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

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

Hi Mike,

I tried xen-unstable and I could finally install WinXP on domU!
Thank you for your help!

I still have some problems with xen-unstable, such as dom0 crushes
at init (that I poorly worked out) and dom0 cannot resolve host names.
But they seem to be issues on building xen-unstable.

Thanks again for your kind help.

Sachiko

On 6/27/06, Michael Walker <Michael.Walker@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sachiko Yoshihama wrote:
> >
> > Did you choose "Standard PC"?
>
> yes
>
> > Did you try 2.6.17-1.2139_FC5xen0  as well?
>
> yes - I did try the FC5 version of Xen first.  The problem
> I had was the whole system would reboot (Domain0 & GuestDomain).
>
> It wasn't until I went to xen-unstable that I could get a
> working system.  I've not yet tried 'xen-testing' - that's
> something I should put on my todo list.....
>
> Good luck,
>    _Mike_
>
>
> >
> >
> > 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
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