settings to boot in qemu

Trying to use Windows 10 Technical Preview in a qemu/kvm virtualization environment (host is Debian Linux).  I can't boot the "Windows10_TechnicalPreview_x32_ES-MX_10041.iso" install CD, error message is...

Your PC needs to restart.
Please hold down the power button.
Error Code: 0x0000000A
Parameters:
0xFFD00000
0x000000FF
0x0000000A
0x81727083

[screenshot of error message]

The full command line is...

qemu-system-i386 -m 1180 -boot d -vnc :55 -hda win10w.img -cdrom iso.iso -name Win10 dev preview (W) -vga cirrus -net nic,vlan=0,macaddr=92:00:10:23:74:55,model=ne2k_pci -net user,vlan=0,net=10.10.198.0/24,host=10.10.198.74,hostfwd=tcp::35522-10.10.198.44:22,hostfwd=tcp::35580-10.10.198.44:80 -soundhw ac97 -usb -usbdevice tablet -pidfile testxx.pid -daemonize

In other words, the emulated devices are:

  • An IDE hard-drive (25 GB)
  • An IDE CD-ROM containing the install image
  • A Cirrus Logic-compatible SVGA adaptor
  • A NetWare-compatible Ethernet card
  • An AC97-compatible audio adaptor
  • A USB bus
  • A tablet (single-touch) on the USB bus
  • A 32-bit virtual CPU

Any suggestions for a different set of virtual hardware to try?

(reported as a Debian bug, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=781444  )

Edit: additional tries

Also tried on RHEL6.5 [QEMU PC emulator version 0.12.1 (qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.448.el6_6)], still fails but with a slightly different error-message...

Your PC needs to restart.
Please hold down the power button.
Error Code: 0x0000005D
Parameters:
0x03060303
0x756E6547
0x49656E69
0x6C65746E

Edit: Solution

I got this working (all the way through to install, after which installed Java, Bonjour, etc., with KVM; and at least to the "select disk partition" step with qemu-system-i386 version 2.2.1 built from source) by selecting a CPU type of "Nehalem". Other CPU types I tried all gave errors, some a black stop screen with hex dump, some a blue screen with error "SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED".  So a working command line is...

qemu-system-i386  ./win10i_u.bin \
-cdrom  ./Windows10_TechnicalPreview_x32_ES-MX_10041.iso  \
-m 1180 -cpu Nehalem



  • Edited by David Lee Lambert Tuesday, March 31, 2015 1:27 PM incorporated updates / reported solution
March 29th, 2015 11:03am

Hi,

In my opinion, this is KVM problem not Windows, most probably compatibility problem. It would be better to contact KVM support for further assistance.

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March 30th, 2015 9:23am

I've run into the same problem David. I've tried several different configurations but they all lead to the same result. I was able to run the earlier builds of Windows 10 but trying to update to 10041 wouldn't work and kept reverting back to 9926. Something changed in 10041 that prevents it from even booting into the install. All the search results I've seen so far have no solution. Since KVM devs don't have access to the Windows code I don't know how this will get resolved, whether the problem is in KVM or not... Hopefully someone at Microsoft is paying attention to this problem and not just dismissing it as a KVM or driver issue like I've seen in other threads. I'm still looking forward to trying out Edge/Spartan if they can resolve this.
May 3rd, 2015 12:04am

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