Hello. Yes but if I understood well, you can't boot on the SCSI device because of BIOS limitations right? So the problem remains ... :)
Maybe if you install GRUB and tell him to boot on SCSI...... :) --- François. Le mercredi 01 août 2007 à 10:55 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > on x86, qemu by default does not emulate a scsi device. > > if you look at my last set of postings, you will see a patch set for adding > scsi controllers on demand. > > its got some code formatting issues, so i understand why it hasnt been merged > as of yet. i intend to publish a new version in the next couple of days. > > Julia Longtin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 04:33:31PM +0200, GUERRAZ Francois wrote: > > Hello. > > > > Micro$oft's 64bits OSes are known to be problematic w/ kvm. > > > > I guess that the main problem w/ Qemu is that Microsoft Virtual Server > > can emulate a SCSI controller and Qemu cannot... I havent checked but I > > bet they installed their VM's with just SCSI drivers... > > Try to install IDE drivers from VM Ware and then to boot from QEMU. > > Also, try to disable ACPI (update the "computer" driver to "Standard PC" > > if available) > > > > Regards, > > > > François. > > > > Le mercredi 01 août 2007 à 23:35 +0930, Dan Shearer a écrit : > > > I have been playing around with the demonstration Windows images > > > downloadable from Microsoft just to see how hard it would be to use the > > > OSs they provide. The images are designed for Microsoft Virtual Server, > > > but can be successfully converted to qcow2 and vhdx using qemu-img. QEMU > > > won't boot the images (not a difficult problem, I think) but VMware can. > > > I'll try other free virtualisation systems at some point. > > > > > > See http://shearer.org/Microsoft_Demo_VMs for my notes so far. > > > > > > > > > > > >