I am experiencing similar problems with Win2008 / Win7 guests; BSOD when trying to install; sometimes before the first screen, sometimes just after.
Using Ubuntu Lucid: kernel 2.6.32-21-server qemu-kvm-0.12.3 Also on Fedora 12: kernel 2.6.32.12-115.fc12.x86_64 qemu-0.11.0-13.fc12.x86_64 qemu-system-x86-0.11.0-13.fc12.x86_64 I've tried qcow2 and raw, with/without network device, cirrus/std/vmware vga... suggestions welcomed. -- Windows 2008 datacenter- 64 bit , installation fails with qemu-system-x86_64 0.11.50 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/485239 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: New Bug description: Installation of Windows 2008 datacenter- 64 bit fails with qemu-system-x86_64. Version of qemu-system-x86_64 is 0.11.50. The installation source is dvd iso. Just after booting for installation of the Windows guest, it hangs for sometime and then the installation crashes with the error: "A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer". Below is the command used for creating the guest. /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom /home/en_windows_server_2008_datacenter_enterprise_standard_x64_dvd_X14-26714.iso -hda /var/lib/libvirt/images/win2008_dc_64.qcow2 -m 3000 -smp 3 -net nic -net tap,script=/home/qemu-ifup-latest -name win2008_dc_64 -vnc :1 & Disk info of the guest image is as below: /usr/local/bin/qemu-img info /var/lib/libvirt/images/win2008_dc_64.qcow2 image: /var/lib/libvirt/images/win2008_dc_64.qcow2 file format: qcow2 virtual size: 15G (16106127360 bytes) disk size: 136K cluster_size: 65536 This issue is also reproducible with raw image format.
