On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 08:41:29PM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote: > On 03.07.2012, at 20:38, Jason Baron wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 08:25:52PM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote: > >> On 03.07.2012, at 18:16, Jason Baron wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> Update on q35 testing with various os's. > >>> > >>> Linux > >>> ----- > >>> -RHEL6.3 installs + runs > >>> -Fedora 16 install + runs > >>> -Fedora 17 - squashfs errors > >>> running on already installed f17 seems ok. > >>> > >>> Windows > >>> ------- > >>> -W7 - install error: > >>> > >>> "A required cd/dvd device driver is missing. If you have a > >>> driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now. > >>> " > >>> > >>> Related to the new ahci controller, since if I go back to an > >>> ide conroller it keeps going (albeit the install is *very* slow). > >>> > >>> So I'm wondering if we need an ide compatibility mode? Or perhaps, there > >>> are other ideas. > >> > >> Does it work with AHCI and -M pc? It should. Last time I tried it did at > >> least :). > >> > >> > >> Alex > >> > >> > > > > Yes, adding the ahci controller to -M pc, I see a disk drive and the > > controller show up in the device manager. I read in some of the ahci > > commit messages that the cdrom device didn't show up. Did cdrom ever > > work with ahci? > > It did on Linux at least, yes. Does it work on Linux for you? >
I meant did a cdrom on the ahci controller configure on windows? Yes, Linux seems to be happy with the drive and cdrom on the ahci. See my above test results. (ich9-ahci is the default controller for q35). Thanks, -Jason
