Re: [Qemu-devel] Windows 8 fails to boot

[Gleb Natapov]

On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 06:15:54PM +0800, Jun Koi wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Gleb Natapov <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 11:08:17AM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote:
> >>
> >> On 01.03.2012, at 10:54, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 10:46:37AM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> On 01.03.2012, at 09:00, Andreas Färber wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Hi,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Am 01.03.2012 05:24, schrieb Jun Koi:
> >> >>>> anybody tested Qemu with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview?
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> i tried the 32-bit ISO file with 1.0.1, with and without -enable-kvm,
> >> >>>> and Qemu reboots immediately after the first screen. that is no more
> >> >>>> than 10 seconds into the boot.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Alex has posted patches that supposedly make AHCI boot work.
> >> >>
> >> >> Yes, but TCG mode also failed on me. I only tried the x64 version 
> >> >> though.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> > Why AHCI is needed? I was able to install it on ide (qemu-kvm -cpu
> >> > host).
> >>
> >> It's not needed, it's just faster. Andreas was trying to say that I did 
> >> run Windows 8, because I had it working with AHCI. :)
> >>
> >>
> > Ah, got it. Well, I confirm that it runs, but installing it was the least
> > pleasant computer experience I ever had, so why bother? :)
> >
> 
> ok, i can confirm that -cpu host work for me.
> 
> so still we must fix the bug with default cpu option, right?
> 
It would be nice to understand what's wrong with it, yes. I am used to the
fact that qemu defaults are unusable.

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                        Gleb.