r/reactos • u/edjak53 • 2d ago

How do you actually boot ReactOS AMD64 properly? (qemu) it gets stuck on this screen no matter what

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Using qemu

$ qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -cpu host -smp 6 -m 8G -hdd hdd.qcow2 -cdrom reactos-bootcd-0.4.17-dev-742-gf29960d-x64-msvc-win-dbg.iso

i also tried with -cpu qemu instead of host and -m pc but it's all the same

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u/Jeditobe 2d ago

try this

qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -cpu host -smp 1 -m 2G \ -drive if=ide,index=0,media=disk,file=hdd.qcow2 \ -drive if=ide,index=2,media=cdrom,file=reactos-bootcd-0.4.17-dev-742-gf29960d-x64-msvc-win-dbg.iso \ -boot order=d -vga std

  • Select "Screen" Mode: In the FreeLoader boot menu, choose ReactOS (Screen).
  • Avoid Default Option: The default option hangs because it waits for an external debugger.

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u/edjak53 2d ago

thanks, that did it