Re: [Qemu-devel] Windows 8 fails to boot

[Jun Koi]

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Gleb Natapov <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 11:08:17AM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>
>> On 01.03.2012, at 10:54, Gleb Natapov wrote:
>>
>> > On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 10:46:37AM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On 01.03.2012, at 09:00, Andreas Färber wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hi,
>> >>>
>> >>> Am 01.03.2012 05:24, schrieb Jun Koi:
>> >>>> anybody tested Qemu with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> i tried the 32-bit ISO file with 1.0.1, with and without -enable-kvm,
>> >>>> and Qemu reboots immediately after the first screen. that is no more
>> >>>> than 10 seconds into the boot.
>> >>>
>> >>> Alex has posted patches that supposedly make AHCI boot work.
>> >>
>> >> Yes, but TCG mode also failed on me. I only tried the x64 version though.
>> >>
>> >>
>> > Why AHCI is needed? I was able to install it on ide (qemu-kvm -cpu
>> > host).
>>
>> It's not needed, it's just faster. Andreas was trying to say that I did run 
>> Windows 8, because I had it working with AHCI. :)
>>
>>
> Ah, got it. Well, I confirm that it runs, but installing it was the least
> pleasant computer experience I ever had, so why bother? :)
>

ok, i can confirm that -cpu host work for me.

so still we must fix the bug with default cpu option, right?

thanks,
Jun