From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=42734 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OMiqM-0002o5-Ka for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:34:55 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMiqL-0001XH-M1 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:34:54 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:4173) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMiqL-0001X1-E4 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:34:53 -0400 Message-ID: <4C10F807.1070004@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:34:47 +0200 From: Jes Sorensen MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 586420] Re: WinXP install cd hangs at boot time if machine started with floppy References: <20100527152511.27657.7477.malonedeb@potassium.ubuntu.com> <20100610104927.32569.23758.malone@wampee.canonical.com> In-Reply-To: <20100610104927.32569.23758.malone@wampee.canonical.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Bug 586420 <586420@bugs.launchpad.net> Cc: tekditt , qemu-devel@nongnu.org On 06/10/10 12:49, tekditt wrote: > Well, I forgot something to mention. Again: > > I can boot the install CDs of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 if I > DON'T use any floppy drive. -fda/-fdb FILE as well as -drive > file=FILE,if=floppy are causing this bug, the bug not to be able to boot > these install CDs. Just to be sure I understand you 100% - what you are saying is that it works ok if you don't specify a floppy image? If that is the case, does this floppy image you are specifying boot on it's own? It could be corrupted. Cheers, Jes