George Lenzer
2006-Nov-27 14:13 UTC
[Xen-users] Problem Installing Windows XP Pro in Xen 3.0.3 (Built from Source)
I''ve got an AMD64 dual core system at home that is running Gentoo Linux 2006.1. I am specifically building it for running Linux and Windows VM domains. I''m using LVM2 for the VM file systems and am currently running the VMs as root. I did a Gentoo 32-bit install in a VM and everything seemed to go fine, but after installing it, I had trouble getting it to boot. However, this has to do with issues (can''t find the root device at boot time) unrelated to the Windows problem (can''t format "Drive C:"). My problem with Windows XP is that I can boot and things are VERY slow as I expected, but as soon as I get to the MS Windows portion of formatting the drive (again an unformatted LVM logical volume), there is a long delay (five to ten minutes) and then a message saying that the disk wasn''t responding and can no longer be used. The partitioning seems to work OK and I''m running xm create as root along with the proper perms on the /dev/xenspace/winxp logical volume. I also checked privs and perms on /dev/mapper/xenspace-winxp as well and they are correct for root to have full access. Previously, I''ve gotten XP to install (with Xen 3.0.2) but it wouldn''t boot properly. Part of me suspects that the real problem is the NVidia IDE controller on the MoBo interacting oddly with the Xen0 Linux kernel. I''m not sure though... as Domain0 runs very well. Any ideas? Thanks, George -- George Lenzer Computer and Networking Specialist Cleveland Public Library Automation Department Office: (216)623-2981 _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users