Re: [Xen-users] WinXP cannot partition disk

["Rob van Oostveen" <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark,

Thank you for your reply. I've tried your suggestions as well, but without
success. This is my config file:

kernel="/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
builder="hvm"
memory=512
shadow_memory=8
vif=['type=iomem, bridge=xenbr0']
disk=['phy:/dev/vg/winxp,hda,w', 'phy:/dev/cdrom,hdc:cdrom,r']
device_model='/usr/' + arch_libdir + '/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
boot="d"
sdl=0
vnc=1
stdvga=0

All not mentioned is left default. I copied the default xmexample.hvm to
winxp.hvm and changed it to above.

I've tried to load the iso the way you suggested, but I still get the same
results. It looks like dom0 cannot access the iso because of insufficient
rights, tho the file is world readable.

Regards,
Rob

On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 06:35:23 +0100, Mark Williamson wrote
> > I created a logical volume for usage by a guest OS: Windows XP. When
> > Windows starts the setup and comes to the partitioning part, no partition
> > can be created. When I hit 'C' (create partition) and provide the partition
> > size, setup returns to the same previous screen where I need to hit 'C'
> > again.. it looks like its looping..
> 
> Weird.  Could you please post your domain config file?
> 
> > Another issue is that the .iso image of Windows XP (created with `dd
> > if=/dev/cdrom of=/tmp/winxp.iso`) cannot be used during creation of the new
> > guest OS. It fails. When I provide '/dev/cdrom' the guest OS boots from cd.
> > I can't figure out why.
> 
> >From the real CD, presumably?  You want something like:
> 
> disk = [ 'file:/tmp/winxp.iso,hdc:cdrom,r', ... ]
> 
> in your disk list.  This'll make hdc in the guest be an emulated CD-ROM drive 
> holding the contents of your ISO file.
> 
> There's a boot order variable in the config, you'll need "c" to be first if 
> it's going to boot off the hard drive.  e.g.
> 
> boot = "cda"
> 
> will try initially to boot from the hard drive, fall back to the CD-ROM drive 
> if that fails, and finally try to boot from the emulated floppy drive.
> 
> > I'm running RedHat FC6 and used the Xen version shipped with FC6. I suspect
> > it is version 3.0. I also want to upgrade that version to 3.1 later on. The
> > above might be related to version 3.0?
> 
> Those issues shouldn't be a issue with your particular version.
> 
> FC6 shipped with a Xen based on 3.0.3.  Xen 3.0.1 to 3.0.4 are feature 
> releases not just bugfixes as the numbers imply.  I have the impression that 
> 3.0.4 and above has better support for running HVM guests, so you may find 
> Windows works better if you upgrade.  3.1 is what *would* have been called 
> 3.0.5 in the old numbering scheme; you might want to consider upgrading to 
> that, although there are probably still some bugs to find in the new features 
> of that release :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Mark
> 
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