Re: [Xen-devel] W2K3 Server Installation fails with ACPI=1 on xen-3.0.3-rc3 changeset 11732

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/10/06 15:48, "Ralf Schenk" <rs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I installed Windows 2003 Server (RC2) sucessfully on xen 3.0.3-rc3
> changeset 11732. XEN and DOM0 is 64-bit X86_64 based.
> 
> The hardware I use is a Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (EE, Energy Efficient
> Version) on a simple ASUS M2N-MX Mainboard.
> 
> However I wasn't able to run the installation with ACPI enabled in the
> config file for the domain (acpi=1). The setup procedure simply freezes
> after loading all the drivers.
> 
> Is this a known issue ? I already tried the same with xeon 3.0.3-rc2
> (Changeset 11686) with no success.

Yes, the Windows ACPI HAL doesn't work well with Xen right now. This
basically means that, for 3.0.3, you'll be limited to uniprocessor Windows
guests (unless the legacy SMP HAL works okay for you).

 -- Keir



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