Public bug reported: 16 bit appcrash on 32bit windows 2008 and Vista guest. Used git bisect and determined the problem has occurred since vgabios update included in commit 6eefccc0bb9c34051b1e21880fc3a1c1c8686edd in qemu.git. Using a vgabios before this commit works.
To reproduce boot a Vista or Windows 2008 guest and start a command window. In the command window type command.com . Notice ntvdm appcrash. qemu-system-x86_64 -name eccovm9 -M pc-i440fx-2.1 -cpu SandyBridge -enable-kvm -m 4096 -smp 4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1 -usb -drive file=/home/libvirt/images/eccovm9.img,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,format=raw,cache=directsync -device virtio-blk-pci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0 -device usb-tablet,id=input0 -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 -vga cirrus qemu-system-x86_64 -version QEMU emulator version 2.4.50, Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard ** Affects: qemu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1488212 Title: 16bit appcrash on W2K8 32bit and Vista 32bit guests Status in QEMU: New Bug description: 16 bit appcrash on 32bit windows 2008 and Vista guest. Used git bisect and determined the problem has occurred since vgabios update included in commit 6eefccc0bb9c34051b1e21880fc3a1c1c8686edd in qemu.git. Using a vgabios before this commit works. To reproduce boot a Vista or Windows 2008 guest and start a command window. In the command window type command.com . Notice ntvdm appcrash. qemu-system-x86_64 -name eccovm9 -M pc-i440fx-2.1 -cpu SandyBridge -enable-kvm -m 4096 -smp 4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1 -usb -drive file=/home/libvirt/images/eccovm9.img,if=none,id=drive-virtio-disk0,format=raw,cache=directsync -device virtio-blk-pci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4,drive=drive-virtio-disk0,id=virtio-disk0 -device usb-tablet,id=input0 -vnc 127.0.0.1:0 -vga cirrus qemu-system-x86_64 -version QEMU emulator version 2.4.50, Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1488212/+subscriptions