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Re: [Qemu-devel] Version 1.7.0 fails to boot Windows 98 SE on Windows ho
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Stefan Weil |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] Version 1.7.0 fails to boot Windows 98 SE on Windows host |
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Thu, 06 Feb 2014 20:50:37 +0100 |
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Am 06.02.2014 19:32, schrieb Legorol:
> I am trying to run Windows 98 SE in Qemu. Under version 1.7.0 on a
> Windows 7 64-bit host, it fails to boot.
>
> The symptom is that the guest hangs on the boot screen with the
> full-screen Windows 98 logo displayed. Booting in safe mode gives the
> same result. If I try to cleanly install Windows 98 SE on a freshly
> formatted hard disk, then the guest hangs the first time setup attempts
> to reboot, on the screen displaying the message "Getting ready to run
> Windows for the first time." If I reboot the guest, it always hangs in
> the same place.
>
> I tried a few Qemu builds, with the following results.
> Builds that fail:
> * my own 1.7.0 build, compiled natively under MinGW
> * Stefan Weil's build, from qemu-w32-setup-20140118.exe
> Builds that succeed (can install and run Windows 98 SE fine):
> * my own 1.6.2 build, compiled natively under MinGW
> * my own 1.7.0 build, compiled and running under Ubuntu 12.04 instead of
> Windows
>
> The command line I'm using to execute:
> qemu-system-i386w -rtc base=localtime -cdrom en_win98_se_oem.iso -hda
> win98-hdd.img
>
> Any suggestions on how I can troubleshoot this issue further?
>
> Regards,
> Legorol
You can try git bisect under MinGW. As your own 1.6.2 build works, but
the 1.7.0 build fails, there will be a commit somewhere in the middle
which makes things go bad. git bisect will help you to find this commit.
BTW, I just prepared qemu-w64-setup-20140206.exe. Maybe you want to give
it a try.
Regards
Stefan
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