RE: [Xen-users] BSOD after installation of GPLPV drivers

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

> Hello,
> 
> I use Debian Squeeze with XEN 4.0. I use LVM for my virtual machines.
This
> seems to be the problem in combination of Windows 2008 R2 and GPLPV
drivers.
> I can install Windows 2008 R2 without problems. But after I installed
the
> GPLPV drivers and rebooted Windows, the VM stops with a BSOD error 07b
> (inaccessible boot device). This is how I configured the disk:
> 
> disk = [ 'phy:/dev/vg0/deathstar-disk,hda,w',
>         'file:/data/w2k8r2.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
> 
> When I use a file as the disk, I have no problems to install the GPLPV
drivers
> (disk = [ 'file:/data/w2k8.disk,hda,w',
'file:/data/w2k8r2.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'
> ]). So it seems, that it is impossible (at least for me), to use LVM
and GPLPV
> drivers together.
> I even compiled the latest version of GPLPV, but always the same
error.
> I also had a problem with windows 2003 server and GPLPV, but can't
remember if
> it was error 07b. So maybe this problem is not only related to Windows
2008
> R2.
> 

Can you run the debug version of gplpv and send me the contents of
/var/log/xen/qemu-dm-<domu name>.log after the failed boot?

James

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