[Users] windows 8 guest support

[Jithin Raju]

Hi,

Windows 8 64 bit works for me as well, i just installed with IDE devices.
Problem is only with 32 bit.

Thanks,
Jithin


On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have same issue with Windows 8 32-bit.
>
> HOWEVER! 64-bit does install fine and work well. No qxl driver will load
> and no vsd process will run (wrong windows version error - working on git
> source compile now).
>
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Jithin Raju <rajujith at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Itamar,
>>
>> I tried installing windows8 enterprise 32 bit as ovirt guest but
>> bootloader failed to load with error 0x00005d .
>> host machine support vt & vt-d.
>> Same thing is happening while installing windows 8 in centos 6.2 host.
>> windows8 is not listed in guest support option in ovirt 3.1/rhel 6.3.
>>
>> some google results showed that its because windows 8 is not supporting
>> IDE.
>> There is no option for sata controller in any of the above virtualization
>> solutions.
>> If its happening due to some other thing could you please let me know the
>> how to make it work.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jithin
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Itamar Heim <iheim at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 01/16/2013 02:14 PM, Jithin Raju wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> Windows 8 guest is supported in ovirt?
>>>> Any plan since it has some issues with qemu sata support.
>>>>
>>>
>>> can you please elaborate on the issue?
>>>
>>
>>
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