Re: [Qemu-devel] Qemu won't cold boot XP

[Juergen Keil]

> > > I can install and boot w2k, but if I try to install the sp4 I get at 
different 
> > possitions an 
> > > error message, that an error has occured, but what error I do not see :(
> > > 
> > > Is this a qemu related problem?
> > > Does anyone has errors like that?
> > 
> > Same error here, I guess. I can install W2K, and I can install the W2K SP2.
> > 
> > But SP4 refuses to install.  As far as I can tell, SP4 needs the 
> > "Microsoft Windows Installer Engine", but fails to find/exec "msiexec" -
> > I found a hint in the SP4 installer log file, which can be found in the
> > windows directory.

Just for completeness: That was the "svcpack.log" file (AFAIR).

> > 
> > Downloading and Re-installing the "Windows Installer Engine" might help.
> > 
> >   http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q292539
> 
> You are right :)
> Downloading MSI helps!

I must admit that I'm not a Windows expert.  Isn't the Windows Installer
Engine supposed to be part of the W2K base install?  Or is this always
a separate product/install with W2K?


The last time I tried to install W2K + "Install Engine" + SP4 in qemu-cvs
I ended with a windows 2000 system that had problems displaying the list
of the currently installed software in the "Software" control applet.


My guess is that there is some issue with W2K / qemu and a corrupted
"installed software" database, which might be the reason "msiexec.exe"
isn't found in the first place when trying to install W2K SP4.