Re: [Xen-users] Xen w/ IntelVT->Windows Success Report

["Sachiko Yoshihama" <sachiko.yoshihama@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Many thanks for the great note! This helped me a lot!!

Still, I have some problems in installation of Windows.
I stuck at the "Setup is Starting Windows" blue window where installation hungs.
I tried F5 to select HALs, tried "Standard PC" and others many times,
but it did not solve the problem.
The version I use are 2.6.17-1.2139_FC5xen0 and xen-3.0.2-3.FC5.
I could install Linux on as a fully virtualized guest.

Did you choose "Standard PC"?
Did you try 2.6.17-1.2139_FC5xen0  as well?


Best Regards,
Sachiko


> 6) "Setup is Starting Windows" - install hangs
>
>   This one got me for a long time.  I think the problem only
>   occurs on system which have more then 4(maybe 8) cpus - so
>   not everyone is seeing it.  The WindowsXP install starts,
>   we get the 'BlueScreen' and some nice messages as hardware
>   is probed out.  Then the install just hangs with the last
>   message displayed in the bottom corner of:
>
>      Setup is Starting Windows
>
>   I was stuck here for a few days - until the following snippet
>   was posted to the xen-devel alias to help me past this point:
>
>
>    http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2006-06/msg00208.html
>
>    In that posting is the following little tidbit:
>
>     > After passing the 1st screen of windows setup of install XP,
>     > the first
>     > thing you'll see at the bottom of the screen is the option to
>     > press F6
>     > if you need to install a SCSI or RAID controller. Don't press
>     > F6. Press
>     > F5 instead. This will take you to a separate menu of Hardware
>     > Abstraction Layer's where you can choose an appropriate HAL
>     > .The choices
>     > are:
>     >
>     > ACPI Multiprocessor PC
>     > ACPI Uniprocessor PC
>     > Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC
>     > Compaq SystemPro Multiprocessor or 100% Compatible PC
>     > MPS Uniprocessor PC
>     > MPS Multiprocessor PC
>     > Standard PC
>     > Standard PC with C-Step i486
>     > Other
>     >
>     > Select "Standard PC". This will allow the installation to
>     > complete in
>     > about 20 minutes.
>
>
>    So - 'press F5' when it says 'press F6'.  Whooda thunk
_______________________________________________
Xen-users mailing list
Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users