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RE: [Xen-users] GPLPV drivers update
What version of xen and what windows version and what bits (32 or 64)?
James
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jingyun He [mailto:jingyun.ho@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, 25 August 2009 15:29
> To: James Harper
> Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] GPLPV drivers update
>
> Hi,
> I just installed this new PV drivers, the vps will show a blue screen
and
> never boot up again if we do a reboot.
> but it can boot by 'xm create'
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 4:37 AM, James Harper
<james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>
> I have just uploaded a new testing version of GPL PV drivers for
> Windows. Have a look for 0.10.0.97-dontuse at
> http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads (the -dontuse bit is to
scare
> people away who haven't read this email :)
>
> As usual, please test thoroughly on a test DomU and make sure
you have a
> backup before installing on a non-test system. In particular,
I'm only
> testing with Xen 3.4.1 these days so anything older isn't tested
> although it should work.
>
> There was a problem with the signing of the drivers that would
prevent
> them working properly under Vista/2008 x64 even with testsigning
> enabled. This should resolve that.
>
> The installation procedure for Vista/2008 x64 is as follows:
> . Run 'bcdedit /set testsigning on'
> . Reboot
> . Install the drivers. Accept any warnings and tick 'always
trust...'
> when prompted.
> . Make sure you now have PV network and SCSI adapters present
> . Reboot
>
> If something doesn't work, you should be able to boot to safe
mode
> unless you forgot to run 'bcdedit /set testsigning on' in which
case you
> will probably have an unbootable system... for some reason the
vista F8
> boot menu doesn't allow you to turn on testsigning and safe mode
at the
> same time. Ideally the installer would be able to detect that we
are
> using a test certificate and instruct you to turn on testsigning
first
> but I don't yet know how to do that. I'll see if I can at least
put in a
> loud warning at installation time...
>
> James
>
>
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