Re: [Xen-users] New version of GPL PV drivers for Windows 0.10.0.47

[Andrew Lyon <andrew.lyon@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:38 PM, David <admin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Great release.
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> xm save/restore now works, xm shutdown doesnt seem to work though?

I found that when upgrading the drivers the shutdownmon service ended
up not working, what fixed it for me was stopping the service before
reinstalling/upgrading the drivers, then try starting the service and
"xm shutdown", that worked for me on one system but on another I had
to use shutdownmon -u (remove service) and shutdownmon -i (install
service) to get it working, I've also noticed that you can use
shutdownmon -o to remove the older .net version of the service if you
have older gplpv drivers installed.

I've CC'ed James as I have a feeling that the installer doesn't stop
the service before trying to upgrade it?

Andy

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> Many thanks and great work.
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> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Andrew Lyon <andrew.lyon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:03 PM, James Harper
>> <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > New version with lots of changes and (probably) new bugs. Please read
>> > this email before installing.
>> >
>> > The downloads can be found at http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads
>> > There is now one download per platform/architecture, named as follows:
>> > gplpv_<chk/fre>_<platform>_<arch>_<version>.msi
>> >
>> > chk is a 'checked' build which contains debug info (please use these if
>> > you want any assistance in fixing bugs :)
>> > fre is a 'free' build which contains no debug info
>> > platform is 'wxp' for XP, 'wnet' for 2003, and 'wlh' for Vista/2008
>> > arch is 'x86' for 32 bit and 'AMD64' for 64 bits
>> >
>> > Please uninstall any 0.9.x.x or older version completely before
>> > installing this one. Some users have reported that uninstalling has
>> > caused problems so make sure you back up your DomU first.
>> >
>> > The major changes are:
>> > . Using WiX instead of NSIS to build the installer
>> > . Each platform/arch is in a separate installer
>> > . As per recent 0.9.x releases, no need for /GPLPV on the boot.ini file
>> > . Drivers are disabled when booting in safe mode
>> > . Add /NOGPLPV to the boot.ini file to disable drivers
>> > . Add /PATCHTPR to the boot.ini file to make XP run faster
>> > . Hiding of qemu devices with Xen 3.4 (or patched prior version)
>> >
>> > Please make sure your system is backed up before testing, and please
>> > test on a spare DomU first too - it is possible that the version of Xen
>> > that ships with your distribution of choice is not compatible with these
>> > drivers for some reason. Please do let me know if that is the case
>> > though as I can probably fix it.
>> >
>> > James
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>> James,
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>> I completely removed 0.10.0.43 from my 2008 hvm and tried to install
>> the new version but it said that there was a error and the
>> installation rolled back, I had to reinstall 0.10.0.43.
>>
>>
>> Andy
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