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Re: [Xen-users] Kubuntu host running, guest win XP doesn't start

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Kubuntu host running, guest win XP doesn't start
From: Jonathan Ervine <jervine@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 10:54:43 +0100
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On Thursday 08 June 2006 19:42, Jean-Baptiste Rouquier wrote:
> Just to check : does Windows have to be installed on a FAT partition to
> run inside Xen ? Or can it be on an ntfs partition ?

I have it running on NTFS with no problems.

> Also, I have two lines in /var/log/xend.log :
>
> [2006-06-08 20:28:14 xend] DEBUG (blkif:24) exception looking up device
> number for hda: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/dev/hda' [2006-06-08
> 20:28:14 xend] DEBUG (DevController:103) DevController: writing {'state':
> '1', 'backend-id': '0', 'backend': '/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/1/768'} to
> /local/domain/1/device/vbd/768.
>
> But when I change
> disk = [ 'file:/var/lib/xen/images/windisk.img,ioemu:hda,w' ]
>
> to
>
> disk = [ 'file:/var/lib/xen/images/windisk.img,ioemu:sda,w' ]
>
> I get
>
> # xm create myxm.hvm
> Using config file "myxm.hvm".
> VNC= 1
> Error: hvm: for qemu vbd type=file&dev=hda~hdd

What does the device model section of your config file look like - and are you 
using an Intel VT-x or AMD Pacifica?

Jon

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