On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 04:12:05PM +0200, Jes Sorensen wrote: > On 08/30/10 14:45, Martin Kraus wrote: > > By the installer I've meant the windows installer which complains that it can't > > find a driver for cdrom (emulated by kvm patched qemu). I can boot from the cd > > image by using -drive file=.....media=cdrom or -cdrom ... and the > > installation starts but it stops at the second installation window asking to > > browse manualy for an appropriate driver. > > > > I've been just wondering if anyone came across this problem or if I should > > blame it on Windows. > > That is very odd, I have certainly managed to install win2k8 here from > an ISO image without problems. If you launch it with -monitor stdio what > do you get when you type 'info block' ? ide0-hd0: type=hd removable=0 file=/dev/mapper/virtual-pinda ro=0 drv=host_device encrypted=0 ide1-cd0: type=cdrom removable=1 locked=0 file=/root/pub/iso/SW_DVD5_Windows_Svr_2008_R2_x64_ENG_1_ProdAct_X15-50365(2).ISO ro=0 drv=raw encrypted=0 floppy0: type=floppy removable=1 locked=0 [not inserted] sd0: type=floppy removable=1 locked=0 [not inserted] I'll try to download the iso again if I manage to get past the microsoft signon. mk -- 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
