Index: qemu-0.10.0/hw/pc.c
===================================================================
--- qemu-0.10.0.orig/hw/pc.c	2009-03-07 13:47:27.000000000 +0100
+++ qemu-0.10.0/hw/pc.c	2009-03-07 13:47:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -390,7 +390,8 @@
     case 0x400:
     case 0x401:
         fprintf(stderr, "BIOS panic at rombios.c, line %d\n", val);
-        exit(1);
+        /* according to documentation, these can be safely ignored */
+        break;
     case 0x402:
     case 0x403:
 #ifdef DEBUG_BIOS
@@ -413,8 +414,9 @@
         /* LGPL'ed VGA BIOS messages */
     case 0x501:
     case 0x502:
+        /* according to documentation, these can be safely ignored */
         fprintf(stderr, "VGA BIOS panic, line %d\n", val);
-        exit(1);
+        break;
     case 0x500:
     case 0x503:
 #ifdef DEBUG_BIOS