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Re: [Xen-devel] Unable to run windows HVM guests with xen 3.1.1

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Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Unable to run windows HVM guests with xen 3.1.1
From: Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 03:00:09 +0000
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> I found another issue with the mandriva xen package: I'm unable anymore
> to run windows HVM guests that worked perfectly before. Neither the
> existing image, nor installing from the ISO works. In both case, the
> domU domain is created, then hangs in early boot phase.

Weird; what version of Xen *was* this working under?  Are you using 32-bit or 
64-bit guests?

> stracing the qemu-dm process show it looping around the following
> syscalls: http://www.pastebin.ca/772441

I can't connect to that host; could you paste some of the output into the 
e-mail.  This'll also help document what happened in the archives.

> I couldn't attach strace early enough to catch what is fd 17 exactly,
> tough.
>
> Running Linux HVM guests works OK, tough. I only tested this in cooker
> (mandriva devel version) on x86_64 host, with xen 3.1.1 (my attempt to
> test 3.1 on stable release failed because of the other xend crash issue).

32-bit or 64-bit Linux?

Cheers,
Mark

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