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Re: [Xen-users] Simple question about Para-virtualized drivers in Windo

To: Alba <florfoto@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Simple question about Para-virtualized drivers in Windows
From: "Fajar A. Nugraha" <fajar@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 09:43:59 +0700
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On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:47 AM, Alba <florfoto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> After installing para-virtualized drivers for Windows, and added a disk, I
> can see two disk instead of one in my Windows guest virtual machine.
> In disks' properties says "QEMU HARDDISK"  one disk and in the other one
> "RHEL DISK SCSI Disk Device".
>
> Which one should I use?

What is your domU config like?
Redhat's PV driver should NOT be used for boot disk.
http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.2/html/Para-Virtualized_Windows_Drivers/chap-Para-Virtualized_Windows_Drivers-Requirements_and_restrictions.html

So your disk like should look something like this (old-style config)

disk =  [
        'phy:/dev/VolGroup/disk1lv,hda,w',
        'phy:/dev/VolGroup/disk2lv,xvdb,w',
        ]

Note hda and xvdb, and NOT xvda and xvdb.

Personally I'd recommend you use James Harper's GPLPV (at least for
now), as it's more widely used, and it can be used on boot disk (C:).
You don't need to change any domU disk config with GPLPV.

-- 
Fajar

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