Re: [Qemu-devel] Q35 OS install status

[Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>]

On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:23:01 -0400
Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Linux
> -----
> Fedora 17: installs and ran memory tests (requires ahci cdrom fixes I 
> 	   posted to install)
> Fedora 16: installs and ran memory tests
> 
> Windows
> -------
> Windows 7: Wouldn't install due to this error:
>         'A required cd/dvd device driver is missing. If you have a
> 	driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now.'
> 
> 	That said, I did a successfull install on q35 by using the piix4-ide
> 	controller for the cdrom and ide drive (passed on command line).
> 	Also, I can get windows 7 now to recognize the ahci drives after boot by
> 	going into the device manager and doing a rescan for new h/w. So
> 	this appears to be a problem in the boot path...
> 
> Windows xp:
> 
> 	Same as windows 7, wouldn't install with ahci but will install using the
> 	piix4-ide controller passed on command line. Not even sure if
> 	windows xp has ahci support.
> 
> BSD
> ---
> Luiz tested these for me.
> 
> OpenBSD 5.1, FreeBSD 9.0 and NetBSD all worked with the ide controller
> passed on the command line. AHCI didn't work.

Sorry if I wasn't clear in my report, I've only tried ahci with OpenBSD.
Will try it with the others shortly. But yeah, ide controller worked with
all of them.

Btw, I didn't try any fancy settings, only plain default install.