Re: XP SP2 install dies with IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 20:31 +0100, Michael Riepe wrote:
> That's a known problem. XP SP2 doesn't work with the current ACPI 
> implementation, but you can use `qemu -no-acpi' to install and run it. 
> You just have to kill and restart qemu manually when XP fails to reboot 
> (which won't work without ACPI).

Not entirely accurate.  Install the NT/Legacy APM device if you want
your guest to be able to close the qemu window on shutdown.  After acpi
is disabled there is also no need to launch with -no-acpi since the
guest will no longer be using the device.


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