** Summary changed:

- qemu: doesn't want to start XP
+ bochsbios too old for Windows XP with qemu/amd64

** Description changed:

- Binary package hint: qemu
+ Qemu in Debian and Ubuntu are built to use BIOS images from the
+ bochsbios package instead of the builtin ones. Unfortunately, the
+ bochsbios images currently shipped with gutsy do not work with a Windows
+ XP guest in qemu on the amd64 architecture. The current Debian/testing
+ or Debian/unstable packages ship with a more recent BIOS and work fine.
+ So all that's needed to fix this bug is a new merge from Debian.
  
- After updating to gutsy, qemu doesn't want to start an XP instance. I
- tried with Damn Small Linux (from the CD ISO) and it works flawlessly.
+ Original bug description below:
  
- It fails during XP's boottime. The qemu windows hangs up and can't even
- switch to the qemu's console.
- 
- I checked by downloading the source code (the "vanilla" code), compiling
- it and running.. and found it works (with the same XP image).
+ > Binary package hint: qemu
+ >
+ > After updating to gutsy, qemu doesn't want to start an XP instance. I tried 
with Damn Small Linux (from the CD ISO) and it works flawlessly.
+ >
+ > It fails during XP's boottime. The qemu windows hangs up and can't even 
switch to the qemu's console.
+ >
+ > I checked by downloading the source code (the "vanilla" code), compiling it 
and running.. and found it works (with the same XP image).

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bochsbios too old for Windows XP with qemu/amd64
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/123185
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