Re: [Xen-users] RE: Xen 3.4.0, windows 2003 R2 installation crashes

[Michael David Crawford <mdc@xxxxxxxxx>]

James Harper wrote:
> > After I installed the GPLPV drivers into a Windows XP SP3 DomU, it
> would
> > reliably hang my Dom0 right when the XP boot changed from the row of
> > little white bars to the graphical boot screen.
> What version of GPLPV?
0.9.12 pre-13.  That was the latest as of about a week ago.

Possibly my problem has to do with my Dom0 kernel, which is the 
git-tip/next Linux, again as of about a week ago, along with the release 
3.4.0 Xen kernel.
When I do file a bug report, I'll attach my Linux kernel build .config 
to the report.
The XP is an OEM SP3 CD - that is, Service Pack 3 was already applied to 
the Windows installer, rather than applied by me after installation.
Without the GPLPV, XP works reliably but was unusably slow.  I even 
tried moving it to a physical partition, but that didn't affect the 
performance any.
BeOS 5 Pro also works reliably as an HVM DomU, but is *profoundly* slow 
- taking more than twenty minutes to boot, and menus taking a couple 
minutes to open after clicking on them.
Ironically, BeOS is a remarkably efficient operating system; it was 
always snappy and responsive when installed directly on my 150 MHz 
PowerPC 604 Mac.  (It supports both x86 and PowerPC.)
I had great hopes of hosting a whole bunch of different operating 
systems under Xen to aid in my development of a cross-platform audio 
application, but in its present state it's just not going to work for 
me.  At least for now, I've moved to VirtualBox - which has its problems 
too, but at least the guests aren't so slow.
But I'm happy to do whatever I can to help get Xen to the point where it 
*could* serve my needs.
Mike
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