[PVE-User] Proxmox VE 4.2 and Windows 7

[Martin Maurer]

Hi,

On 10.05.2016 20:50, Gaël Jobin wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> A while ago, to build a continuous integration system, I installed some
> Linux, OSX and Windows VM under Proxmox 3.2 and the installations went
> fine (Windows 7 32 and 64 bits). Now, under Proxmox VE 4.2, my VM are
> still running/booting fine.
>
> Recently, I tried to add/install a new Windows VM from scratch (using
> the installation DVD). I tried with both Windows 7 32 bits and Windows
> 7 64 bits but the installation always get stuck during the DVD startup
> and does not go farther than "Starting Windows"...
>
> Is there a known issue with the last kvm (QEMU emulator version 2.5.1.1
> pve-qemu-kvm_2.5-16, Linux pve 4.4.8-1-pve) ?

Looks like a problem in latest pve-qemu-kvm_2.5-16

Pls downgrade pve-qemu-kvm and it works again:

 > wget 
http://download.proxmox.com/debian/dists/jessie/pve-no-subscription/binary-amd64/pve-qemu-kvm_2.5-15_amd64.deb

 > dpkg -i pve-qemu-kvm_2.5-15_amd64.deb

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Best Regards,

Martin Maurer

martin at proxmox.com
http://www.proxmox.com