Re: [Qemu-devel] boot a preinstalled winxp on linux/x86: writing a patch...

2006-12-28 Thread Stefan Weil
Hi, booting a preinstalled winxp fails because Windows XP crashs (sometimes you will see a bluescreen) and starts a reboot. It won't fail if the real hardware and QEMU's virtual hardware are nearly identical. Especially the chipset seams to be critical. /dev/hda1 is the first partition which is

Re: [Qemu-devel] boot a preinstalled winxp on linux/x86: writing a patch...

2006-12-28 Thread Roberto Polli
Hi Alle 11:09, giovedì 28 dicembre 2006, Stefan Weil ha scritto: booting a preinstalled winxp fails because Windows XP crashs...and ... reboot. It won't fail if the real hardware and QEMU's virtual hardware are nearly identical. ok Especially the chipset seams to be critical. 1- so we should

Re: [Qemu-devel] boot a preinstalled winxp on linux/x86: writing a patch...

2006-12-28 Thread Stefan Weil
Roberto Polli schrieb: Especially the chipset seams to be critical. 1- so we should have one qemu chipset emulator for each winxp installation? 2- is this pbm equivalent to the move my hd to another pc with different mainboard one? 3- if I solve pbm 2, should I solve pbm 1? 1- Yes, more

Re: [Qemu-devel] boot a preinstalled winxp on linux/x86: writing a patch...

2006-12-28 Thread Ottavio Caruso
--- Roberto Polli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi all, I tried to boot my preinstalled winxp with # qemu -boot c -hda /dev/hda that's what happens: - qemu load grub, and I select to boot winxp (grub says chainloader +1, then boot) - qemu starts to load winxp, with a winxp boot screen

[Qemu-devel] boot a preinstalled winxp on linux/x86: writing a patch...

2006-12-27 Thread Roberto Polli
hi all, I tried to boot my preinstalled winxp with # qemu -boot c -hda /dev/hda that's what happens: - qemu load grub, and I select to boot winxp (grub says chainloader +1, then boot) - qemu starts to load winxp, with a winxp boot screen - qemu fails and reboots it seems qemu stops loading