Re: [Qemu-devel] Crash with WinXP when kqemu is enabled

[Russell Jackson]

On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 08:25:00PM -0300, Alejandro Pulver wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I am using qemu-0.82 with kqemu-kmod-1.3.0.p9 in a FreeBSD
> 6.1-RELEASE-p1 host OS (I have tried with and without optimization
> hacks, and also the 20061026 snapshot).
> 
> I have created a disk image and installed Windows XP Professional SP1
> EN (with kqemu disabled) as the guest OS.
> 
> When I start the VM with the -kernel-kqemu option the guest OS crashes
> after the "Welcome" screen and reboots.
> 
> Is this a known problem?
> 
> Thanks and Best Regards,
> Ale
> 
> P.S.: please CC me as I am not subscribed to this list.

Did you install Windows with -no-acpi? Windows has issues with qemu's
ACPI implimentation atm. Also, you need to do the initial file copy
portion of the installion without -kernel-kqemu. After it reboots to do
the rest of the installation, you can enable it without problems.

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Russell A. Jackson
Network Analyst
California State University, Bakersfield