severity 425634 important thanks Hi,
On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 00:45:13 +0200, Eckhart Wörner wrote: > Package: qemu > Version: 0.9.0-2 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > > The following steps used to work fine for me in 0.8.2-5, but fail with > current version of qemu. > > - Create a raw image with: qemu-img create -f raw temp.img 5G > - Run a Windows XP installation CD (probably others as well) using: > qemu -hda temp.img -cdrom somewinxpcd.iso -boot > - Format all available space with NTFS (quick format should be sufficient) > Result: Windows aborts formatting with error > Happens: always > Related: > A raw image with an existing Windows XP installation (size ~12G) freezes > qemu at start-up, consumes 100% cpu, has to be killed using ctrl+c > > I voted for grave, as raw is default for qemu-img create. That does not make it grave, if it works with other operating systems or other image types: <http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities> regards, guillem
