I added a new drive to use with a fully virtualized Xen domain. I intend to run Vista on it. Should the partition be formatted? If so, should it be formatted using ext3 or ntfs? Should the Windows installer do the partitioning? I asked this as part of a multi-part question previously an only got a partial answer excluding this.... On my system, the partition is /dev/hdc1 On my first attempt at getting Vista to work, I used a file instead of a partition and it worked. It worked for a very short period of time. Vista would boot and I could see the desktop. The only thing that did not work was the network, which I was sure would be an easy fix. I installed a few patches and some other software via Yum and at some point Vista stopped booting. I decided to add a new 120G disk for it to use and start over, but ever since I have not been able to get it to run. None of the logs show anything helpful. It runs for about 5 seconds, and I can see it boot from the ISO that I made, but after it loads the progress bar to 100% it tries to change the screen resolution or something and the processor drops to 0% and nothing else happens. Meanwhile, i have learned a bit about using Xen and tried to help others on the list, but still have gotten nowhere with my own problems. I will be posting a nice howto once i get all the steps and facts straight. Thanks in advance, Ian Patton
See what happens if you give it a file instead of a physical partition. Aic On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 19:40 -0500, Ian Patton wrote:> I added a new drive to use with a fully virtualized Xen domain. I > intend to run Vista on it. Should the partition be formatted? If so, > should it be formatted using ext3 or ntfs? Should the Windows > installer do the partitioning? I asked this as part of a multi-part > question previously an only got a partial answer excluding this.... > On my system, the partition is /dev/hdc1 > > On my first attempt at getting Vista to work, I used a file instead of > a partition and it worked. It worked for a very short period of time. > Vista would boot and I could see the desktop. The only thing that did > not work was the network, which I was sure would be an easy fix. I > installed a few patches and some other software via Yum and at some > point Vista stopped booting. I decided to add a new 120G disk for it > to use and start over, but ever since I have not been able to get it > to run. None of the logs show anything helpful. It runs for about 5 > seconds, and I can see it boot from the ISO that I made, but after it > loads the progress bar to 100% it tries to change the screen > resolution or something and the processor drops to 0% and nothing else > happens. > > Meanwhile, i have learned a bit about using Xen and tried to help > others on the list, but still have gotten nowhere with my own > problems. I will be posting a nice howto once i get all the steps and > facts straight. > > Thanks in advance, > > Ian Patton > > -- > Fedora-xen mailing list > Fedora-xen@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen-- Andrew Cathrow Red Hat, Inc. (678) 733 0452 - Mobile (404) 437 6178 - Home Office acathrow@redhat.com
Using a file works. What is wrong with using a partition? Can someone please tell me how a partition needs to be created in order to work? The partition is currently unformatted. Thanks, Ian Patton On 11/27/06, Andrew Cathrow <acathrow@redhat.com> wrote:> > See what happens if you give it a file instead of a physical partition. > > Aic > > On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 19:40 -0500, Ian Patton wrote: > > I added a new drive to use with a fully virtualized Xen domain. I intend > to run Vista on it. Should the partition be formatted? If so, should it be > formatted using ext3 or ntfs? Should the Windows installer do the > partitioning? I asked this as part of a multi-part question previously an > only got a partial answer excluding this.... On my system, the partition is > /dev/hdc1 > > On my first attempt at getting Vista to work, I used a file instead of a > partition and it worked. It worked for a very short period of time. Vista > would boot and I could see the desktop. The only thing that did not work > was the network, which I was sure would be an easy fix. I installed a few > patches and some other software via Yum and at some point Vista stopped > booting. I decided to add a new 120G disk for it to use and start over, but > ever since I have not been able to get it to run. None of the logs show > anything helpful. It runs for about 5 seconds, and I can see it boot from > the ISO that I made, but after it loads the progress bar to 100% it tries to > change the screen resolution or something and the processor drops to 0% and > nothing else happens. > > Meanwhile, i have learned a bit about using Xen and tried to help others > on the list, but still have gotten nowhere with my own problems. I will be > posting a nice howto once i get all the steps and facts straight. > > Thanks in advance, > > Ian Patton > > --Fedora-xen mailing listFedora-xen@redhat.comhttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen > > -- > > Andrew Cathrow > Red Hat, Inc. > > (678) 733 0452 - Mobile > (404) 437 6178 - Home Office > > acathrow@redhat.com > >-- Ian Patton
Andrew, I just noticed something significant. It is not the partition or the file causing the problem. In my assumption I based it on the fact I used the file when using the old xen kernel 2798, and used the partition on the new xen kernel 2849 I just tested it using a file on both kernels, and it turns out that it works using a file only under the old kernel. Using the exact same config file on the new kernel does not work. I did not test using a partition on the old kernel, but I bet it would work. At last I can finally continue working on this! But, it looks like a problem that needs to be documented in the short term and fixed in the next kernel in the long term. I hope anyone else trying this finds this! Thanks for your assistance, Ian Patton On 11/27/06, Andrew Cathrow <acathrow@redhat.com> wrote:> > See what happens if you give it a file instead of a physical partition. > > Aic > > On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 19:40 -0500, Ian Patton wrote: > > I added a new drive to use with a fully virtualized Xen domain. I intend > to run Vista on it. Should the partition be formatted? If so, should it be > formatted using ext3 or ntfs? Should the Windows installer do the > partitioning? I asked this as part of a multi-part question previously an > only got a partial answer excluding this.... On my system, the partition is > /dev/hdc1 > > On my first attempt at getting Vista to work, I used a file instead of a > partition and it worked. It worked for a very short period of time. Vista > would boot and I could see the desktop. The only thing that did not work > was the network, which I was sure would be an easy fix. I installed a few > patches and some other software via Yum and at some point Vista stopped > booting. I decided to add a new 120G disk for it to use and start over, but > ever since I have not been able to get it to run. None of the logs show > anything helpful. It runs for about 5 seconds, and I can see it boot from > the ISO that I made, but after it loads the progress bar to 100% it tries to > change the screen resolution or something and the processor drops to 0% and > nothing else happens. > > Meanwhile, i have learned a bit about using Xen and tried to help others > on the list, but still have gotten nowhere with my own problems. I will be > posting a nice howto once i get all the steps and facts straight. > > Thanks in advance, > > Ian Patton > > --Fedora-xen mailing listFedora-xen@redhat.comhttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen > > -- > > Andrew Cathrow > Red Hat, Inc. > > (678) 733 0452 - Mobile > (404) 437 6178 - Home Office > > acathrow@redhat.com > >-- Ian Patton