RE: [Xen-users] Windows XP BSD on Xen 3.2-1 after Windows Update: GPLPV issue?

["James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi,
> 
> I'm having some grief with a Windows XP Pro VM that used to run just
> fine with the GPL PV drivers on Debian Lenny Xen 3.2-1 but after a
> Windows update now crashes with a BSD (non-existent or corrupted
> hal.dll). Something similar is described here (but no solution):
> 
>
http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2009-11/msg00738.html
> 
> This VM has been running fine for at least half a year. When I restore
> an old image backup, I can boot it and it runs. However once I've
> installed the latest Microsoft updates, it crashes with a BSD upon
boot.
> It's using the 213 GPL PV drivers. Uninstalling the GPL PV drivers
> causes it to hang; installing a newer version (238) on top of the
> installed drivers causes it to hang too.
> 
> I've checked boot.ini, that all looks good.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 

When you say "uninstalling the GPLPV drivers causes it to hang", do you
mean that if you uninstall the drivers completely, reboot, then install
the update you still get a crash?

Do you know which update is causing you the problem?

If the hal.dll is corrupt it would have to be before GPLPV is loaded,
which I think means that your filesystem has been corrupted prior to
rebooting.

I have an XP test machine, so if you can tell me which update you
install that causes this crash I can try and reproduce it.

Thanks

James

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