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diff --git a/results/scraper/launchpad-without-comments/1747056 b/results/scraper/launchpad-without-comments/1747056 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..06e000dc9 --- /dev/null +++ b/results/scraper/launchpad-without-comments/1747056 @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +FreeDOS / MS-Dos / Windows 3.11 cannot perform reboot with 'isapc' machine + +I was installing MS-Dos 6.22 + Windows 3.11 in preparation for running Microsoft Bob, and noticed that when they try to perform a reboot, they just get stuck. The console cursor stays flashing on/off, but the DOS prompt no longer responds to input. + +It is fairly easy to reproduce, even FreeDOS is impacted - download the FreeDOS bootable CDROM image, then + +$ qemu-img create demo.img 100MB + +$ qemu-system-x86_64 -machine isapc -cdrom ~/Downloads/FD12CD.iso -hda demo.img -monitor stdio + +Wait for the installer to startup, and then in the monitor console run + + sendkey ctrl-alt-delete + +It will fail to reboot + +Testing shows this is a regression from QEMU 2.8.0 onwards, and git bisect further narrowed it down to a SEABIOS update + +commit 6e99f5741ff1b408ea76e6caf2bd4f76df4060e9 (HEAD, tag: pull-seabios-20161027-2, tag: pull-seabios-20161027-1, refs/bisect/bad) +Author: Gerd Hoffmann <email address hidden> +Date: Thu Oct 27 16:42:28 2016 +0200 + + seabios: update to 1.10.0 release. + +Note that this seems particular to the "isapc" machine type - with the "pc" machine type, reboot still works \ No newline at end of file |