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Latest kvm.git versus Windows Vista?

DISCUSSION walt 2 participants 3 messages Nov 14, 2008 KVM

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I see that the last post about Vista was exactly a month ago, and nothing since then. I've tried installing Vista using today's kvm.git on both 32-bit and 64-bit linux machines and failed both times, but with very different results.

The common denominator between 64-bit and 32-bit linux seems to be graphics. The 64-bit Vista install works perfectly up until the final installation reboots from the virtual disk and freezes during the reboot with colorful ascii characters scattered randomly on the virtual screen -- i.e. seems like the Vista installer may have installed the wrong graphics driver(?) but I'm just guessing.

The Vista install on 32-bit linux fails much earlier -- it freezes the very first time Vista's colorful graphics image of a theater curtain appears on the virtual terminal. The mouse cursor is still alive, but absolutely nothing else works at that point. Still seems graphics related to me, but again I'm just guessing.

So, does anyone have Vista working on recent kvm.git?

Thanks!

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So, does anyone have Vista working on recent kvm.git?

Yes. I do, but only because I forgot to load the kvm-amd kernel module. I guess that means I'm really running Vista on plain qemu, and not on kvm at all. Is that correct?

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So, does anyone have Vista working on recent kvm.git?

Yes. I do, but only because I forgot to load the kvm-amd kernel module. I guess that means I'm really running Vista on plain qemu, and not on kvm at all. Is that correct?

It appears to be. How slow is it? (Yes, I know it's Vista).

I haven't been able to run a stable Vista (64 bit) since kvm-75.

-John