On 03.07.2012, at 20:38, Jason Baron wrote: > 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?
It did on Linux at least, yes. Does it work on Linux for you? Alex