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

[tekditt]

I admit I used -L wrong, but that's not the issue. I don't need to
specify it, because QEMU finds the right directory itself.

My problem is, the installer CD hangs also if I add -hda/-hdb. The setup
should be able to boot anyway, even without any hard drive. It's
possible that the CD image could be damaged, but I used it since years
and it booted in every real machine and also in VirtualBox.

(I would like to try qemu.git, but it doesn't want to be compiled.
Either it breaks up or it hangs up.)

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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?