Re: [Qemu-devel] Qemu won't cold boot XP

[Jens Arm]

> I must admit that I'm not a Windows expert. 

me, too ;)

> Isn't the Windows Installer
> Engine supposed to be part of the W2K base install?  Or is this always
> a separate product/install with W2K?

I don't know, but if sp4 need it it must be at least part of sp2 or sp3

> The last time I tried to install W2K + "Install Engine" + SP4 in qemu-cvs
> I ended with a windows 2000 system that had problems displaying the list
> of the currently installed software in the "Software" control applet.

I get there an empty list with an image which is not shown ?!?

> My guess is that there is some issue with W2K / qemu and a corrupted
> "installed software" database, which might be the reason "msiexec.exe"
> isn't found in the first place when trying to install W2K SP4.

Looks like qemu needs some debugging with w2k.

Jens