On 6 February 2014 20:50, Stefan Weil <s...@weilnetz.de> wrote: > Am 06.02.2014 19:32, schrieb Legorol: >> I am trying to run Windows 98 SE in Qemu. Under version 1.7.0 on a >> Windows 7 64-bit host, it fails to boot. >> >> The symptom is that the guest hangs on the boot screen with the >> full-screen Windows 98 logo displayed. Booting in safe mode gives the >> same result. If I try to cleanly install Windows 98 SE on a freshly >> formatted hard disk, then the guest hangs the first time setup attempts >> to reboot, on the screen displaying the message "Getting ready to run >> Windows for the first time." If I reboot the guest, it always hangs in >> the same place. >> >> I tried a few Qemu builds, with the following results. >> Builds that fail: >> * my own 1.7.0 build, compiled natively under MinGW >> * Stefan Weil's build, from qemu-w32-setup-20140118.exe >> Builds that succeed (can install and run Windows 98 SE fine): >> * my own 1.6.2 build, compiled natively under MinGW >> * my own 1.7.0 build, compiled and running under Ubuntu 12.04 instead of >> Windows >> >> The command line I'm using to execute: >> qemu-system-i386w -rtc base=localtime -cdrom en_win98_se_oem.iso -hda >> win98-hdd.img >> >> Any suggestions on how I can troubleshoot this issue further? >> >> Regards, >> Legorol > > > You can try git bisect under MinGW. As your own 1.6.2 build works, but > the 1.7.0 build fails, there will be a commit somewhere in the middle > which makes things go bad. git bisect will help you to find this commit. > > BTW, I just prepared qemu-w64-setup-20140206.exe. Maybe you want to give > it a try. > > Regards > Stefan >
Thanks for the tip. I will try to learn how to use git bisect and see where I get. I tried qemu-w64-setup-20140206.exe, but it has the same problem. Regards, Legorol
