[Xen-users] Problem Installing Windows XP Pro in Xen 3.0.3 (Built from Source)

[George Lenzer <George.Lenzer@xxxxxxx>]

I've got an AMD64 dual core system at home that is running Gentoo Linux 
2006.1.  I am specifically building it for running Linux and Windows VM 
domains.  I'm using LVM2 for the VM file systems and am currently 
running the VMs as root.  I did a Gentoo 32-bit install in a VM and 
everything seemed to go fine, but after installing it, I had trouble 
getting it to boot.  However, this has to do with issues (can't find the 
root device at boot time) unrelated to the Windows problem (can't format 
"Drive C:").  My problem with Windows XP is that I can boot and things 
are VERY slow as I expected, but as soon as I get to the MS Windows 
portion of formatting the drive (again an unformatted LVM logical 
volume), there is a long delay (five to ten minutes) and then a message 
saying that the disk wasn't responding and can no longer be used.  The 
partitioning seems to work OK and I'm running xm create as root along 
with the proper perms on  the /dev/xenspace/winxp logical volume.  I 
also checked privs and perms on /dev/mapper/xenspace-winxp as well and 
they are correct for root to have full access.
Previously, I've gotten XP to install (with Xen 3.0.2) but it wouldn't 
boot properly.  Part of me suspects that the real problem is the NVidia 
IDE controller on the MoBo interacting oddly with the Xen0 Linux 
kernel.  I'm not sure though... as Domain0 runs very well.  Any ideas?
Thanks,
George


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George Lenzer
Computer and Networking Specialist
Cleveland Public Library
Automation Department
Office: (216)623-2981


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