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Re: Installing WinPV drivers on Windows 2019



Paul,

No, test signing was not on. This issue has hit me in the past with the same 
versions he has. I always thought it was me and either reverted to the original 
version or built a new VM with newer OS and drivers. 


Thanks,
Steffan Cline
steffan@xxxxxxxxx
602-793-0014

> On May 22, 2020, at 2:26 AM, Paul Durrant <xadimgnik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Steffan Cline <steffan@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: 22 May 2020 10:01
>> To: paul@xxxxxxx
>> Cc: jan.bakuwel@xxxxxxxxx; win-pv-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: Installing WinPV drivers on Windows 2019
>> 
>> Paul, this is the same type issue I just reported a month ago. Once the 
>> drivers are installed,
>> upgrades don’t work. You can only remove and reinstall the same version 
>> drivers.
> 
> It doesn't sound quite the same. You were upgrading to 9.0.0 and had test 
> signing on, right? This appears to be an issue with 8.2.2 which is solved 
> *if* testsigning is turned on... which should not be necessary for 
> release-signed drivers.
> 
>  Paul
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Steffan Cline
>> steffan@xxxxxxxxx
>> 602-793-0014
>> 
>>>> On May 22, 2020, at 1:58 AM, Paul Durrant <xadimgnik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: win-pv-devel <win-pv-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf 
>>>> Of Jan Bakuwel
>>>> Sent: 22 May 2020 00:58
>>>> To: win-pv-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: Installing WinPV drivers on Windows 2019
>>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> Additionally to the email I sent yesterday....
>>>> 
>>>> I've removed the old v8.2.0 drivers from the Windows 2019 server and
>>>> installed the v8.2.2 drivers. Windows doesn't seem to be happy with
>>>> those though; after rebooting Windows wanted to "repair" the system and
>>>> now crashes with an "inaccessible boot device". Any suggestions how to
>>>> proceed from here?
>>> 
>>> Did you definitely install the signed release of the drivers (from
>> https://xenbits.xen.org/pvdrivers/win/8.2.2/)?
>>> 
>>> Paul
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I had to enable test signing to install the drivers but ultimately my
>>>> small business client should not see a desktop that says "Test mode". Is
>>>> there a way to run production systems with the WinPV drivers or is it
>>>> still considered experimental/test only?
>>>> 
>>>> kind regards,
>>>> Jan
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
> 
> 




 


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