Christopher Miller
2007-Aug-15 16:42 UTC
[Fedora-xen] win2k3 server standard edition hangs on "Starting Windows"
Hello list! I''m having a heck of a time getting Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition to install. I''ve tried using both virt-install and virt-manager, however it would seem that virt-manager gets further. On the command line, I used this to provision the machine: # virt-install \ --name=system1 \ --ram=2048 \ --file=/home/luser/virtuals/system1/system1.img \ --file-size=80 \ --nonsparse \ --network=bridge:xenbr0 \ --sdl \ --hvm \ --os-type=windows \ --os-variant=win2k3 \ --cdrom=/media/EN_OS_XP_2003_2428.4/english/win2003/standard/setup.exe this command failed until I "touch"ed /home/luser/virtuals/system1/system1.img, and then said it was provisioning, and I should reconnect to the domain to see the machine, when I tried this, it was unavailable. As I''ve indicated, my experience with virt-manager gets me "further" but what this further is, isn''t usable either. I select the same options as above in the gui, and when I click "finish" it allocates the file I''ve selected, and the new domain shows up in the virt-manager window. I can right-click on the new virtual and connect to the console, select which version of windows I''m installing, and the startup even runs up to the point where it says "Windows Setup: Setup is starting Windows" (this is the last blue dos type screen before being switched into the windows install gui, for those familiar) and freezes there. I''ve posted a couple screen shots here: http://63.231.71.205/~cj/xen/AllWindows.png http://63.231.71.205/~cj/xen/Console.png I''m running Fedora Core 6, all updates, on a AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, kernel 2.6.20-1.2999.fc6xen, 3GB RAM. I''m installing from an MSDN disk in my cdrom drive. Please let me know if there''s any more information I can provide. Thanks in advance! Christopher Jon Miller Programmer, Research and Development -------------------------------------------------------www.eCollege.com eCollege Supporting your Success cjm@eCollege.com phone 303.873.7400x3233 cell 303.552.7666 fax 303.632.1719 eCollege Building 4900 S Monaco St Denver, CO 80237
Christopher Miller
2007-Aug-15 23:09 UTC
RE: [Fedora-xen] win2k3 server standard edition hangs on "StartingWindows"
Okay, I found a couple months back where a fella pushed F5 during the initial
setup phase, I did that and got as far as rebooting the machine into the
installation. I see now I have to add the CDROM device back in the conf file.
I''ve yet to find the instructions on this, but I''m sure
they''re in the archives somewhere. I''ll keep posted on my
progress.
peace,
cj
-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-xen-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:fedora-xen-bounces@redhat.com]On
Behalf Of Christopher Miller
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 10:43 AM
To: fedora-xen@redhat.com
Subject: [Fedora-xen] win2k3 server standard edition hangs on
"StartingWindows"
Hello list! I''m having a heck of a time getting Windows 2003 Server
Standard Edition to install. I''ve tried using both virt-install and
virt-manager, however it would seem that virt-manager gets further.
On the command line, I used this to provision the machine:
# virt-install \
--name=system1 \
--ram=2048 \
--file=/home/luser/virtuals/system1/system1.img \
--file-size=80 \
--nonsparse \
--network=bridge:xenbr0 \
--sdl \
--hvm \
--os-type=windows \
--os-variant=win2k3 \
--cdrom=/media/EN_OS_XP_2003_2428.4/english/win2003/standard/setup.exe
this command failed until I "touch"ed
/home/luser/virtuals/system1/system1.img, and then said it was provisioning, and
I should reconnect to the domain to see the machine, when I tried this, it was
unavailable.
As I''ve indicated, my experience with virt-manager gets me
"further" but what this further is, isn''t usable either. I
select the same options as above in the gui, and when I click "finish"
it allocates the file I''ve selected, and the new domain shows up in the
virt-manager window. I can right-click on the new virtual and connect to the
console, select which version of windows I''m installing, and the
startup even runs up to the point where it says "Windows Setup: Setup is
starting Windows" (this is the last blue dos type screen before being
switched into the windows install gui, for those familiar) and freezes there.
I''ve posted a couple screen shots here:
http://63.231.71.205/~cj/xen/AllWindows.png
http://63.231.71.205/~cj/xen/Console.png
I''m running Fedora Core 6, all updates, on a AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual
Core Processor 3800+, kernel 2.6.20-1.2999.fc6xen, 3GB RAM. I''m
installing from an MSDN disk in my cdrom drive. Please let me know if
there''s any more information I can provide. Thanks in advance!
Christopher Jon Miller
Programmer, Research and Development
-------------------------------------------------------www.eCollege.com
eCollege Supporting your Success
cjm@eCollege.com
phone 303.873.7400x3233
cell 303.552.7666
fax 303.632.1719
eCollege Building
4900 S Monaco St
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Per Hjartoy
2007-Aug-15 23:30 UTC
RE: [Fedora-xen] win2k3 server standard edition hangs on"StartingWindows"
Hi Chris,
I''m trying to install win2k3 standard on Fedora 7. The configuration
system
is different, but I''m running into the same issues that you have.
I''ve been
able to solve the CD problem with the help of Andy (RedHat). (I met him at
Linux World last week) No documentation exists about this matter as we could
find. However, there are still issues and any reboot of the win2k3 server
requires a "fake" reinstall to get it up and running again.
If we could connect off list, maybe we could compare notes and report back
about our progress. It would also be nice to get someone from the distro
team to join us as well. I have suspicion that virtualization of win2k3
wasn''t given much attention and that we jointly can provide some good
feedback.
You can contact me a per-at-actius-dot-com.
-- Per
-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-xen-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:fedora-xen-bounces@redhat.com]
On Behalf Of Christopher Miller
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 4:09 PM
To: fedora-xen@redhat.com
Subject: RE: [Fedora-xen] win2k3 server standard edition hangs
on"StartingWindows"
Okay, I found a couple months back where a fella pushed F5 during the
initial setup phase, I did that and got as far as rebooting the machine into
the installation. I see now I have to add the CDROM device back in the conf
file. I''ve yet to find the instructions on this, but I''m sure
they''re in the
archives somewhere. I''ll keep posted on my progress.
peace,
cj
-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-xen-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:fedora-xen-bounces@redhat.com]On
Behalf Of Christopher Miller
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 10:43 AM
To: fedora-xen@redhat.com
Subject: [Fedora-xen] win2k3 server standard edition hangs on
"StartingWindows"
Hello list! I''m having a heck of a time getting Windows 2003 Server
Standard
Edition to install. I''ve tried using both virt-install and
virt-manager,
however it would seem that virt-manager gets further.
On the command line, I used this to provision the machine:
# virt-install \
--name=system1 \
--ram=2048 \
--file=/home/luser/virtuals/system1/system1.img \
--file-size=80 \
--nonsparse \
--network=bridge:xenbr0 \
--sdl \
--hvm \
--os-type=windows \
--os-variant=win2k3 \
--cdrom=/media/EN_OS_XP_2003_2428.4/english/win2003/standard/setup.exe
this command failed until I "touch"ed
/home/luser/virtuals/system1/system1.img, and then said it was provisioning,
and I should reconnect to the domain to see the machine, when I tried this,
it was unavailable.
As I''ve indicated, my experience with virt-manager gets me
"further" but
what this further is, isn''t usable either. I select the same options as
above in the gui, and when I click "finish" it allocates the file
I''ve
selected, and the new domain shows up in the virt-manager window. I can
right-click on the new virtual and connect to the console, select which
version of windows I''m installing, and the startup even runs up to the
point
where it says "Windows Setup: Setup is starting Windows" (this is the
last
blue dos type screen before being switched into the windows install gui, for
those familiar) and freezes there. I''ve posted a couple screen shots
here:
http://63.231.71.205/~cj/xen/AllWindows.png
http://63.231.71.205/~cj/xen/Console.png
I''m running Fedora Core 6, all updates, on a AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual
Core
Processor 3800+, kernel 2.6.20-1.2999.fc6xen, 3GB RAM. I''m installing
from
an MSDN disk in my cdrom drive. Please let me know if there''s any more
information I can provide. Thanks in advance!
Christopher Jon Miller
Programmer, Research and Development
-------------------------------------------------------www.eCollege.com
eCollege Supporting your Success
cjm@eCollege.com
phone 303.873.7400x3233
cell 303.552.7666
fax 303.632.1719
eCollege Building
4900 S Monaco St
Denver, CO 80237
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Daniel P. Berrange
2007-Aug-15 23:35 UTC
Re: [Fedora-xen] win2k3 server standard edition hangs on "Starting Windows"
On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 10:42:54AM -0600, Christopher Miller wrote:> Hello list! I''m having a heck of a time getting Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition to install. I''ve tried using both virt-install and virt-manager, however it would seem that virt-manager gets further. > On the command line, I used this to provision the machine: > > # virt-install \ > --name=system1 \ > --ram=2048 \ > --file=/home/luser/virtuals/system1/system1.img \Disk images have to be in /var/lib/xen/images> --file-size=80 \ > --nonsparse \ > --network=bridge:xenbr0 \ > --sdl \ > --hvm \ > --os-type=windows \ > --os-variant=win2k3 \ > --cdrom=/media/EN_OS_XP_2003_2428.4/english/win2003/standard/setup.exeYou need to point it at the CDROM device, rather than a file on the CDROM. Unmount /media/EN_OS_XP_2003_2428.4, and use /dev/cdrom as your path. Regards, Dan. -- |=- Red Hat, Engineering, Emerging Technologies, Boston. +1 978 392 2496 -=| |=- Perl modules: http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ -=| |=- Projects: http://freshmeat.net/~danielpb/ -=| |=- GnuPG: 7D3B9505 F3C9 553F A1DA 4AC2 5648 23C1 B3DF F742 7D3B 9505 -=|
Per Hjartoy
2007-Aug-21 15:39 UTC
RE: [Fedora-xen] win2k3 server standard edition hangson"StartingWindows"
All,
We have made some progress with the Win2k3 server install, but need help on
how to mount a CD in a running guest.
The initial problem Chris and I had was to have the CD Rom correctly
recognized. The best way seems to be to use the definition of the CD Rom
drive in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf which was /dev/scd0. Using this in the guest
configuration file, I got the following xml (where ''/dev/scdo''
is from
hwconf) (Also note the <sharable> that is sparsely documented):
<disk type=''block'' device=''cdrom''>
<driver name=''phy''/>
<source dev=''/dev/scd0''/>
<target dev=''hdc''/>
<shareable/>
</disk>
If I have a CD Rom in the drive when I start the Win2K3 Guest, it is usable
both from Fedora as well as Win2K3! The catch is that I have found no way to
access a CD that is inserted after the Guest has started.
It is interesting that the only way to make this definition is with the
following sequence:
# virsh dumpxml <your guest> > foo.xml
# vi foo.xml (and then edit according to instructions above)
# virsh define foo.xml
The visual tools are not able to create this, and it appears that the only
way to set up Win2k3 is by making an .iso of the installation CD first (use
dd command).
I don''t have my images in /var/lib/xen/images. It appears not to matter
under F7.
Do you have any ideas to how to mount the cd for a running guest?
-- Per
-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-xen-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:fedora-xen-bounces@redhat.com]
On Behalf Of Per Hjartoy
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 4:30 PM
To: fedora-xen@redhat.com
Subject: RE: [Fedora-xen] win2k3 server standard edition
hangson"StartingWindows"
Hi Chris,
I''m trying to install win2k3 standard on Fedora 7. The configuration
system
is different, but I''m running into the same issues that you have.
I''ve been
able to solve the CD problem with the help of Andy (RedHat). (I met him at
Linux World last week) No documentation exists about this matter as we could
find. However, there are still issues and any reboot of the win2k3 server
requires a "fake" reinstall to get it up and running again.
If we could connect off list, maybe we could compare notes and report back
about our progress. It would also be nice to get someone from the distro
team to join us as well. I have suspicion that virtualization of win2k3
wasn''t given much attention and that we jointly can provide some good
feedback.
You can contact me a per-at-actius-dot-com.
-- Per
-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-xen-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:fedora-xen-bounces@redhat.com]
On Behalf Of Christopher Miller
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 4:09 PM
To: fedora-xen@redhat.com
Subject: RE: [Fedora-xen] win2k3 server standard edition hangs
on"StartingWindows"
Okay, I found a couple months back where a fella pushed F5 during the
initial setup phase, I did that and got as far as rebooting the machine into
the installation. I see now I have to add the CDROM device back in the conf
file. I''ve yet to find the instructions on this, but I''m sure
they''re in the
archives somewhere. I''ll keep posted on my progress.
peace,
cj
-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-xen-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:fedora-xen-bounces@redhat.com]On
Behalf Of Christopher Miller
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 10:43 AM
To: fedora-xen@redhat.com
Subject: [Fedora-xen] win2k3 server standard edition hangs on
"StartingWindows"
Hello list! I''m having a heck of a time getting Windows 2003 Server
Standard
Edition to install. I''ve tried using both virt-install and
virt-manager,
however it would seem that virt-manager gets further.
On the command line, I used this to provision the machine:
# virt-install \
--name=system1 \
--ram=2048 \
--file=/home/luser/virtuals/system1/system1.img \
--file-size=80 \
--nonsparse \
--network=bridge:xenbr0 \
--sdl \
--hvm \
--os-type=windows \
--os-variant=win2k3 \
--cdrom=/media/EN_OS_XP_2003_2428.4/english/win2003/standard/setup.exe
this command failed until I "touch"ed
/home/luser/virtuals/system1/system1.img, and then said it was provisioning,
and I should reconnect to the domain to see the machine, when I tried this,
it was unavailable.
As I''ve indicated, my experience with virt-manager gets me
"further" but
what this further is, isn''t usable either. I select the same options as
above in the gui, and when I click "finish" it allocates the file
I''ve
selected, and the new domain shows up in the virt-manager window. I can
right-click on the new virtual and connect to the console, select which
version of windows I''m installing, and the startup even runs up to the
point
where it says "Windows Setup: Setup is starting Windows" (this is the
last
blue dos type screen before being switched into the windows install gui, for
those familiar) and freezes there. I''ve posted a couple screen shots
here:
http://63.231.71.205/~cj/xen/AllWindows.png
http://63.231.71.205/~cj/xen/Console.png
I''m running Fedora Core 6, all updates, on a AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual
Core
Processor 3800+, kernel 2.6.20-1.2999.fc6xen, 3GB RAM. I''m installing
from
an MSDN disk in my cdrom drive. Please let me know if there''s any more
information I can provide. Thanks in advance!
Christopher Jon Miller
Programmer, Research and Development
-------------------------------------------------------www.eCollege.com
eCollege Supporting your Success
cjm@eCollege.com
phone 303.873.7400x3233
cell 303.552.7666
fax 303.632.1719
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