after having problems with qemu-kvm 0.11.0 and windows 2008 under i/o I thought trying the new 0.12.0-rc2 and make some tests. so i've compiled qemu-kvm 0.12.0-rc2 and tried to install Windows 2008 Standard 64bit. it shows the "Windows is loading files" screen and then BSOD with 0x0000007E . I tried if=ide and if=scsi. none of them are working. at least with qemu-kvm 0.11.0 this was working. booting an existing WinXP guest or a linux live cd (sysresccd) is working with 0.12.0-rc2 kvm cmd: kvm \ -usbdevice tablet \ -drive file=drive1.raw,cache=none,if=ide,boot=on \ -net nic,model=e1000 -net user \ -k de-ch -m 2048 \ -smp 2 -monitor stdio \ -localtime -drive file=win2008.iso,media=cdrom,if=ide - Thomas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html