** Summary changed: - bochsbios too old for Windows XP with qemu + qemu completely broken with current version of bochbios
** Description changed: Qemu in Debian and Ubuntu are built to use BIOS images from the bochsbios package instead of the builtin ones. Unfortunately, the bochsbios images currently shipped with gutsy do not work with a Windows - XP guest in qemu on the amd64 architecture. The current Debian/testing - or Debian/unstable packages ship with a more recent BIOS and work fine. - So all that's needed to fix this bug is a new merge from Debian. + XP guest in qemu. A comment below states that they do not work with + certain Linux distributions either. The current Debian/testing or + Debian/unstable packages ship with a more recent BIOS and work fine. So + all that's needed to fix this bug is a backport from the development + version of Ubuntu. + Original bug description below: > Binary package hint: qemu > > After updating to gutsy, qemu doesn't want to start an XP instance. I tried with Damn Small Linux (from the CD ISO) and it works flawlessly. > > It fails during XP's boottime. The qemu windows hangs up and can't even switch to the qemu's console. > > I checked by downloading the source code (the "vanilla" code), compiling it and running.. and found it works (with the same XP image). -- qemu completely broken with current version of bochbios https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/123185 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
