Le mar. 29 oct. 2024 à 16:09, lacsaP Patatetom <patate...@gmail.com> a
écrit :

> Le mar. 29 oct. 2024 à 15:52, lacsaP Patatetom <patate...@gmail.com> a
> écrit :
>
>> hi,
>>
>> in order to have “portable” VMs, I used to install them with Qemu's `-cpu
>> qemu64` option, but it turns out that the Windows 11 24H2 installation CD
>> no longer boots with this option : do you know which CPU flag to use to
>> maintain the desired "portability"* ?
>>
>> note that Windows 11 24H2 boots without any problem if I pass it the
>> `-cpu host` option, and Windows 23H2 boots without any problem with the
>> `-cpu qemu64` option.
>>
>> (* boot the VM on both Intel and AMD without it having to reconfigure
>> itself)
>>
>> regards, lacsaP.
>>
>
> using older and older emulated Intel processors, Windows 24H2 installation
> CD boots with the `-cpu Nehalem` option.
>
> `-cpu Nehalem` (2008) -> OK
> `-cpu Penryn` (2007) -> KO
> `-cpu Conroe` (2006) -> KO
> `-cpu qemu64` -> KO
>
> dates are those given in Qemu documentation (
> https://qemu.readthedocs.io/en/v9.1.0/system/i386/cpu.html#preferred-cpu-models-for-intel-x86-hosts
> ).
>

a little Googling returned the answer : " Microsoft blocks some PCs from
Windows 11 24H2 - CPU must support SSE4.2 or the OS will not boot ".
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-updates-windows-11-24h2-requirements-cpu-must-support-sse42-or-the-os-will-not-boot
https://jensd.be/2547/windows/upgrade-to-or-install-windows-11-24h2-on-unsupported-hardware

so `-cpu qemu64,+sse4.2` does the job !

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