On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 01:53:01PM +0100, Igor Mammedov wrote: > > The image file was downloaded pre-installed from Microsoft for Edge browser > > evaluation. I used it first on Qemu 5.1 IIRC and it kept working in Qemu > > 5.2. > > issue looks similar to: > 0a343a5add7 i386/acpi: restore device paths for pre-5.1 vms > > I think that's the problem, the old Windows image (installed on old QEMU), > may fail to boot if started on newest machine type of a newer QEMU. > User should use versioned machine type (the same version it was installed on) > to keep it working the same way otherwise there is no promise that machine ABI > won't change.
The machine setup doesn't mind changing the machine to the Q35 type; its only the older machine thats failing to work. Reinoud
