Re: [Xen-users] My first Windows VM

["Steffan A. Cline" <steffan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, it's running on a Dell 2950 with a Perc 6i and 15K RPM 146gb SAS drives in a RAID 6.

All drives test out ok. RAID controller reports no issues.

I'll try the additional configs and see if it comes back any quicker.

Thanks,

Steffan

From: jacek burghardt <jaceksburghardt@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 7:19 AM
To: Steffan Cline <steffan@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>, xen-users <Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] My first Windows VM

So you are running this on  Dell 2950 ? Do you have raid controller ? I found that guess will run really slow if  your disk subsystem if slow. Maybe your install freezes because of  bad hard drive ?  I had switched all my servers and workstations 

to kvm and seems bit faster and passing vga cards is very easy .

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On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 8:01 AM, Steffan A. Cline <steffan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I thought of that too so I tried another image, same thing.

So far I've tried Windows 2008 2012 Server. Both lock up at the same place.

I was able to manually install the desktop on 2012 from the ISO so, its
not that. On a side note, 2012 is DOG slow! I'll have to see if installing
the PV drivers will help that.

I'll try Win XP and 2000. The goal is to find a good Win platform that can
run Filemaker Server.

I wanted the latest OS for security etc but at this point, it looks like a
ton of overkill.

Here's what I have for a working config file.

memory = 8192
maxmem = 8192
name = 'win-2012-server'
vif = [ 'ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx,mac=00:16:3e:0E:63:BA' ]
address = 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx'
netmask = '255.255.255.224'
disk =
['phy:/dev/vg_hosting1/win-2012-server_img,hda,w','file:/images/en_windows_
server_2012_r2_vl_x64_dvd.iso,hdc:cdrom,r']
boot = 'dc'


kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
builder = "hvm"
device_model = "/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm"
acpi = 1
pae = 1
vnc = 1
vnclisten = "0.0.0.0"
vncunused = 1
vncpasswd = "xxxxxxxx"

In looking through examples of config files for Windows, there area bunch
of extra options. Do they really make a big difference?



Thanks,
Steffan

On 3/17/15, 3:37 AM, "Ian Campbell" <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Mon, 2015-03-16 at 18:18 -0700, Steffan A. Cline wrote:
>> I was able to set up a Windows 2008 Server *IF* I select to do a Core
>>with
>> no GUI/Desktop BUT when I go back and try to do the full install, it
>> crashes at the usual place.
>
>Is there any possibility of corruption in your ISO image? i.e. on some
>bit which is only used for GUI/Desktop?
>
>Ian.
>



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