Fedora xen - Nov 2006 - Installing winXP using virtual manager

I  am trying to install WinXP as a virtual machine on Fedora 6. 

 

I go through the steps using the Virtual manager in Fed6. It gets to the
point where WinXP installation needs to reboot to proceed with the
installation. Once it shuts down I am no longer able to start it and
continue with the installation. 

 

What do I need to do after it reboots in the Virtual manager? How do I
get it to start again?

 

Thank you,

- Kam

Presuming that you called your domain "winXP" and your winxp install
image is in /opt/disks/ and is called winxp.iso

Run "xm list" do verify that the domain is not running.

Edit /etc/xen/winXP file.

you''ll have a line for disk that looks something like:

disk=[ ''file:/my/vm/location/disk.img,ioemu:hda,w'',]

Edit that line to include your winxp cd.

disk=[
''file:/my/vm/location/disk.img,ioemu:hda,w'',''file:/opt/disks/winxp.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'',]
If you have a boot= line then make sure it''s boot =
''c''

Then start the domain with xm create winXP



On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 15:29 -0800, Behpoornia, Kamal
wrote:
> I  am trying to install WinXP as a virtual machine on Fedora 6. 
> 
>  
> 
> I go through the steps using the Virtual manager in Fed6. It gets to
> the point where WinXP installation needs to reboot to proceed with the
> installation. Once it shuts down I am no longer able to start it and
> continue with the installation. 
> 
>  
> 
> What do I need to do after it reboots in the Virtual manager? How do I
> get it to start again?
> 
>  
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> - Kam
> 
> 
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