[Qemu-devel] nt4 installation

[Qemu-devel] nt4 installation

[Bob Barry]

Every morning I update qemu via cvs, configure/make/make install, and try to install win-nt4.

Attempting to install from floppy images behaves the same with c: partitioned and unformatted, or partitioned
and formatted: installation fails after installation of second floppy - installer copies some files then stops with
BSOD:

   1 System Processor [32 MB Memory] MultiProcessor Kernel

   *** STOP: 0x0000007B (0x80480ED0,0x00000000,0x00000000,0x00000000)
   INADDESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

   CPUID:GenuineIntel 6.1.3 irql:0  SYSVER 0xf0000565

etc, etc (I'll send the rest if anyone can make sense of it.)

With hda partioned and formatted for dos using a win98 rescue disk, attempting to install nt4 from CD
shows "Welcome to Setup" screen, <enter> shows mass storage selection screen, <enter> shows:

   Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer.

   Make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and properly connected
   to your computer, and that any disk-related hardware configuration is
   correct.  This may involve running a manufacturer-supplied diagnostic
   or setup program.

   Setup cannot continue.  Press F3 to exit.

F3 and <enter> exits (no BSOD).

For floppy installation, qemu (softmmu) is invoked with:
sudo qemu -m 32 -fda nt4setup1.img -hda /image/nt4progs.img -cdrom /image/nt4.iso -boot a

For CD installation, qemu (softmmu) is invoked with:
sudo qemu -m 32 -pci -hda /image/nt4progs.img -cdrom /image/nt4.iso -boot d

MSDOS, Freedos, Linux, and Win98se all install and run normally.

Has anyone got nt4 running on qemu?  If so, how?

Thanks,

Bob Barry

Re: [Qemu-devel] nt4 installation

[Vaclav Smilauer]

Bob, you are having the same problem as me. See
http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2004-05/msg00345.html for 
details. There have not been any replies, though.

Can someone who knows qemu internals, please, tell if it is due to 
unimplemented int13 extensions? That is the cause stated in bochs "bug" 
report which I repost here: 
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12580&atid=112580&func=detail&aid=554949

Are we the only two having this problem...?

Regards, Vaclav

Re: [Qemu-devel] nt4 installation

[Bob Barry]

Vaclav -

On Fri, 28 May 2004 21:46:13, you wrote:
> Bob, you are having the same problem as me. See
> http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2004-05/msg00345.html for 
> details. There have not been any replies, though.
> 
> Can someone who knows qemu internals, please, tell if it is due to 
> unimplemented int13 extensions? That is the cause stated in bochs "bug" 
> report which I repost here: 
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=12580&atid=112580&func=detail&aid=554949

I couldn't find any details about the fix for that bug report, so I got bochs cvs snapshot (and the
bcc required for support) and compiled its bios and substituted it for the bios shipped with qemu.
I figured that would give my qemu the same pc interrupt characteristics as bochs.  Am I thinking
right?  Anyway, it worked fine on win98, but has the same old problem when nt4 installation is
attempted.

Suggestions, anyone?

Bob Barry