windowsXP install in qemu-system-i386 1.3.0 ends with a BSOD 0x7E in acpi.sys These are the commands: $git checkout v1.3.0 $./configure --prefix=/home/user/tmp --target-list=i386-softmmu --enable-sdl --disable-curses --disable-vnc --enable-kvm --disable-docs $make $make install In /home/user/tmp directory: $./bin/qemu-img create imgs/winxp.img 4G $./bin/qemu-system-i386 imgs/winxp.img -cdrom ~/Downloads/zh-hans_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-80404.iso then it show a bluescreen after a few seconds. See the attachment for more information, please. It works well when checking out v1.2.0.