On 01.03.2012, at 10:54, Gleb Natapov wrote: > On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 10:46:37AM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote: >> >> On 01.03.2012, at 09:00, Andreas Färber wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Am 01.03.2012 05:24, schrieb Jun Koi: >>>> anybody tested Qemu with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview? >>>> >>>> i tried the 32-bit ISO file with 1.0.1, with and without -enable-kvm, >>>> and Qemu reboots immediately after the first screen. that is no more >>>> than 10 seconds into the boot. >>> >>> Alex has posted patches that supposedly make AHCI boot work. >> >> Yes, but TCG mode also failed on me. I only tried the x64 version though. >> >> > Why AHCI is needed? I was able to install it on ide (qemu-kvm -cpu > host).
It's not needed, it's just faster. Andreas was trying to say that I did run Windows 8, because I had it working with AHCI. :) Alex
