Turning the disk cache off solved this problem for me: Instead of kvm ... -hda WinXP.img ... Say kvm -drive file=WinXP2.img,index=0,media=disk,cache=none
Althoug, I don't know if this is a workaround for a windows bug or a kvm bug. -- kvm can not run Windows XP https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/105195 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs