Re: [kvm-devel] Chaning disks from IDE to SCSI on a Windows VM

[Jun K. <jun...@gm...>]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 1:29 AM, Alberto Treviño <al...@by...> wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 April 2008 12:57:45 am Jun Koi wrote:
>  > Looks like a problem, however. In his instruction, part 3:
>  > >3. Shut down the VM.  This time, don't include the new temporary
>  > > image from step 1 and define your disk(s) as SCSI disks:
>  > >
>  > >  qemu-system-x86_64 -m 256 \
>  > >    -drive file=hda.img,if=scsi,bus=0,index=0,media=disk,boot=off
>  > > ...
>  >
>  > I think above should have "boot=on", rather than "boot=off".
>  > Otherwise, you cannot boot from scsi disk, right?
>
>  You are right!  That's what happens when you copy and paste code. :-)
>
>
>  > I tried the above instructions with WinXP, but WinXP cannot boot
>  > successfully: it stops somewhere in the middle, and hang there.
>
>  I tried it on a vanilla install of WinXP SP2, no updates.

My WinXP is fully updated.

>  In step #2, did the Device Manager show the SCSI disk?

Yes, it does.

If you have any progress on this, please let us know.

Many thanks,
Jun