Bug 920140

I fixed in qemu 1.3.1.
Please try this patch:

--- a/hw/fdc.c
+++ b/hw/fdc.c
@@ -967,6 +967,9 @@
     fdctrl->cur_drv = value & FD_DOR_SELMASK;
 
     fdctrl->dor = value;
+
+    /* set current media rate to fdctrl->dsr */
+    fdctrl->dsr = get_cur_drv(fdctrl)->media_rate;
 }
 
 /* Tape drive register : 0x03 */

Thanks for your patch, Pavel will give it a try.

Hello Pavel Hrdina,

Could you pls tell is there any plan to fix this bug ?
as the official virtio-win floppies are now all 2.88M size,
thus this bug blocking us to test WinXP and Win2003 guests.
adding TestBlocker keyword and raise the severity / priority


Thanks,
Xiaoqing.

Fix included in seabios-1.7.2.2-3.el7

I can not reproduce it.
Version:
qemu-kvm-1.2.0-21.el7.x86_64
seabios-1.7.2-0.2.gita810e4e7.el7.x86_64
----------
<cli>:
# /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -S -M pc -cpu SandyBridge -enable-kvm -m 4G -smp 4,sockets=2,cores=2,threads=1 -name juli -uuid 355a2475-4e03-4cdd-bf7b-5d6a59edaa61 -rtc base=localtime,clock=host,driftfix=slew -drive file=/mnt/winXP-32-virtio.qcow2,if=none,cache=none,aio=native,format=qcow2,rerror=stop,werror=stop,id=drive0 -device virtio-blk-pci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x8,drive=drive0,id=sys-disk,scsi=off,bootindex=0 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=ballooning -global PIIX4_PM.disable_s3=0 -global PIIX4_PM.disable_s4=0 -netdev tap,id=hostnet0,vhost=off,script=/etc/qemu-ifup -device virtio-net-pci,vectors=17,netdev=hostnet0,id=virtio-net-pci0,mac=24:be:05:14:2e:8C,addr=0x17,bootindex=2 -k en-us -boot menu=on,reboot-timeout=-1,strict=on -qmp tcp:0:4445,server,nowait -serial unix:/tmp/ttyS0,server,nowait -vnc :3 -spice port=5932,disable-ticketing -vga qxl -monitor stdio -monitor tcp:0:7445,server,nowait -monitor unix:/tmp/monitor1,server,nowait -drive file=/mnt/floppy2.vfd,if=none,id=drive-fdc0-0-0,format=raw,readonly=off -global isa-fdc.driveB=drive-fdc0-0-0

Version:
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-10.el7.x86_64
3.10.0-33.el7.x86_64
seabios-bin-1.7.2.2-3.el7.noarch

WinXP os can recognize the 2.88M floppy. I also test win2003-64 and win2003-32 os, both guest can recognize the 2.88M floppy corrcetly.
As above test results, I think this bug has been verified.

(In reply to Jun Li from comment #16)
> I can not reproduce it.
> Version:
> qemu-kvm-1.2.0-21.el7.x86_64
> seabios-1.7.2-0.2.gita810e4e7.el7.x86_64
> ----------
> <cli>:
> # /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -S -M pc -cpu SandyBridge -enable-kvm -m 4G -smp
> 4,sockets=2,cores=2,threads=1 -name juli -uuid
> 355a2475-4e03-4cdd-bf7b-5d6a59edaa61 -rtc
> base=localtime,clock=host,driftfix=slew -drive
> file=/mnt/winXP-32-virtio.qcow2,if=none,cache=none,aio=native,format=qcow2,
> rerror=stop,werror=stop,id=drive0 -device
> virtio-blk-pci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x8,drive=drive0,id=sys-disk,scsi=off,
> bootindex=0 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=ballooning -global
> PIIX4_PM.disable_s3=0 -global PIIX4_PM.disable_s4=0 -netdev
> tap,id=hostnet0,vhost=off,script=/etc/qemu-ifup -device
> virtio-net-pci,vectors=17,netdev=hostnet0,id=virtio-net-pci0,mac=24:be:05:14:
> 2e:8C,addr=0x17,bootindex=2 -k en-us -boot
> menu=on,reboot-timeout=-1,strict=on -qmp tcp:0:4445,server,nowait -serial
> unix:/tmp/ttyS0,server,nowait -vnc :3 -spice port=5932,disable-ticketing
> -vga qxl -monitor stdio -monitor tcp:0:7445,server,nowait -monitor
> unix:/tmp/monitor1,server,nowait -drive
> file=/mnt/floppy2.vfd,if=none,id=drive-fdc0-0-0,format=raw,readonly=off
> -global isa-fdc.driveB=drive-fdc0-0-0
> 
> Version:
> qemu-kvm-1.5.3-10.el7.x86_64
> 3.10.0-33.el7.x86_64
> seabios-bin-1.7.2.2-3.el7.noarch
> 
> WinXP os can recognize the 2.88M floppy. I also test win2003-64 and
> win2003-32 os, both guest can recognize the 2.88M floppy corrcetly.
> As above test results, I think this bug has been verified.

WinXP is already intelligent enough to recognize 2.88M floppy even without this BZ fixed. It's WinXP installation program that couldn't, so we need to verify this by using a floppy during WinXP installation.

Fam

Back to on_qa since comment19, QE will have a test again.

Verifid this bug by manual.
When use the following version of qemu-kvm and seabios to install winXP/win2003-64/win2003-32 guest os, seabios can recognize 2.88M floppy, but can not install guest os. qemu-kvm is in running status, installation interface is black. I will add snapshots in attachments.
Version:
seabios-1.7.2-0.2.gita810e4e7.el7.x86_64
qemu-kvm-1.2.0-21.el7.x86_64

-----
With the following version of qemu-kvm and seabios, installation can start as normal and can use 2.88M floppy correctly.
Version:
qemu-kvm-1.5.3-10.el7.x86_64
3.10.0-33.el7.x86_64
seabios-bin-1.7.2.2-3.el7.noarch


Based on above manual test and comment 19, I think this bug has been fixed. 

Regards,
Juli

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