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Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: importing VMWare image
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Yves Trudeau wrote:
> Filip Navara a écrit :
> 
>> Yves Trudeau wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>    I am trying to use a VMWare Win2k image in Qemu-0.7.1.  I imported 
>>> the image with qemu-img successfully but when I lauch qemu, I have 
>>> the first part (in text mode) of the win2k boot with the progress bar 
>>> but as soon as it attempt to switch to graphic mode, qemu freezes.  I 
>>> tried "--stdvga" and booted win2k in safe-mode with no result.  Is 
>>> there someone who successfully imported a VMWare image? Any hint will 
>>> be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Yves
>>
>>
>>
>> The hardware emulated by QEMU and VMware is different. You might want 
>> to try running the image in VMware and reinstalling "Standard IDE 
>> driver" instead of the one that is used and then importing the image.
>>
>> - Filip
> 
> 
> I tried all the "standard" drivers I could find without success, still 
> the same problem.  I want to import this vmware image because I have a 
> software, Mindmanager, that runs well under vmware but not under Qemu, 
> altought the installation raises no error.
> 
> Any other suggestions?

How about a seperate hardware profile with almost everything disabled.
Could ACPI be causing you problems?  If so, it might be time to switch
HALs.
Adam