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RE: [Xen-users] Re: Setup WinXP with HVM and qemu image

To: "Geert Janssens" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Re: Setup WinXP with HVM and qemu image
From: "Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 13:24:03 +0200
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Geert Janssens
> Sent: 01 June 2007 12:12
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Re: Setup WinXP with HVM and qemu image
> 
> On Friday 1 June 2007 12:22, Igor Chubin wrote:
> > > qemu-dm.<pid>.log now contains:
> > > domid: 7
> > > qemu: the number of cpus is 1
> > > shared page at pfn:1ffff, mfn: 1cdc2
> > > buffered io page at pfn:1fffd, mfn: 1cdc4
> > > xs_read(): vncpasswd get error.
> > >        /vm/430a79b5-d4d5-92a7-82ef-b8be59f62749/vncpasswd.
> > > char device redirected to /dev/pts/5
> > > False I/O request ... in-service already: 0, pvalid: 0, 
> port: 0, data: 0,
> > >                                    count: 0, size: 0
> > >
> > > xm list gives:
> > > [root@localhost ~]# xm list
> > > Name                                      ID Mem(MiB) 
> VCPUs State  
> > > Time(s) Domain-0                                   0     
> 1488     2
> > > r-----   1639.8 WindowsXP                                 
>  7      517    
> > > 1 ------      0.2 So there seems to be slightly more 
> activity (0.2),
> > > although this time doesn't increase anymore.
> > >
> > > I have no idea how to proceed here. Any ideas ?
> >
> > My idea is
> >
> > try to run the domain from bootable cd (not from image)
> > and look what happens.
> >
> > You must determine is the problem related to your image (which you
> > have converted) or from something else.
> >
> So I tried your suggestion. I changed the disk line to
> disk = [ 'file:/var/images/winxp.img,hda,w', 
> 'phy:/dev/cdrom,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
> and set
> boot="dc"
> 
> I put a bootable Knoppix CD in the CD-drive (which I know 
> works on real 
> hardware).
> After xm create, I get a vnc console that now shows a QEMU 
> Harddisk and a QEMU 
> CD/DVD rom (ata0 master and ata1 master respectively, the 
> slaves are reported 
> as Unknown device).
> 
> Then the CD spins up, but nothing else happens. The cd just 
> slows down again 
> after a moment.
> 
> This same thing happens when I only have the CDROM device, 
> and no disk image: 
> CDROM drive is recognised, CD spins up, but nothing else.

What are the settings for PAE, APIC and ACPI in your guest config?

Try turning for example APIC off (this will essentially make your system
single-CPU, but if you are on an older version of Xen, you won't be able
to run SMP HVM guests anyways). 

--
Mats
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Geert
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