[Qemu-devel] [Bug 586420] Re: WinXP install cd hangs at boot time if machine started with floppy

[Jes Sorensen]

I obviously missed the Gentoo part. Anyway, if QEMU complains about not
being able to find bios.bin, then it is because it is looking in the
wrong place, either due to you specifying the wrong -L or because the
default location of the new build is looking in the wrong place.

However looking at every command line example you are giving, I notice
you are specifying -fda in every one of them. Are you really intending
to try and install win2003 on a floppy????

-fda/-fdb file  use 'file' as floppy disk 0/1 image

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WinXP install cd hangs at boot time if machine started with floppy
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586420
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Status in QEMU: Incomplete

Bug description:
I have a second problem:

I wanted to install Windows Server 2003 on a virtio drive, so I tried to start 
the machine with the install cd as the boot drive and a floppy image with the 
viostor drivers. The problem is, the install cd hangs at boot time. If I start 
VNC I just see a black ground with 640x480.

I've also tried this with the install cd of Windows Server 2008 R2 and it works!

Could it be that the BIOS screws up because the older install cds are using the 
floppy emulation to boot the setup?