[Xen-users] hard disk problem on Windows installation

[Konstantinos Pachopoulos <kostaspaxos@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
i have gone a step further trying trying to install Windows XP 32-bit on 
my amd64  debian system. The iso image boots and although i get a 
"xenconsole: Could not read tty from store: No such file or directory", 
the  Windows installation procedure seems to continue without problems 
-drivers are loaded, etc. The problems appear while trying to partition 
the virtual hard drive. I have tried this in many ways; using qcow and 
raw qemu images and lvm partitions. Everything fails in different ways; 
no hard disk found, classical blue windows screens. In the best case, i 
manage to format (using NTFS) to 100%, but afterwards i get an error and 
have to reboot.
What's the secret behind?

Here's my config:


# -*- mode: python; -*-
#============================================================================
# Python configuration setup for 'xm create'
# This script sets the parameters used when a domain is created using 
'xm create'
# You use a separate script for each domain you want to create, or
# you can set the parameters for the domain on the xm command line.
#============================================================================

import os, re
arch = os.uname()[4]
if re.search('64', arch):
arch_libdir='lib64'
else:
arch_libdir='lib'

#--------------------------------------
# kernel image file
kernel= "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"

# the domain build function. HVM domain uses 'hvm'
builder='hvm'

memory=1024
name="winxp"
#disk = ['phy:/dev/xendoms/winxp,ioemu:hda,w']
memmap = '/usr/lib/xen/boot/mem-map.sxp'
device_model='/usr/'+arch_libdir+'/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
disk=['phy:/dev/xendoms/winxp,ioemu:hda,w','file:/vservers/home/shared/winxp.iso,hdc:cdrom,r']
#disk=['file:/mnt/1tmp/winxp.img,ioemu:hda,w','file:/vservers/home/shared/winxp.iso,hdc:cdrom,r']
boot='d'
sdl=1
vnc=0
vncviewer=0
ne2000=0
acpi=0
apic=0

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