[Qemu-devel] [Bug 586420] Re: WinXP install cd hangs at boot time if machine started with floppy

[Jes Sorensen]

If you built your own qemu it may try to look for the BIOS in
/usr/local/share/qemu and not where it was originally installed on your
system. Could you please try to specify it with the -L option and see.

You don't mention what system you are running on, it would likely be -L
/usr/share/qemu-kvm or -L /usr/share/qemu but it depends on the system.

Jes

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WinXP install cd hangs at boot time if machine started with floppy
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586420
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Status in QEMU: Incomplete

Bug description:
I have a second problem:

I wanted to install Windows Server 2003 on a virtio drive, so I tried to start 
the machine with the install cd as the boot drive and a floppy image with the 
viostor drivers. The problem is, the install cd hangs at boot time. If I start 
VNC I just see a black ground with 640x480.

I've also tried this with the install cd of Windows Server 2008 R2 and it works!

Could it be that the BIOS screws up because the older install cds are using the 
floppy emulation to boot the setup?