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<think>
Okay, so I'm trying to classify this bug report for QEMU. Let me see what the problem is.
The user mentioned that when using QEMU 7.0.0 with SeaBIOS and an MBR disk, the VM gets stuck at the Windows boot logo. They tried switching vGPU but it didn't help; the system just freezes with low CPU usage. Even after rebooting the host multiple times, the issue persists. The user had to switch to UEFI (TianoCore) and convert the disk from MBR to GPT using proprietary software to get it working.
The bug report is about boot issues when using SeaBIOS and an MBR disk. So, I need to figure out which category this falls into from the given list: mistranslation, assembly, other, device, graphic, socket, network, KVM, boot, vnc, debug, files, permissions, performance, kernel, peripherals, hypervisor.
The main issue here is with the boot process. The VM isn't booting correctly when using SeaBIOS and an MBR disk. It's getting stuck at the Windows logo, so it's a problem related to the boot sequence.
Looking at the categories, "boot" seems directly relevant because the issue occurs during the boot of the guest OS. The user had to change to UEFI and convert the disk, which suggests that the problem is with how QEMU handles MBR disks under SeaBIOS for booting.
I don't think it's related to graphics (vGPU changes didn't help) or network because there's no mention of connectivity issues. It's not about performance either since the CPU load is low and it's frozen. Boot-related issues fit best here.
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