Re: [Qemu-devel] Q35 OS install status

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 10:23:01AM -0400, Jason Baron wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Linux
> -----
> Fedora 17: installs and ran memory tests (requires ahci cdrom fixes I 
>          posted to install)
> Fedora 16: installs and ran memory tests
> 
> Windows
> -------
> Windows 7: Wouldn't install due to this error:
>         'A required cd/dvd device driver is missing. If you have a
>       driver floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB flash drive, please insert it now.'
> 
>       That said, I did a successfull install on q35 by using the piix4-ide
>       controller for the cdrom and ide drive (passed on command line).
>       Also, I can get windows 7 now to recognize the ahci drives after boot by
>       going into the device manager and doing a rescan for new h/w. So
>       this appears to be a problem in the boot path...
> 
> Windows xp:
> 
>       Same as windows 7, wouldn't install with ahci but will install using the
>       piix4-ide controller passed on command line. Not even sure if
>       windows xp has ahci support.
> 
> BSD
> ---
> Luiz tested these for me.
> 
> OpenBSD 5.1, FreeBSD 9.0 and NetBSD all worked with the ide controller
> passed on the command line. AHCI didn't work.
> 
> 
> Recently, I have been working on trying to get ahci working on Windows 7,
> but if we are willing to go with the piix4-ide controller as the default for 
> now
> until we shake out ahci issues that might allow us to make faster
> progress. I still need to clean up the trees a bit and re-base on top of
> the QOM pcihost patches, but it shouldn't be too bad.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Jason


Good job Jason, nice to know you are making progress!
Hope to see express patches soon, they have been long
in coming.

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