500, risc@volumehost.com a écrit :
> on x86, qemu by default does not emulate a scsi device.
>
> if you look at my last set of postings, you will see a patch set for adding scsi controllers on demand.
>
> its got some code formatting issues, so i understand why it hasnt been merged as of yet. i intend to publish a new version in the next couple of days.
>
> Julia Longtin <risc@volumehost.com>
>
> On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 04:33:31PM +0200, GUERRAZ Francois wrote:
> > Hello.
> >
> > Micro$oft's 64bits OSes are known to be problematic w/ kvm.
> >
> > I guess that the main problem w/ Qemu is that Microsoft Virtual Server
> > can emulate a SCSI controller and Qemu cannot... I havent checked but I
> > bet they installed their VM's with just SCSI drivers...
> > Try to install IDE drivers from VM Ware and then to boot from QEMU.
> > Also, try to disable ACPI (update the "computer" driver to "Standard PC"
> > if available)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > François.
> >
> > Le mercredi 01 août 2007 à 23:35 +0930, Dan Shearer a écrit :
> > > I have been playing around with the demonstration Windows images
> > > downloadable from Microsoft just to see how hard it would be to use the
> > > OSs they provide. The images are designed for Microsoft Virtual Server,
> > > but can be successfully converted to qcow2 and vhdx using qemu-img. QEMU
> > > won't boot the images (not a difficult problem, I think) but VMware can.
> > > I'll try other free virtualisation systems at some point.
> > >
> > > See http://shearer.org/Microsoft_Demo_VMs for my notes so far.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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* Re: [Qemu-devel] Using Microsoft-provided Windows images
2007-08-01 14:33 ` GUERRAZ Francois
2007-08-01 15:55 ` risc
@ 2007-08-02 16:45 ` Natalia Portillo
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Natalia Portillo @ 2007-08-02 16:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel
SCSI is not the problem as VirtualPC does not emulate it (Virtual Server
does but not VPC up to 2007).
Basically the problem can be more related to ACPI.
Regards
En Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:33:31 +0100, GUERRAZ Francois
<francois.guerraz@alyotech.fr> escribió:
> Hello.
>
> Micro$oft's 64bits OSes are known to be problematic w/ kvm.
>
> 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)
>
> Regards,
>
> François.
>
> Le mercredi 01 août 2007 à 23:35 +0930, Dan Shearer a écrit :
>> I have been playing around with the demonstration Windows images
>> downloadable from Microsoft just to see how hard it would be to use the
>> OSs they provide. The images are designed for Microsoft Virtual Server,
>> but can be successfully converted to qcow2 and vhdx using qemu-img. QEMU
>> won't boot the images (not a difficult problem, I think) but VMware can.
>> I'll try other free virtualisation systems at some point.
>>
>> See http://shearer.org/Microsoft_Demo_VMs for my notes so far.
>>
>
>
>
>
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