Comment 11 for bug 586175

I agree to #10. Today I installed qemu-kvm-0.12.4-r3 and I still can't boot Windows XP/2003 without booting the install cd at first.

But now: After I tried to boot the Windows installation I get the same odd char in the screen as described by #10. Plus, I can install Windows without problems, but it doesn't boot AFTER the setup, whether I use IDE or VirtIO as hard disk bus.

Ergo: Booting from install cd, the setup copies the files on the hard disk, reboot, booting from hard disk, the setup installs Windows, reboot, and then: it hangs. Seems to be an BIOS issue.