Xen users - Sep 2006 - 64 Bit Dom0, Intel VT, cannot install Windows in DomU

Hi List.  I''ve been using Xen for over a year now, in some of my
servers, so I''m not exactly a newbie :)

Right now, I am trying to setup a new desktop PC with Intel-VT
extensions (Pentium D 940).  It''s a Dell Optiplex GX620.  VT is enabled
in the BIOS.

I have tried this under x86_64 versions of FC5 Xen 3.0.2 RPMs, Xen''s
3.0.2 tarball, and FC6 Test2 RPM''s all with the same result.  I have
not
tried this with a 32 bit Dom0 yet, but I am not really interested in
running Dom0 in 32 bit.

Basically when the DomU boots to the Windows XP CD/iso, It seems to
start fine.  Then, it hangs in "Setup is starting Windows".  It never
proceeds.

Has anyone seen this, and know how to conquer this problem?




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Am Mittwoch, 6. September 2006 18:58 schrieb Michael J.
Baysek:
> Basically when the DomU boots to the Windows XP CD/iso, It seems to
> start fine.  Then, it hangs in "Setup is starting Windows".  It
never
> proceeds.
I run xen with 64bit linux on a PenitumD with VT. I was able to install
windows in a VM.
I played with options apic, acpi and pae to get it run.

Cheers, Tilo

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I''ve a Core 2 E6600 and no problems to run windows as DomU/HVM.
It just worked out-of-the-box practically.
Maybe you gave wrong options in your config o.O

Tilo Lutz wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 6. September 2006 18:58 schrieb Michael J. Baysek:
>   
>> Basically when the DomU boots to the Windows XP CD/iso, It seems to
>> start fine.  Then, it hangs in "Setup is starting Windows". 
It never
>> proceeds.
>>     
>
> I run xen with 64bit linux on a PenitumD with VT. I was able to install
> windows in a VM.
> I played with options apic, acpi and pae to get it run.
>
> Cheers, Tilo
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I have been banging my head off the wall so long with this, that it is
about time to hire some drywall contractors.  Somebody Help!

I have tried everyone''s suggestions so far and still had no success
installing Windows XP (32 bit) under my 64 bit dom0.

Quick Recap:

Dell Optiplex GX620 / x86_64 / Pentium D 940 with VMX / VT Enabled
(VMXON in xm dmesg)
FC5 Xen packages [.2187 xen0 kernel, and xen-3.0.2-3]
Tried all combinations of acpi, apic, and pae in domU config
Tried file: and tap:aio disk backends
Tried compiling xen 3.0.2 from xensource.com

Two outcomes I have experienced at different stages of this:
-The Windows XP install hangs at "Setup is starting Windows"
-The dom0 machine reboots instead of hanging at "Setup is starting
Windows"

-I have tried the Press F5 to choose Standard PC as
http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2006-06/msg00970.html
but I only ever get the C-step i486 option and "Other".  No other
options are available.  I have tried this with a SP2 slipstreamed disc,
and an un-service-packed disk.

While not directly Xen related, below might be interesting to some of you:

Today I am trying to install XP with Qemu to run under Xen.  Still in
process of doing this, but something interesting I found.  When I try
the following:
qemu-system-x86_64 -kernel-kqemu -disk xp.disk -cdrom xp.iso -boot d -m 256

This was done with the kqemu module loaded under the 2178 release of
kernel-xen0 from FC5.

During this install, the machine reboots after or during Windows loading
of NTFS drivers (immediately preceding what would be next, which is
"Setup is starting Windows".

The install continues with the above command if I do not enable kqemu.

Does any of this information give anyone any hunches?  The wall in my
office thanks you in advance, and so do the drywall contractors.

-Mike B.






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