Re: [Xen-users] WinXP installation quits with error: "...windows has been shut down to prevent damage..."

[Martin Goldstone <m.j.goldstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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I've got a few suggestions you could try:

1) Try Xen 3.1.  I've found it's support for HVM guests to be much
better than previous versions.

2) Play with your APIC, ACPI and PAE settings.  I can't recall what the
defaults are in the version of Xen that you're running, but you might
want to try setting them all to 0 at first, to see if that makes a
difference.

3) Hit F5 when Windows setup is asking you to press F6 to load
additional SCSI drivers.  This allows you to select which HAL Windows
will use. Standard PC is probably the one most likely to install
properly, but you may face issues due to the lack of ACPI support
(Windows may display "It is now safe to turn off your computer" when
shutting down the VM instead of just "powering off").  Other choices
will probably include ACPI Uniprocessor PC, and maybe some
Multiprocessor/SMP entries.  Playing with different settings for
suggestion 2 along with different selections here should get you somewhere.

Hope this helps,

Martin

Ana wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I'm trying to install WinXP under Xen.  I'm running the Xen packages
> that come with Debian testing: "lenny".  I have it setup well enough to
> get WinXP to boot and start its installation sequence.  roughly:
> 
> - it "examines hardware" and yadda yadda
> - then says "Starting Windows XP"
> - ... and, then it spins that domain's cpu time up to 100% for 5 minutes
> - before printing the following error and shutting down
> 
> the error text:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
> damage to your computer.
> 
> if this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen,
> restart you computer.  If this screen appears again, follow
> these steps:
> 
> Check for viruses on your computer.  Remove any newly installed
> hard drives or hard drive controllers.  Check your hard drive
> to make sure it is properly configured and terminated.
> Run CHKDSK /F to check for hard drive corruption, and then
> restart your computer.
> 
> Technical information:
> 
> *** STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF7c7a524,0xC0000034,0x00000000,0x00000000)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> 
> my winxp domain config:
> --------------------------------------------------------
> kernel = "/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/boot/hvmloader"
> builder = 'hvm'
> memory = 1024
> name = "winxp"
> vcpus = 1
> vif = [ 'type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0' ]
> disk = [ 'file:/var/xen/images/WinXP.img,ioemu:hda,w', 
> 'file:/var/xen/bootcd-images/winxp.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
> device_model = '/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/bin/qemu-dm'
> ne2000=0
> boot='d'
> --------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> I'm not sure where to go from here.  Should I download the latest Xen
> software and try that?  Is there anything else I can try?  I'm not bad
> at "hacking" software, so doing some testing and debugging is not out of
> the question.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> - Ana
> 
> 
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