Re: [Xen-users] HELP! Cannot install Windows 2008 R2 in Xen

["Thimo E." <abc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Matthias,

that was it!
After re-downloading the image it worked. So...Xen is good, Windows 
installer is bad :)
Thanks a lot.
Thimo
> xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 06/11/2009 10:38:53 AM:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > at the moment I despair at attempting to install Windows 2008 R2 in Xen.
> >
> > I've already found some posts from Robbie Garrett (*1), he seems to 
> have
> > the same problem:
> >
> >             The installer keeps saying that a "CD/DVD device driver is
> > missing" and doesn't want to proceed...
> >
> > My OS: 64 Bit Centos 5.4,  Gitcos Xen 3.4.1
> > Cannot find anything special in the xen logfile. Installation of all
> > other OSes, including Windows 7, works without problems.
> > Already tried setting acpi on/off, apic on/off, pae on/off, disk/cdrom
> > with ioemu and without...
> >
> > Are there any success stories of Windows 2008 R2 installation under
> > CentOS ? Or does anybody have some hints how to get 2008R2 installed ?
> >
> > Best regards
> >   Thimo
> >
>
> I had the same problem installing 2008 R2 on Xen 3.4.1 / CentOS 5.3. 
> The problem turned out to be a corrupt install ISO and nothing to do 
> with Xen. I downloaded the ISO again and it installed without a problem.
> Thanks
> Matthias
>
>
>
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