QEMU: question on creating a virtual/emulated(?) machine without KVM

[John Howe]

On 05/04/14 22:28, David Fletcher wrote:
> I've done this with virtualbox for a couple of VMs on my desktop, also
> one VM on a friend's laptop. It works well.
>
> But you'd better be quick! Support ends on Tuesday. Don't be surprised
> if the servers are switched off on Wednesday.

I would like to mention......  http://www.wsusoffline.net/

 From the web site :-

Using "WSUS Offline Update", you can update any computer running 
Microsoft Windows and Office safely, quickly and without an Internet 
connection.

>
> Tip:- I found you need to download SP3 and install it manually to get
> windows update to work with a fresh install from a CD with SP2.
>
> Dave
>
>
> On Sat, 2014-04-05 at 23:04 +0200, Franz Waldmüller wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> before the support for Microsoft Windows XP ends I want to create a
>> virtual machine from a Windows XP CD which I don't use anymore.
>> The purpose of this install is to have a Windows install available for
>> legacy applications or an old scanner which only works on XP. Although
>> this virtual machine shouldn't connect to the internet I want to apply
>> all available security updates since the won't be available forever.
>>
>> I think that Windows doesn't use a generic kernel like ubuntu. So I am
>> afraid that I have to ensure that the hardware as Windows sees it, does
>> not change too much.
>>
>> Do I need to set the -no-kvm switch when launching qemu-system-i386? Do
>> you have any other recommendations on the launch options of qemu?
>>
>> qemu-system-i386 -no-kvm -hda /path/to/harddisk.img -cdrom /dev/cdrom0
>> -boot d -m 1024
>>
>> I am on a 64bit install of ubuntu 12.04 at the moment but wanted to
>> create a virtual machine which I can use on an old laptop which doesn't
>> have VT-x/AMD-V.
>>
>> thanks for your help.
>> Franz
>>
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Best Regards
John

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