RE: [Xen-users] Problems Installing Windows Guest; 3.0.3-6 on FC6

["Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Poler
> Sent: 21 March 2007 16:07
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-users] Problems Installing Windows Guest; 3.0.3-6 on FC6
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Forgive me if this is asked and answered but I've done a lot of
> research and am quite stumped.
> 
> I have Xen 3.0.3-6 running on a Fedora Core 6 x86_64 host; the host is
> an AMD x2, Has AMD-V/SVM. xm info | grep hvm returns: hvm-3.0-x86_32
> hvm-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_64
> xm dmesg | grep -i svm returns:
> (XEN) AMD SVM Extension is enabled for cpu 0.
> (XEN) AMD SVM Extension is enabled for cpu 1.
> (XEN) (GUEST: 2) SVM go ...
> (XEN) (GUEST: 3) SVM go ...
> 
> I have installed a Linux PV guest just fine, but I am having some
> issues installing a Windows guest. I have attempted to use XP Pro x64
> and Win2k3 Std x64. 

I am fairly sure that x64 mode of Windows doesn't work in 3.0.3 - I
could be wrong, but I'm reasonably sure of this. Which means that you
either need to back-port some 3.0.4 changes, or you need to upgrade the
hypervisor. 

32-bit versions of Windows should work in 3.0.3. 

--
Mats

> In both cases the guest boots to the blue screen
> and hangs at "Setup is Starting Windows..." -- now, I have done plenty
> of reading that tells me that the solution to this is to hit F5 as the
> system is coming up and prompts you to hit F6, and change the HAL
> model -- the problem is, the guest refuses to accept F5 as input. I
> hit F5, nothing happens. For that matter, I hit F6, nothing happens.
> When prompted for ASR, I hit F2, nothing happens. I have no way to
> determine if the guest is accepting any input whatsoever. I can
> confirm though that on my Linux guest the F-keys work properly, I get
> the keycodes for them on the console when pressed.
> 
> The Xen host has no console capable of running X so I have been
> working via a remote desktop; I've tried this when vnc'ed into the
> host, I've tried this with the host's DISPLAY sent back to a different
> machine with an X server to take the host's vnc server out of the
> equation. I've tried this guest creation using both virt-manager and
> xenguest-install with the same results...
> 
> I may be missing something _really_ obvious here (hey, wouldn't be the
> first time) but I've done a fair amount of troubleshooting and I'm
> just simply stuck. How can I get the console to accept the F5 on boot?
> 
> Thanks!
> dp
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