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

[tekditt]

@Jes:

No, it doesn't boot on its own, it's a simple FAT formatted floppy
image. I've even tried to format a real floppy on Windows, copied the
drivers on it, and saved the whole floppy as an image with rawrite. I
also tried other floppy images, but:

QEMU 0.12.4 hangs if I try to boot from the Win2k3 install cd AND use a
floppy image at the same time. If I boot from the Win2k8 install cd, it
works fine.

The install cd of Win2k3 isn't corrupted. It just can't be because I
even tried it with an ISO image downloaded directly from MS. And both
images boot up everywhere, as well on real machines as on VirtualBox.

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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?