Windows XP on QEmu kvm blue screen

akephalos · 2009-09-04 15:34:09

Hey,

I tried to install Windows on QEmu, I'm on an AMD64 laptop, emulating an x86 system. I keep receiving blue screen during the installation.
My launch command is

/usr/bin/qemu -boot c -m 2047 -hda 'windowsXp.qemu' -cdrom  'windows.iso' -net nic,vlan=0 -net user,vlan=0 -localtime -soundhw es1370 -no-kqemu --enable-kvm &

I tried different options with no luck: qemu-system-x86_64, -vga std, -no-acpi, -rtc-td-hack. I had no problems running different Linux flavors like this.

Any ideas what the problem could be?

djszapi · 2009-09-04 21:45:02

Hello akephalos!

Which windows do you try ?

Stalafin · 2009-09-05 01:11:11

Judging from the name of his img file, it's Windows XP: windowsXp.qemu

EDIT: Was that your problem? >> http://www.mail-archive.com/kvm-devel@l … 00602.html

Last edited by Stalafin (2009-09-05 01:18:20)

Stalafin · 2009-09-05 10:32:58

I was actually trying to install Windows XP SP3, and I am getting a blue screen as well. No idea how to fix that.

djszapi · 2009-09-05 11:07:14

Did you try with kvm too ? Can you install other windows for it ?

Stalafin · 2009-09-05 15:03:51

Yeah, that's basically what I did, exactly as in the Wiki:
$ qemu-kvm -hda <Image_Name> -m 512 -cdrom </Path/to/the/ISO/Image> -boot d -vga std

Where I did qemu --enable-kvm because I installed a newer version of Qemu (right from the repos).

akephalos · 2009-10-06 16:22:33

I'm sorry guys, I forgot about this thread because I was not notified by e-mail .

@djszapi: It was Windows XP. Yes, I'm using KVM module for acceleration.

I don't need to install XP anymore, I had a Wista with the laptop which crashed and I managed to install it. So Vista works, XP does not work. The last time I tried XP was at the time of my OP.

akephalos · 2009-10-06 16:32:21

Stalafin wrote:

EDIT: Was that your problem? >> http://www.mail-archive.com/kvm-devel@l … 00602.html

It seems it is not the same problem, as long as I tried with -no-acpi as well but the installer blue-screened as well. It is possible to have had different error messages with compared to without ACPI, I don't remember.

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#1 2009-09-04 15:34:09

Windows XP on QEmu kvm blue screen

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Re: Windows XP on QEmu kvm blue screen

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Re: Windows XP on QEmu kvm blue screen

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