[Qemu-devel] Problems installing Windows XP

[Qemu-devel] Problems installing Windows XP

[Jan Dittmer]

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Hi,

I'm experiencing difficulies install Windows XP (German, w/ SP1) in QEMU.
The install process works fine up to the second reboot, when the 
"Windows XP is starting..." screen appears, ie. when the actual 
installer is finished.
Then the mouse cursor appears in the middle of the screen, changing to 
the hour-glass and back and after 1-2 minutes the vm is suddenly 
rebooting without any notice. This is repeatable. Using 'safe mode' on 
startup ends in the same result.
I've tested this with qemu 0.5.4 from debian testing and the cvs 
snapshot from 2004-06-28.
I use the following command line:

  $QEMU -hda xp.img -cdrom winxp.iso -boot d -m 256

I also tried adding the -pci switch, but with no change. Though I only 
tried it after having this problems. Would it make any difference if I 
tried to install xp with this option on?
So, how can I debug this, or is there a known problem with XP. Any help 
would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Jan

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Re: [Qemu-devel] Problems installing Windows XP

[Joe Menola]

On Sun July 4 2004 5:12 am, Jan Dittmer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm experiencing difficulies install Windows XP (German, w/ SP1) in QEMU.
> The install process works fine up to the second reboot, when the
> "Windows XP is starting..." screen appears, ie. when the actual
> installer is finished.
> Then the mouse cursor appears in the middle of the screen, changing to
> the hour-glass and back and after 1-2 minutes the vm is suddenly
> rebooting without any notice. This is repeatable. Using 'safe mode' on
> startup ends in the same result.
> I've tested this with qemu 0.5.4 from debian testing and the cvs
> snapshot from 2004-06-28.
> I use the following command line:
>
>   $QEMU -hda xp.img -cdrom winxp.iso -boot d -m 256
>
> I also tried adding the -pci switch, but with no change. Though I only
> tried it after having this problems. Would it make any difference if I
> tried to install xp with this option on?
> So, how can I debug this, or is there a known problem with XP. Any help
> would be greatly appreciated.

Can't offer any advice on debugging, but I can tell you that I've just had a 
successful install of XP. And all appears to be "walking" just fine. :)

I installed on a fat32 fs, overwriting an existing W98 install with the 
command

$qemu -fda /dev/fd0 -hda /mymnt/qemu/qdrive.img  -cdrom /dev/cdrom1 -boot d -m 
256 -enable-audio -user-net -pci

so perhaps the -pci option on install will help.

-jm
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jan

Re: [Qemu-devel] Problems installing Windows XP

[Jan Dittmer]

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Joe Menola wrote:
> On Sun July 4 2004 5:12 am, Jan Dittmer wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm experiencing difficulies install Windows XP (German, w/ SP1) in QEMU.
>>The install process works fine up to the second reboot, when the
>>"Windows XP is starting..." screen appears, ie. when the actual
>>installer is finished.
 >
> I installed on a fat32 fs, overwriting an existing W98 install with the 
> command
> 
> $qemu -fda /dev/fd0 -hda /mymnt/qemu/qdrive.img  -cdrom /dev/cdrom1 -boot d -m 
> 256 -enable-audio -user-net -pci
> 
> so perhaps the -pci option on install will help.

No, I just tried with your command line. So either it's the German 
Version or SP1... I'll see if I can dig up a cd w/o sp1.
I also tried installing with the 'Standard PC' option instead of ACPI PC 
- no luck.

Jan

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