Xen users - Dec 2006 - WnXP HVM crashes, freezes whole system when trying to update XP

Hi all,
I am running xen 3.0.2 on OpenSuse 10.1.
I could install WinXP in a DomU, bridged network is connected and running.

When I try to run a windows update or try to stall the sevicepack 2 from cd, 
the domU crasches after some minutes. Not enough, my whole system freezes. I 
have to make a cold restart!

Does anyone of you have an idea how this can be fixed?

Reagards
Bernd

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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Bernd
> Sent: 03 December 2006 06:27
> To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> Subject: [Xen-users] WnXP HVM crashes, freezes whole system 
> when trying to update XP
> 
> Hi all,
> I am running xen 3.0.2 on OpenSuse 10.1.
> I could install WinXP in a DomU, bridged network is connected 
> and running.
> 
> When I try to run a windows update or try to stall the 
> sevicepack 2 from cd, 
> the domU crasches after some minutes. Not enough, my whole 
> system freezes. I 
> have to make a cold restart!
Xen 3.0.2 is probably about half a year old by now, so I would say that
running 3.0.3 would be the first step to attempt. 

Note that there are some changes between 3.0.2 and 3.0.3 in way of
configuration files. 

Check with SuSE if they don''t have a direct update for the 3.0.2 ->
3.0.3 Xen versions. 

--
Mats
> 
> Does anyone of you have an idea how this can be fixed?
> 
> Reagards
> Bernd
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Bernd wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am running xen 3.0.2 on OpenSuse 10.1.
> I could install WinXP in a DomU, bridged network is connected and running.
> 
> When I try to run a windows update or try to stall the sevicepack 2 from
cd,
> the domU crasches after some minutes. Not enough, my whole system freezes.
I
> have to make a cold restart!
> 
> Does anyone of you have an idea how this can be fixed?
Dropping the amount of memory assigned to Dom0 to 512MB or less (e.g. 
384MB) can help. Also, as Mats suggested, upgrading to the most recent 
XEN kernels and tools can help. I don''t think 3.0.3 has quite been 
released yet (I haven''t checked for a while to be honest).

You can find the current builds for XEN on the Novell Forge site:
http://forge.novell.com (search for XEN Technical Preview)

Alternatively, openSUSE 10.2 is about to be released (this Thursday I 
have heard).

Jon

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On 4 Dec 2006 at 16:39, Petersson, Mats wrote:
> Check with SuSE if they don''t have a direct update for the 3.0.2
->
> 3.0.3 Xen versions. 
I''m afraid that "box customers" have to wait for the next
release (10.2 is in
mastering now from what I hear), while enterprise customers have to wait for 
"service pack/release 1" at least for a newer version. Maybe there are
downloadable newer versions from SUSE, but that''s all
"unsupported" then.

(Not a definitive statement, but only from what I know)

Regards,
Ulrich


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