@Gannet I've built latest qemu from git just to get through installation, after that everything runs fine on 2.6.0. It's easy enough http://wiki.qemu.org/Hosts/Linux#Simple_build_and_test
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1591724 Title: Windows 7 installation DVD can't boot in qemu 2.6.0/OVMF Status in QEMU: Fix Committed Bug description: With Qemu 2.5.50 (compiled from git some time ago) I can boot Windows 7 x64 installation DVD as follows: ~/code/qemu-v2/bin/slic-v2/native/x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 \ -machine type=pc,accel=kvm \ -enable-kvm \ -cpu host \ -m 2048 \ -vga cirrus \ -boot d \ -drive if=pflash,file=/vms/ovmf_x64_firstrun.bin,format=raw \ -cdrom /vms/win7_sp1.iso \ -monitor stdio This bug suggests different vga options https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1581936. Here's the behaviours I'm getting with 2.6.0: std - "Starting Windows" with wavering flag hangs indefinitely cirrus - at "Starting Windows" wasps of light freeze before assembling into a flag qxl - "Starting Windows" with wavering flag hangs indefinitely virtio - "Starting Windows" with wavering flag hangs indefinitely To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1591724/+subscriptions
