RE: [Xen-devel] RE: [Xen-users] HVM WinXP dom crash (with 3.0.3 too)

[jdsw <jdsw2002@xxxxxxxxx>]

Update (hopefully final.) 

Good news. (Special thanks to Wei Huang and Thomas
Woller)

With images create with qemu-img and memory as high as
1912 (sorry I did not try lower numbers.. in between),
I could get the installation through.

But all this does not happen in one shot for me.
a. First vm, formats and then hangs at checking
harddisk stage. Then keeps on complaining, that I do
not have corrrect cd rom in the drive!

b. Next invocation, now allows me to use formatted
disk in the first run.  Then the file installation
continues.

c. A boot after instllation and option changed to boot
from disk, it hung at initial stage.

d. Another invocation, got it to run the post
instllation setup goes through

Hurray... :)

So this good but NOT CONSISTENT !!!

======== With LVM volume as disk =====================

a. First time hang on the first screen. (Only "Windows
Setup" with underline displayed). Dies after few min.
Hard error in some dll.

b. second time, till formatting. But error while
formatting.
  Complains about Insert CD, (repeatedly)

c. third time hung again on the first screen (Only
"Windows Setup" with underline displayed"). Dies after
few min. Hard error in some dll.

d. Fourth time, went till formatting.. error
formatting. (Unable to fromat partition..)

e. Fifth time : Tried with smalled LVM 4G, formatting
shows 100%.. waits for few min.. gives error.
"Setup was unable to format partition..."

f. Lost patience.


/Jd


--- jdsw <jdsw2002@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ok..
> Good news : If I create disk image with qemu-img, I
> go
> to the next screen.
> 
> Not so Good News:
> But now windows installer is  complaining about "Can
> not format disk, disk may be damaged." for all the
> four formatting options.
> 
> I also, tried creating mkdosfs in the img file, but
> that also did not help.
> 
> Bottom line : still stuck.
> 
> /Jd
> 
> 
> --- jdsw <jdsw2002@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Hey... Sorry about this... 
> > It is WORKING !!! I saw the next screen.
> > But this happened when I switched back to dd
> file!!
> > Stay tuned... 
> > Let me fig out.. what made it work.
> > 
> > /Jd
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > jdsw <jdsw2002@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi
> >   Thanks guys.
> >   I tried these changes and files. But no luck.
> >    
> >   The modified version of Woller's file and
> another
> > file I tried merging information from Wei and
> Woller
> > is attached.
> > 
> >   (If you do not mind, drop me an email, and we
> can
> > exchange more information and try to compare, os,
> > machine details, cpu details etc... to see if we
> can
> > spot potential difference)
> > 
> > /Jd
> > 
> > --- "Woller, Thomas"  wrote:
> > 
> > > This guest config worked for us on 3.0.3 and
> > > xen-unstable. Change
> > > paths/image names for your particular
> environment.
> > > thanks
> > > tom
> > > 
> > 
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