[Qemu-devel] [Bug 586175] Re: Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot

[Jt Loni]

I had the same problem.

I.ve tried with VirtualBox and KVM: Win Xp SP3 hang on the same point (mup.sys 
when "safe mode")...
Both has the same problem I believe the libvirt maybe the cause.  

So I use "Raw Access" with VirtualBox that solved my problem....

00:00:01.385 [/Devices/piix3ide/0/LUN#0/AttachedDriver/Config/] (level 6)
00:00:01.385   Format <string>  = "VMDK" (cb=5)
00:00:01.385   Path   <string>  = "/home/jtloni/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/xp3.vmdk" 
(cb=45)

hope will help..

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Windows XP/2003 doesn't boot
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586175
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Status in QEMU: Incomplete
Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Ubuntu: New
Status in Debian GNU/Linux: New
Status in Fedora: Unknown

Bug description:
Hello everyone,

my qemu doesn't boot any Windows XP/2003 installations if I try to boot the 
image.
If I boot the install cd first, it's boot manager counts down and triggers the 
boot on it's own. That's kinda stupid.

I'm using libvirt, but even by a simple
> qemu-kvm -drive file=image.img,media=disk,if=ide,boot=on
it won't boot. Qemu hangs at the message "Booting from Hard Disk..."

I'm using qemu-kvm-0.12.4 with SeaBIOS 0.5.1 on Gentoo (No-Multilib and AMD64). 
It's a server, that means I'm using VNC as the primary graphic output but i 
don't think it should be an issue.