I was just wondering if anybody has ever successfully installed Windows Server 2003 as a guest OS running on Xen? I''m attempting to perform an installation from a CD on VT-enabled hardware. The Windows installer will begin to run, with its typical blue installer screen, but just seems to stop running at the part "Setup is Starting Windows". I checked the xm dmesg, and I don''t see anything useful there... Also, I''ve seen in the mailing list archives that some people have been using the serial port output. Does this provide more information than the xm dmesg? Thanks, John Turk _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Yes - I (finally) got this going a couple of days ago. The ''trick'' I found was from the following post: http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2006-06/msg00208.html In that posting is the following little tidbit:> Here is a method how to install guest Windows XP (using you patch) by > telling Windows what kind of platform at Windows setup (this is true for > Win2k, 2003 and XP): > > After passing the 1st screen of windows setup of install XP, the first > thing you''ll see at the bottom of the screen is the option to press F6 > if you need to install a SCSI or RAID controller. Don''t press F6. Press > F5 instead. This will take you to a separate menu of Hardware > Abstraction Layer''s where you can choose an appropriate HAL .The choices > are: > > ACPI Multiprocessor PC > ACPI Uniprocessor PC > Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC > Compaq SystemPro Multiprocessor or 100% Compatible PC > MPS Uniprocessor PC > MPS Multiprocessor PC > Standard PC > Standard PC with C-Step i486 > Other > > Select "Standard PC". This will allow the installation to complete in > about 20 minutes. >Once I found out about the secret handshake of pressing ''F5'' and selecting a HAL - both WindowsXP & Windows2003 installed without a problem. I still have some issues with the vnc/mouse support for the console, but using ''rdesktop'' to connect to the booted machine nicely get''s around that. I hope to post a report of my progress to the alias in the next day or two in the hopes of helping others in the future. Good Luck, _Mike_ Turk, JohnX wrote:> I was just wondering if anybody has ever successfully installed Windows > Server 2003 as a guest OS running on Xen? I’m attempting to perform an > installation from a CD on VT-enabled hardware. The Windows installer > will begin to run, with its typical blue installer screen, but just > seems to stop running at the part “Setup is Starting Windows”. I checked > the xm dmesg, and I don’t see anything useful there… > > > > Also, I’ve seen in the mailing list archives that some people have been > using the serial port output. Does this provide more information than > the xm dmesg? > > > > Thanks, > > > > John Turk > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Thanks for the information! I was wondering though, I would like to be able to pass 2 processors across to the VM, and I know that if I select the Standard PC HAL, then Windows will only be able to see one CPU. Do you know if this work with one of the multiprocessor HALs? Thanks, John -----Original Message----- From: Michael Walker [mailto:Michael.Walker@Cassatt.COM] Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 10:43 AM To: Turk, JohnX Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com; Krig, Steve B Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Windows 2003 Guest on Xen? Yes - I (finally) got this going a couple of days ago. The ''trick'' I found was from the following post: http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2006-06/msg00208.html In that posting is the following little tidbit:> Here is a method how to install guest Windows XP (using you patch) by > telling Windows what kind of platform at Windows setup (this is true for > Win2k, 2003 and XP): > > After passing the 1st screen of windows setup of install XP, the first > thing you''ll see at the bottom of the screen is the option to press F6 > if you need to install a SCSI or RAID controller. Don''t press F6. Press > F5 instead. This will take you to a separate menu of Hardware > Abstraction Layer''s where you can choose an appropriate HAL .The choices > are: > > ACPI Multiprocessor PC > ACPI Uniprocessor PC > Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC > Compaq SystemPro Multiprocessor or 100% Compatible PC > MPS Uniprocessor PC > MPS Multiprocessor PC > Standard PC > Standard PC with C-Step i486 > Other > > Select "Standard PC". This will allow the installation to complete in > about 20 minutes. >Once I found out about the secret handshake of pressing ''F5'' and selecting a HAL - both WindowsXP & Windows2003 installed without a problem. I still have some issues with the vnc/mouse support for the console, but using ''rdesktop'' to connect to the booted machine nicely get''s around that. I hope to post a report of my progress to the alias in the next day or two in the hopes of helping others in the future. Good Luck, _Mike_ Turk, JohnX wrote:> I was just wondering if anybody has ever successfully installed Windows > Server 2003 as a guest OS running on Xen? I’m attempting to perform an > installation from a CD on VT-enabled hardware. The Windows installer > will begin to run, with its typical blue installer screen, but just > seems to stop running at the part “Setup is Starting Windows”. I checked > the xm dmesg, and I don’t see anything useful there… > > > > Also, I’ve seen in the mailing list archives that some people have been > using the serial port output. Does this provide more information than > the xm dmesg? > > > > Thanks, > > > > John Turk > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users