Dan Poler
2007-Mar-21 16:06 UTC
[Xen-users] Problems Installing Windows Guest; 3.0.3-6 on FC6
Hi, Forgive me if this is asked and answered but I''ve done a lot of research and am quite stumped. I have Xen 3.0.3-6 running on a Fedora Core 6 x86_64 host; the host is an AMD x2, Has AMD-V/SVM. xm info | grep hvm returns: hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_64 xm dmesg | grep -i svm returns: (XEN) AMD SVM Extension is enabled for cpu 0. (XEN) AMD SVM Extension is enabled for cpu 1. (XEN) (GUEST: 2) SVM go ... (XEN) (GUEST: 3) SVM go ... I have installed a Linux PV guest just fine, but I am having some issues installing a Windows guest. I have attempted to use XP Pro x64 and Win2k3 Std x64. In both cases the guest boots to the blue screen and hangs at "Setup is Starting Windows..." -- now, I have done plenty of reading that tells me that the solution to this is to hit F5 as the system is coming up and prompts you to hit F6, and change the HAL model -- the problem is, the guest refuses to accept F5 as input. I hit F5, nothing happens. For that matter, I hit F6, nothing happens. When prompted for ASR, I hit F2, nothing happens. I have no way to determine if the guest is accepting any input whatsoever. I can confirm though that on my Linux guest the F-keys work properly, I get the keycodes for them on the console when pressed. The Xen host has no console capable of running X so I have been working via a remote desktop; I''ve tried this when vnc''ed into the host, I''ve tried this with the host''s DISPLAY sent back to a different machine with an X server to take the host''s vnc server out of the equation. I''ve tried this guest creation using both virt-manager and xenguest-install with the same results... I may be missing something _really_ obvious here (hey, wouldn''t be the first time) but I''ve done a fair amount of troubleshooting and I''m just simply stuck. How can I get the console to accept the F5 on boot? Thanks! dp _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Petersson, Mats
2007-Mar-21 16:10 UTC
RE: [Xen-users] Problems Installing Windows Guest; 3.0.3-6 on FC6
> -----Original Message----- > From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Dan Poler > Sent: 21 March 2007 16:07 > To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com > Subject: [Xen-users] Problems Installing Windows Guest; 3.0.3-6 on FC6 > > Hi, > > Forgive me if this is asked and answered but I''ve done a lot of > research and am quite stumped. > > I have Xen 3.0.3-6 running on a Fedora Core 6 x86_64 host; the host is > an AMD x2, Has AMD-V/SVM. xm info | grep hvm returns: hvm-3.0-x86_32 > hvm-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_64 > xm dmesg | grep -i svm returns: > (XEN) AMD SVM Extension is enabled for cpu 0. > (XEN) AMD SVM Extension is enabled for cpu 1. > (XEN) (GUEST: 2) SVM go ... > (XEN) (GUEST: 3) SVM go ... > > I have installed a Linux PV guest just fine, but I am having some > issues installing a Windows guest. I have attempted to use XP Pro x64 > and Win2k3 Std x64.I am fairly sure that x64 mode of Windows doesn''t work in 3.0.3 - I could be wrong, but I''m reasonably sure of this. Which means that you either need to back-port some 3.0.4 changes, or you need to upgrade the hypervisor. 32-bit versions of Windows should work in 3.0.3. -- Mats> In both cases the guest boots to the blue screen > and hangs at "Setup is Starting Windows..." -- now, I have done plenty > of reading that tells me that the solution to this is to hit F5 as the > system is coming up and prompts you to hit F6, and change the HAL > model -- the problem is, the guest refuses to accept F5 as input. I > hit F5, nothing happens. For that matter, I hit F6, nothing happens. > When prompted for ASR, I hit F2, nothing happens. I have no way to > determine if the guest is accepting any input whatsoever. I can > confirm though that on my Linux guest the F-keys work properly, I get > the keycodes for them on the console when pressed. > > The Xen host has no console capable of running X so I have been > working via a remote desktop; I''ve tried this when vnc''ed into the > host, I''ve tried this with the host''s DISPLAY sent back to a different > machine with an X server to take the host''s vnc server out of the > equation. I''ve tried this guest creation using both virt-manager and > xenguest-install with the same results... > > I may be missing something _really_ obvious here (hey, wouldn''t be the > first time) but I''ve done a fair amount of troubleshooting and I''m > just simply stuck. How can I get the console to accept the F5 on boot? > > Thanks! > dp > > _______________________________________________ > 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