[Qemu-devel] booting WIN XP from Linux

[Qemu-devel] booting WIN XP from Linux

[Sergey Smirnov]

Does qemu support boot XP from Linux?
I use Debian Linux.
apt-get install qemu
...
qemu  -m 256 -snapshot -hda /dev/hda
grub messages
Choose XP
Black screen...

Re: [Qemu-devel] booting WIN XP from Linux

[Jan Marten Simons]

Sergey Smirnov wrote:

>Does qemu support boot XP from Linux?
>I use Debian Linux.
>apt-get install qemu
>...
>qemu  -m 256 -snapshot -hda /dev/hda
>grub messages
>Choose XP
>Black screen...
>  
>
I suppose WinXP does not like to be booted in a completly different 
machine (copy-protection, drivers bound to the system). when trying to 
boot a disc in qemu it is equal to taking the physical disc to a 
completly different physical pc. If I remember corectly there are some 
guides (from Microsoft) on migrating WinXP to a new host, but it's not 
as easy as migrating linux for example. Different hardware profiles are 
an option I suppose.

With regards,

Jan

Re: [Qemu-devel] booting WIN XP from Linux

[Mike Swanson]

I have heard that making a new, blank "Hardware Profile" works,
however I have neither tried it nor do I know the exact instructions
to do so.

On 10/21/05, Jan Marten Simons <marten@xtal.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> Sergey Smirnov wrote:
>
> >Does qemu support boot XP from Linux?
> >I use Debian Linux.
> >apt-get install qemu
> >...
> >qemu  -m 256 -snapshot -hda /dev/hda
> >grub messages
> >Choose XP
> >Black screen...
> >
> >
> I suppose WinXP does not like to be booted in a completly different
> machine (copy-protection, drivers bound to the system). when trying to
> boot a disc in qemu it is equal to taking the physical disc to a
> completly different physical pc. If I remember corectly there are some
> guides (from Microsoft) on migrating WinXP to a new host, but it's not
> as easy as migrating linux for example. Different hardware profiles are
> an option I suppose.

--
Mike

Re: [Qemu-devel] booting WIN XP from Linux

[Christian MICHON]

use "sysprep". Google for instructions. It's not always working...

On 10/21/05, Sergey Smirnov <svs-57@mail.ru> wrote:
> Does qemu support boot XP from Linux?
> I use Debian Linux.
> apt-get install qemu
> ...
> qemu  -m 256 -snapshot -hda /dev/hda
> grub messages
> Choose XP
> Black screen...
>
>
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--
Christian