[Qemu-devel] [Bug 899143] [NEW] Raw img not recognized by Windows

[Qemu-devel] [Bug 899143] [NEW] Raw img not recognized by Windows

[Vincent Autefage]

Public bug reported:

Hi,

The installation process of Windows (XP/Vista/7) doesn’t seem to recognize a raw img generated by qemu-img.
The installer does not see any hard drive...

The problem exists only with a raw img but not with a vmdk for instance.

Thanks

** Affects: qemu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  Hi,
  
  The installation process of Windows (XP/Vista/7) doesn’t seem to recognize a raw img generated by qemu-img.
- The installer do not see any hard drive...
+ The installer does not see any hard drive...
  
  The problem exists only with a raw img but not with a vmdk for instance.
  
  Thanks

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Title:
  Raw img not recognized by Windows

Status in QEMU:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi,

  The installation process of Windows (XP/Vista/7) doesn’t seem to recognize a raw img generated by qemu-img.
  The installer does not see any hard drive...

  The problem exists only with a raw img but not with a vmdk for
  instance.

  Thanks

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Re: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 899143] [NEW] Raw img not recognized by Windows

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Vincent Autefage
<899143@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> The installation process of Windows (XP/Vista/7) doesn’t seem to recognize a raw img generated by qemu-img.
> The installer does not see any hard drive...
>
> The problem exists only with a raw img but not with a vmdk for instance.

Please post your QEMU command-line so it is possible to reproduce this
and see which emulated devices you have configured.

Stefan

Re: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 899143] [NEW] Raw img not recognized by Windows

[Vincent Autefage]

Hi,*

$ qemu-img create -f raw root.img 100GB
$ mkntfs -F root.img
$ qemu -name W -sdl -m 2048 -enable-kvm -localtime -k fr -hda root.img 
-cdrom windows7.iso -boot d -net nic,macaddr=a0:00:00:00:00:01 -net 
user,vlan=0
*

Vincent Autefage


Le 02/12/2011 14:35, Stefan Hajnoczi a écrit :
> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Vincent Autefage
> <899143@bugs.launchpad.net>  wrote:
>> The installation process of Windows (XP/Vista/7) doesn’t seem to recognize a raw img generated by qemu-img.
>> The installer does not see any hard drive...
>>
>> The problem exists only with a raw img but not with a vmdk for instance.
> Please post your QEMU command-line so it is possible to reproduce this
> and see which emulated devices you have configured.
>
> Stefan
>

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Title:
  Raw img not recognized by Windows

Status in QEMU:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi,

  The installation process of Windows (XP/Vista/7) doesn’t seem to recognize a raw img generated by qemu-img.
  The installer does not see any hard drive...

  The problem exists only with a raw img but not with a vmdk for
  instance.

  Thanks

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Re: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 899143] [NEW] Raw img not recognized by Windows

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Vincent Autefage
<899143@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> $ qemu-img create -f raw root.img 100GB
> $ mkntfs -F root.img
> $ qemu -name W -sdl -m 2048 -enable-kvm -localtime -k fr -hda root.img
> -cdrom windows7.iso -boot d -net nic,macaddr=a0:00:00:00:00:01 -net
> user,vlan=0

QEMU does recognize the raw image.  You can check this by running
'info block' at the QEMU monitor (Ctrl-Alt-2) and you'll see ide-hd0
is the raw image file you specified.  Press Ctrl-Alt-1 to get back to
the VM display.

The problem is that the Windows installer does not like the disk image
you have prepared.  A normal harddisk has a master boot record but you
created a raw image without a master boot record.  The Windows
installer is being picky/careful and not displaying this non-standard
disk you created.

Skip the mkntfs step and the installer works fine.  There's no need to
create the file system because the installer will do it for you.

Stefan

Re: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 899143] [NEW] Raw img not recognized by Windows

[Vincent Autefage]

Ok thanks a lot :)

Vincent Autefage
Le 03/12/2011 19:45, Stefan Hajnoczi a écrit :
> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Vincent Autefage
> <899143@bugs.launchpad.net>  wrote:
>> $ qemu-img create -f raw root.img 100GB
>> $ mkntfs -F root.img
>> $ qemu -name W -sdl -m 2048 -enable-kvm -localtime -k fr -hda root.img
>> -cdrom windows7.iso -boot d -net nic,macaddr=a0:00:00:00:00:01 -net
>> user,vlan=0
> QEMU does recognize the raw image.  You can check this by running
> 'info block' at the QEMU monitor (Ctrl-Alt-2) and you'll see ide-hd0
> is the raw image file you specified.  Press Ctrl-Alt-1 to get back to
> the VM display.
>
> The problem is that the Windows installer does not like the disk image
> you have prepared.  A normal harddisk has a master boot record but you
> created a raw image without a master boot record.  The Windows
> installer is being picky/careful and not displaying this non-standard
> disk you created.
>
> Skip the mkntfs step and the installer works fine.  There's no need to
> create the file system because the installer will do it for you.
>
> Stefan
>

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Title:
  Raw img not recognized by Windows

Status in QEMU:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi,

  The installation process of Windows (XP/Vista/7) doesn’t seem to recognize a raw img generated by qemu-img.
  The installer does not see any hard drive...

  The problem exists only with a raw img but not with a vmdk for
  instance.

  Thanks

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[Qemu-devel] [Bug 899143] Re: Raw img not recognized by Windows

[Stefan Weil]

** Changed in: qemu
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Raw img not recognized by Windows

Status in QEMU:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Hi,

  The installation process of Windows (XP/Vista/7) doesn’t seem to recognize a raw img generated by qemu-img.
  The installer does not see any hard drive...

  The problem exists only with a raw img but not with a vmdk for
  instance.

  Thanks

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