Re: [Xen-users] Windows 2008 SBS on Xen 3.4 does not install

[Bart Coninckx <bart.coninckx@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 28 October 2010 19:40:32 Bart Coninckx wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> trying to install Windows 2008 Small Business Server 64bit on Xen 3.4 on
> opensuse 11.2.
> 
> The install runs fine, but after the first reboot, the VNC console shows:
> 
> boot mgr is missing
> 
> When I try to repair that with the install CD, I cannot see the previously
> installed C: partition, as if drivers are missing or something.
> 
> Does any know of Windows 2008 SBS is installable at all? I've recently
> installed a regular Windows 2008 Server on Xen 3.2 and that was not an
> issue. R2 was of course.
> 
> This is my config file:
> 
> name="win1"
> uuid="c157bc27-b978-0e46-c799-3b7bc64eb0ac"
> memory=8192
> maxmem=8192
> vcpus=2
> on_poweroff="destroy"
> on_reboot="restart"
> on_crash="destroy"
> localtime=1
> 
> builder="hvm"
> extid=1
> device_model="/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm"
> kernel="/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
> boot="d"
> #disk=[ 'phy:/dev/mapper/win1c,hda,w', 'phy:/dev/mapper/win1d,hdb,w',
> 'file:/mnt/nfs1/DVD1_Installation.iso,hdc:cdrom,r', ]
> disk=[ 'phy:/dev/mapper/win1c,hda,w',
> 'file:/mnt/nfs1/DVD1_Installation.iso,hdc:cdrom,r', ]
> vif=[ 'bridge=br0,model=rtl8139', ]
> 
> 
> stdvga=0
> vnc=1
> vncunused=1
> apic=1
> acpi=1
> pae=1
> 
> usb=1
> usbdevice='tablet'
> 
> serial="pty"
> 
> 
> Thx!
> 
> Bart
> 
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Further investigation revealed that the installation reboots while extracting 
files, so the installation does not get to finish entirely. I'm testing now on 
Xen 4.0. Up till now it gets simpley stuck while extracting the files, once at 
16%, once at 74%. Trying to see if this has to do with free disk space on my 
test machine. But my guess is it won't work on Xen 3.4. 4.0 Remains a 
question.

B.

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