[Qemu-devel] [Bug 1629282] [NEW] QEMU (still) hangs on Windows 7 install

[Mary Sherman]

Public bug reported:

I'm trying to install Windows 7 as guest, but the machine still hangs
(more precisely, the windows icon keeps flashing, but never goes past
this stage).

I think this is a different bug from
https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1581936.

Specifically, its happens when the OVMF BIOS is used, and I can't find
any workaround (in the above bug, by changing the display, the
installation doesn't hang).

The most minimal commandline that reproduces the issue is (generic
format):

$QEMU_BINARY \
  -drive if=pflash,format=raw,readonly,file=$QEMU_BIOS \
  -drive if=pflash,format=raw,file=$QEMU_BIOS_TMP \
  -enable-kvm \
  -m $QEMU_MEMORY \
  -display std \
  -cpu host,kvm=off -smp 4,sockets=1,cores=4 \
  -cdrom $QEMU_WINDOWS_7_CD \
;

I'm using `OVMF_15214.fd` as BIOS.

** Affects: qemu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  QEMU (still) hangs on Windows 7 install

Status in QEMU:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm trying to install Windows 7 as guest, but the machine still hangs
  (more precisely, the windows icon keeps flashing, but never goes past
  this stage).

  I think this is a different bug from
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1581936.

  Specifically, its happens when the OVMF BIOS is used, and I can't find
  any workaround (in the above bug, by changing the display, the
  installation doesn't hang).

  The most minimal commandline that reproduces the issue is (generic
  format):

  $QEMU_BINARY \
    -drive if=pflash,format=raw,readonly,file=$QEMU_BIOS \
    -drive if=pflash,format=raw,file=$QEMU_BIOS_TMP \
    -enable-kvm \
    -m $QEMU_MEMORY \
    -display std \
    -cpu host,kvm=off -smp 4,sockets=1,cores=4 \
    -cdrom $QEMU_WINDOWS_7_CD \
  ;

  I'm using `OVMF_15214.fd` as BIOS.

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