[Qemu-devel] [Bug 477946] Re: XP guest install fails with NTFS format error

[Aurelien Jarno]

** Changed in: qemu
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477946

Title:
  XP guest install fails with NTFS format error

Status in QEMU:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 9.10 on AMD6400X2, 2G RAM, all updates applied as of date of bug report
  Latest qemu-kvm installed (0.11)
  XP guest  install (XP Pro SP2) fails when attempting to format the install 
partition (10G) as NTFS with the error "Setup was unable to format the 
partition. The disk may be damaged". 512M memory allocated to VM, one processor 
allocated. No additional qemu options specified.

  However, can successfully format partition as FAT and complete
  install. However, after so doing, scheduled an NTFS convert on next
  reboot of guest. When the virtual machine was shut down and restarted,
  it immediately failed with a 'missing NTLDR' error. This occurred
  before the NTFS conversion took place.

  Deleted all VMs and associated files and rebooted. Recreated the VM
  and retried the install. Failed on format exactly as before. Disk
  subsystem scanned, no errors found, no hardware problems have occurred
  previously, this is a highly stable testbed machine which has been in
  use for years.