Xen users - Dec 2006 - Howto about how to install windows 2000 from a cd under Xen (linux ) - newbie

Hello,
1) Can anyone please point me (or explain) to a step by step working
tutorial/howto on what
should be done in order to install windows 2000 from a cd under Xen on a linux
x86_64 AMD machine (which has virtulaization , aka SVM , support , as can be
seen from cat /proc/cpuinfo ). Preferably also give an example of what
should be
the input file to "hm create" in case this is done with "xm
create".

2) My machine has Fedora Core 6, which has a virt-manager and xen kernel
by deault.
Can this be done with the virt-manager ?
(BTW, I had succeeded installing a paravirtualized linux FC6 with virt-manager
on this machine).

Regards,
Mark

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com 
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Mark Ryden
> Sent: 04 December 2006 16:17
> To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> Subject: [Xen-users] Howto about how to install windows 2000 
> from a cd under Xen (linux ) - newbie
> 
> Hello,
> 1) Can anyone please point me (or explain) to a step by step working
> tutorial/howto on what
> should be done in order to install windows 2000 from a cd 
> under Xen on a linux
> x86_64 AMD machine (which has virtulaization , aka SVM , 
> support , as can be
> seen from cat /proc/cpuinfo ). Preferably also give an example of what
> should be
> the input file to "hm create" in case this is done with "xm
create".
The following is my input to "xm create" for a Win2k3 installation
(yes,
I was lazy and re-used the winxp config file, so some things reference
"winxp" instead of "win2k3" - you may want to search for
"win" and
manually replace it with a suitable name). 

You''ll probably also need to replace the
"phy:/dev/hdd,hdc:cdrom" with
whatever your physical CDROM drive happens to be in your system). 

I don''t know for sure that this works for win2k, but I would think so
(although there''s something funny about Win2k and the speed of writing
to the screen during that first startup-phase that may not work in
AMD-systems). 
> 
> 2) My machine has Fedora Core 6, which has a virt-manager and 
> xen kernel
> by deault.
> Can this be done with the virt-manager ?
> (BTW, I had succeeded installing a paravirtualized linux FC6 
> with virt-manager
> on this machine).
Probably possible, but I''ve never tried. 

--
Mats
> 
> Regards,
> Mark
> 
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Mats,
Tnanks, this encourages me !
>The following is my input to "xm create" for a Win2k3 installation
(yes,
>I was lazy and re-used the winxp config file, so some things reference
>"winxp" instead of "win2k3" - you may want to search for
"win" and
>manually replace it with a suitable name).
It seems to me that the config file for winxp/win2k3 was somehow omitted from
your message; can you please send it ?

Regards,
Mark


On 12/4/06, Petersson, Mats <Mats.Petersson@amd.com>
wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com
> > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Mark Ryden
> > Sent: 04 December 2006 16:17
> > To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> > Subject: [Xen-users] Howto about how to install windows 2000
> > from a cd under Xen (linux ) - newbie
> >
> > Hello,
> > 1) Can anyone please point me (or explain) to a step by step working
> > tutorial/howto on what
> > should be done in order to install windows 2000 from a cd
> > under Xen on a linux
> > x86_64 AMD machine (which has virtulaization , aka SVM ,
> > support , as can be
> > seen from cat /proc/cpuinfo ). Preferably also give an example of what
> > should be
> > the input file to "hm create" in case this is done with
"xm create".
>
> The following is my input to "xm create" for a Win2k3
installation (yes,
> I was lazy and re-used the winxp config file, so some things reference
> "winxp" instead of "win2k3" - you may want to search
for "win" and
> manually replace it with a suitable name).
>
> You''ll probably also need to replace the
"phy:/dev/hdd,hdc:cdrom" with
> whatever your physical CDROM drive happens to be in your system).
>
> I don''t know for sure that this works for win2k, but I would think
so
> (although there''s something funny about Win2k and the speed of
writing
> to the screen during that first startup-phase that may not work in
> AMD-systems).
>
> >
> > 2) My machine has Fedora Core 6, which has a virt-manager and
> > xen kernel
> > by deault.
> > Can this be done with the virt-manager ?
> > (BTW, I had succeeded installing a paravirtualized linux FC6
> > with virt-manager
> > on this machine).
>
> Probably possible, but I''ve never tried.
>
> --
> Mats
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mark
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Xen-users mailing list
> > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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> > >
> > > 2) My machine has Fedora Core 6, which has a virt-manager and xen
> > > kernel by deault.
> > > Can this be done with the virt-manager ?
> > > (BTW, I had succeeded installing a paravirtualized linux FC6 with
> > > virt-manager on this machine).
> >
We have installed under RHEL5B2 (using virt-manager) winxpsp2 32bit HVM
guest using the physical CDROM drive.  We have not tried FC6 HVM guests
though, but might give that a try this week.  We have installed other
linux HVM guests fine including 64bit. So I know that it is possible to
install HVM windows and HVM linux guests with redhat releases, but not
sure about FC6 and the state of the hypervisor concerning AMD-V support.
It *should* work fine, but unknown as to which changeset is being used
in FC6 currently. Overall, Xen-unstable should work well with AMD-V and
windows guests as of the last few days.
Tom



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Here goes (and appologies for missing it out last time round):
import os, re
arch = os.uname()[4]
if re.search(''64'', arch):
    arch_libdir = ''lib64''
else:
    arch_libdir = ''lib''
kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
builder=''hvm''
memory = 128
shadow_memory = 8
name = "ExampleHVMDomain"
vcpus=2
acpi=1
apic=1
vif = [ ''type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0'' ]
disk = [ ''file:/root/winxp.img,hda,w'',
''phy:/dev/hdd,hdc:cdrom,r'' ]
device_model = ''/usr/'' + arch_libdir +
''/xen/bin/qemu-dm''
boot="d"
sdl=1
vnc=0
vncpasswd = ''foo''
stdvga=0
serial=''pty''
usb=1
usbdevice=''tablet''

Note: if Win2K doesn''t work, try WinXP or Win2K3 as those are KNOWN to
work - we do know that different versions of Windows have slightly
different peculiarities, and although all of the Xen community is trying
to ensure that all variations work in all combinations of hardware and
software configurations (AMD/Intel, 32/32p/64-bit), the matrix becomes
quite big, so not every single changeset will be run with all
variants... 

--
Mats 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com 
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Mark Ryden
> Sent: 04 December 2006 16:54
> To: Petersson, Mats
> Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Howto about how to install windows 
> 2000 from a cd under Xen (linux ) - newbie
> 
> Mats,
> Tnanks, this encourages me !
> 
> >The following is my input to "xm create" for a Win2k3 
> installation (yes,
> >I was lazy and re-used the winxp config file, so some things 
> reference
> >"winxp" instead of "win2k3" - you may want to
search for "win" and
> >manually replace it with a suitable name).
> 
> It seems to me that the config file for winxp/win2k3 was 
> somehow omitted from
> your message; can you please send it ?
> 
> Regards,
> Mark
> 
> 
> On 12/4/06, Petersson, Mats <Mats.Petersson@amd.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com
> > > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf 
> Of Mark Ryden
> > > Sent: 04 December 2006 16:17
> > > To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> > > Subject: [Xen-users] Howto about how to install windows 2000
> > > from a cd under Xen (linux ) - newbie
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > > 1) Can anyone please point me (or explain) to a step by 
> step working
> > > tutorial/howto on what
> > > should be done in order to install windows 2000 from a cd
> > > under Xen on a linux
> > > x86_64 AMD machine (which has virtulaization , aka SVM ,
> > > support , as can be
> > > seen from cat /proc/cpuinfo ). Preferably also give an 
> example of what
> > > should be
> > > the input file to "hm create" in case this is done with
> "xm create".
> >
> > The following is my input to "xm create" for a Win2k3 
> installation (yes,
> > I was lazy and re-used the winxp config file, so some 
> things reference
> > "winxp" instead of "win2k3" - you may want to
search for "win" and
> > manually replace it with a suitable name).
> >
> > You''ll probably also need to replace the 
> "phy:/dev/hdd,hdc:cdrom" with
> > whatever your physical CDROM drive happens to be in your system).
> >
> > I don''t know for sure that this works for win2k, but I 
> would think so
> > (although there''s something funny about Win2k and the speed 
> of writing
> > to the screen during that first startup-phase that may not work in
> > AMD-systems).
> >
> > >
> > > 2) My machine has Fedora Core 6, which has a virt-manager and
> > > xen kernel
> > > by deault.
> > > Can this be done with the virt-manager ?
> > > (BTW, I had succeeded installing a paravirtualized linux FC6
> > > with virt-manager
> > > on this machine).
> >
> > Probably possible, but I''ve never tried.
> >
> > --
> > Mats
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Xen-users mailing list
> > > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> 
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