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RE: [Xen-users] Windows uder XEN doesn't boot...

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Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Windows uder XEN doesn't boot...
From: "Artur Linhart - Linux communication" <AL.LINUX@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:37:36 +0200
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Hello,

        The boot from /dev/sda2 will not be possible, because it is the
partition and not the physical disk - if You pass just the /dev/sda2 to xen
DomU as a virtual disk, it expects to be really a physical disk, looks for
partition table etc. which is not there, because there are the data of the
single already formatted partition. So, from this reason I think this is not
even theoretically possible.

        The idea with the HW profile should theoretically work, but I could
not try it because the above problem... 

        I had the exact same situation like You describe here on my
notebook, but I could not get it running - so, till to day I have to reboot
if I want to work with windows... 

        With best regards

                Archie

-----Original Message-----
From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
tygrawy@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 3:39 PM
To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Windows uder XEN doesn't boot...

> So, Your Linux is also installed on /dev/sda? I would saz this >will
>be ot possible to boot, because from mz opinion xen wants to have >an
>exclusive access to the writable device -dev-sda, what is ot
>possible, if
>the Dom0 already runs from this device.

Linux is on /dev/sda5 and swap is on /dev/sda6

Windows is on /dev/sda2

so maybe it will be possible to boot only from /dev/sda2?

please notice that I can boot second time from /dev/sda5 and linux
is starting again in the XEN window.



> It You would have the second disk /dev/sdb with Linux used as >Dom0,
>i this case I think this should work - atz least the boot. But hte
>problems
>come immediatelly after You boot to windows - because xen emulates
>all the
>devices in other way like is the physical HW of Your computer,
>which has bee
>already detected by the windows installation - so even if I did
>not test it
>with w2k3, I think, the boot process could very probably end with >the
>"bluescreen"...

maybe it will be possible to create second hardware profile and add
XEN drivers....?


>Two more remarks to Your configuration - even if You would have the
>above
>conditions fullfilled You can run into problems if using the
>configuration
>described by You:
>1. I do not know, if the property
>cdrom=
>is still able to be used - in every case I would not mix the old
>syntax with
>the new and instead of the line starting by cdrom= which I would
>delete I
>would change the line with disk= as follows:
>disk = [ 'phy:/dev/sda,ioemu:hda,w',
> 'file:/tmp/WINDOWS_2003_STANDARD.ISO,hdb,r' ]
>2. I do ot know if You want to install/if You run 32bit or 64bit
>version,
>but at least by the 64bit version I had to add the options
>acpi=1
>apic=1
>pae=1
>to get it working - at least in the case You have problems, You >should
>experiment with this set of parameters.
>
>With best regards
>
> Archie
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>tygrawy@xxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 9:40 PM
>To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [Xen-users] Windows uder XEN doesn't boot...
>
>my w2k3.hvm:
>
>import os, re
>arch = os.uname()[4]
>arch_libdir = 'lib'
>kernel = '/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader'
>builder='hvm'
>memory = 512
>name = "w2k3-001"
>vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:00:00:94, bridge=xenbr0' ]
>disk = disk = [ 'phy:/dev/sda,ioemu:hda,w' ]
>device_model = '/usr/' + arch_libdir + '/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
>cdrom='/tmp/WINDOWS_2003_STANDARD.ISO'
>boot="c"
>sdl=1
>vnc=0
>vncviewer=0
>ne2000=0
>so I am tryying boot Windows from a phisical disk where is linux
>also with grub. After I star XEN I see grub and can choose Windows
>to boot but I see chainloader (hd0,1)+1 and no more
>
>/usr/sbin/xm dmesg returns:
>
>(XEN) (GUEST: 4)
>(XEN) (GUEST: 4) Booting from Hard Disk...
>(XEN) (GUEST: 4) int13_harddisk: function 41, unmapped device for
>ELDL=81
>(XEN) (GUEST: 4) int13_harddisk: function 08, unmapped device for
>ELDL=81
>(XEN) (GUEST: 4) *** int 15h function AX=00C0, BX=0000 not yet
>supported!
>(XEN) (GUEST: 4) Trap (0x6) while in real mode
>(XEN) (GUEST: 4) eax 2B6 ecx DAA edx 8F64 >ebx
> B70
>(XEN) (GUEST: 4) esp D6934 ebp 0 esi 22E8 >edi
> 123B
>(XEN) (GUEST: 4) eip 75F2 eflags 33087 cs 50 ds
> 0
>(XEN) (GUEST: 4) es 0 fs 0 uss 60
>uesp 4602
>(XEN) (GUEST: 4) ves 1ACB vds 0 vfs 60 >vgs
> 60
>(XEN) (GUEST: 4) trapno 6 errno 0
>(XEN) (GUEST: 4) cr0 50032 cr2 0 cr3 0 >cr4
> 651
>(XEN) (GUEST: 4) Halt called from %eip 0xD0382
>
>
>
>
>please help me!!!





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