From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56521) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bPat8-0005Wv-VE for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:41:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bPat3-0000I0-Rd for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:41:05 -0400 Received: from indium.canonical.com ([91.189.90.7]:39729) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bPat3-0000Hs-M4 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:41:01 -0400 Received: from loganberry.canonical.com ([91.189.90.37]) by indium.canonical.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76 #1 (Debian)) id 1bPasv-0000UE-L2 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 19:40:53 +0000 Received: from loganberry.canonical.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by loganberry.canonical.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E0312E80CB for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2016 19:40:53 +0000 (UTC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 19:35:43 -0000 From: Mary Sherman <1591724@bugs.launchpad.net> Reply-To: Bug 1591724 <1591724@bugs.launchpad.net> Sender: bounces@canonical.com References: <20160612164746.24391.73023.malonedeb@gac.canonical.com> Message-Id: <20160719193543.4331.13163.malone@wampee.canonical.com> Errors-To: bounces@canonical.com Subject: [Qemu-devel] [Bug 1591724] Re: Windows 7 installation DVD can't boot in qemu 2.6.0/OVMF List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Fails on my machine, even with the HEAD of master as of today (5d3217340adcb6c4f0e4af5d2b865331eb2ff63d). Simplest configuration: cp $MY_BIOS $MY_BIOS_TMP; ./qemu-system-x86_64 \ -drive if=3Dpflash,format=3Draw,readonly,file=3D$MY_BIOS \ -drive if=3Dpflash,format=3Draw,file=3D$MY_BIOS_TMP \ -enable-kvm \ -m 3072 \ -cpu host,kvm=3Doff -smp 4,sockets=3D1,cores=3D4 \ -cdrom $MY_WINDOWS_CD ; Hangs on "Starting Windows". -- = 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 x= 64 installation DVD as follows: ~/code/qemu-v2/bin/slic-v2/native/x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 \ -machine type=3Dpc,accel=3Dkvm \ -enable-kvm \ -cpu host \ -m 2048 \ -vga cirrus \ -boot d \ -drive if=3Dpflash,file=3D/vms/ovmf_x64_firstrun.bin,format=3Draw \ -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 in= to 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