[Qemu-devel] Re: importing VMWare image

[Adam Bradley]

Yves Trudeau wrote:
> Filip Navara a écrit :
>
> > Yves Trudeau wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >    I am trying to use a VMWare Win2k image in Qemu-0.7.1.  I imported 
> > > the image with qemu-img successfully but when I lauch qemu, I have 
> > > the first part (in text mode) of the win2k boot with the progress bar 
> > > but as soon as it attempt to switch to graphic mode, qemu freezes.  I 
> > > tried "--stdvga" and booted win2k in safe-mode with no result.  Is 
> > > there someone who successfully imported a VMWare image? Any hint will 
> > > be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Yves
> >
> >
> >
> > The hardware emulated by QEMU and VMware is different. You might want 
> > to try running the image in VMware and reinstalling "Standard IDE 
> > driver" instead of the one that is used and then importing the image.
> >
> > - Filip
>
>
> I tried all the "standard" drivers I could find without success, still 
> the same problem.  I want to import this vmware image because I have a 
> software, Mindmanager, that runs well under vmware but not under Qemu, 
> altought the installation raises no error.
>
> Any other suggestions?

How about a seperate hardware profile with almost everything disabled.
Could ACPI be causing you problems?  If so, it might be time to switch
HALs.
Adam