From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BZ6Xu-0000Wm-3H for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 07:19:34 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BZ6Xt-0000WZ-D9 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 07:19:33 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BZ6Xt-0000WW-9a for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 07:19:33 -0400 Received: from [193.252.22.23] (helo=mwinf0803.wanadoo.fr) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BZ6Wy-0005cH-0F for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 07:18:36 -0400 Received: from bellard.org (ATuileries-112-1-1-247.w80-11.abo.wanadoo.fr [80.11.167.247]) by mwinf0803.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 2854218007E0 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 13:18:34 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <40CAE720.8080306@bellard.org> Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 13:21:04 +0200 From: Fabrice Bellard MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Windows 95 and qemu References: <1086949408.2728.42.camel@screamy> <40C98AE8.7020309@mech.kuleuven.ac.be> In-Reply-To: <40C98AE8.7020309@mech.kuleuven.ac.be> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 The problem may be related to the fact that QEMU does not initialize the HDD geometry fields in the CMOS memory. Fabrice. Gerolf Vanacker wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have a similar problem: > > with the latest (june 10) cvs qemu, when I do "qemu /dev/hdc" (the > main disk in my laptop on which I have a dual-boot WinXP / Linux), I > get the Lilo interface without any problem. When I choose to boot > Linux, it works fine. Booting XP however, gives me the message "A disk > read error occurred, Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart". GRUB gives me the > same result. > It seems the lilo bootloader jumps correctly to the XP boot record, > but from that point on something goes wrong. > Has anyone had success yet booting XP (or another windows) from a > device file? > > Oliver Kopp wrote: > > |Hi, > | > |I tried qemu-cvs two days ago with a German Win95 using qemu -hda > |/dev/hdc > |/dev/hdc was the main harddisk of another PC, where Win95 works fine. > | > |After firing up qemu, windows sys, it has an I/O-error and I should > |change the disk. > | > |qemu -hda /dev/hdc1 doesn't work either: "incorrect system" (or similar) > | > | > |fdisk -l /dev/hdc gives correct values. > | > |FreeDOS from www.ubcd.de 2.31 and qemu -hda /dev/hda -cdrom /dev/crom > |-boot d showed a 0 MB-Disk while booting... > | > | > |What can I do to use this Win95-Installation? > | > | > |Greetings > | > |Oliver > | > | > | > |---------------------------------------------------------------------- > | > |_______________________________________________ > |Qemu-devel mailing list > |Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > |http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel > > > - -- > Gerolf Vanacker > Department of mechanical engineering > division PMA, research group MLR > Celestijnenlaan 300B > B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium > K.U. Leuven > http://www.mech.kuleuven.ac.be > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFAyYqnoJ4CTvgwJloRAtYhAJwIuvFTZWtQiXrx7M20R34xZ118TwCeI/fQ > K4x2lWLxs1V5tkTVfrpBBrA= > =C7wJ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel >