Re: [Xen-devel] bug in windows "on_reboot = 'preserve'"

[Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 16:51 +0000 on 28 Oct (1256748714), Ian Jackson wrote:
> James Harper writes ("[Xen-devel] bug in windows "on_reboot = 'preserve'""):
> > Prior to 3.4.x (I think), when I said "on_reboot = 'preserve'" in the
> > config, vnc would show me a windows BSOD just fine. For 3.4.1, I just
> > get a garbed screen.
> > 
> > Any suggestions as to what changed?
> 
> As Keir says, 3.4's qemu-dm is based on a substantially later upstream
> version of qemu.  However the video code is much less significantly
> changed and it might actually be possible to debug it.
> 
> I'll see if I can reproduce the problem.  How do I get my Windows
> guest to BSOD ? :-)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969028 gives many entertaining ways,
but the NotMyFault tool is proabably easiest.  Download it from
http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Notmyfault.zip and run
"NotMyFault.exe /crash".

Cheers,

Tim.

-- 
Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Principal Software Engineer, Citrix Systems (R&D) Ltd.
[Company #02300071, SL9 0DZ, UK.]

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