On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 11:11:14AM +0800, John Wong wrote: > I can not install windows 7 x86, when i use /dev/sda3 and raw disk format. > the windows7 installer can not find the harddisk, no matter what drive i > use (ide/scsi/virtio). > > I can install, when i use qcow2.img. > > my host system is debian/64bit/sid > uname -a: Linux retro 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 #1 SMP Thu Dec 17 06:29:18 UTC > 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux > qemu-kvm-0.12.1.1 > kvm modules come from debian modules package (it shall be 2.6.32) > > > kvm command like this: > > ${KVM} -drive if=ide,cache=none,file=${IMG} \ > -net nic,vlan=${NUM},model=virtio,macaddr=00:AA:BB:CC:DD:0${NUM} \ > -net > tap,vlan=${NUM},ifname="${iface}",script=/etc/kvm/kvm-ifup,downscript=/etc/kvm/kvm-ifdown > \ > -localtime -smp 1 \ > -usb -usbdevice tablet \ > -soundhw all \ > -k en-us -monitor stdio \ > -mem-path /hugepages \ > -cdrom ${CDROM} \ > -m 2048 -vga std -boot order=d,menu=off > > when i change ${IMG} to ./qcow2.img, then it work. > when i change ${IMG} to /dev/sda3, then it NOT work. > (I'm sure i have read/write permission to /dev/sda3) > > please help, and thank you. What happens if you add format=raw to the -drive parameter? -- Gleb. -- 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