On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 08:25:52PM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote: > On 03.07.2012, at 18:16, Jason Baron wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Update on q35 testing with various os's. > > > > Linux > > ----- > > -RHEL6.3 installs + runs > > -Fedora 16 install + runs > > -Fedora 17 - squashfs errors > > running on already installed f17 seems ok. > > > > Windows > > ------- > > -W7 - install error: > > > > "A required cd/dvd device driver is missing. If you have a > > driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now. > > " > > > > Related to the new ahci controller, since if I go back to an > > ide conroller it keeps going (albeit the install is *very* slow). > > > > So I'm wondering if we need an ide compatibility mode? Or perhaps, there > > are other ideas. > > Does it work with AHCI and -M pc? It should. Last time I tried it did at > least :). > > > Alex > >
Yes, adding the ahci controller to -M pc, I see a disk drive and the controller show up in the device manager. I read in some of the ahci commit messages that the cdrom device didn't show up. Did cdrom ever work with ahci? Thanks, -Jason