Xen users - Apr 2008 - Windows XP SP2 on Debian Etch xen 3.0.3

I have a Supermicro H8DM8-2 with 2 Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 
2350 and 16G of memory.

I am trying to get a windows HVM to work. I was able to get the install 
cd booted and was able to install without too many issues. Crashing 
during install seemed to be resolved by flipping acpi and apic on in the 
xen config. However after the install on the first boot, after I flip 
the boot device to ''c'' all I get is a black window.

Any ideas what is going on or how to resolve it?

Here is my cfg.

kernel      = ''/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/boot/hvmloader''
boot    = ''c''
builder = ''hvm''
device_model = ''/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/bin/qemu-dm''
memory      = ''2048''
vnc=''1''
vnclisten=''172.16.0.49''
root        = ''/dev/xvda1 ro''
disk        = [
                  
''phy:/dev/xenhost-lvm/winxp-disk,ioemu:hda,w'',
                  
''file:/root/isos/winxp_sp2.iso,ioemu:hdc:cdrom,r'',
               ]

acpi=''1''
apic=''1''
name        = ''winxp''
vif         = [ ''type=ioemu,bridge=xenbr0'' ]
on_poweroff = ''destroy''
on_reboot   = ''restart''
on_crash    = ''restart''


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I have a Supermicro H8DM8-2 with 2 Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor
2350 and 16G of memory.

I am trying to get a windows HVM to work. I was able to get the install
cd booted and was able to install without too many issues. Crashing
during install seemed to be resolved by flipping acpi and apic on in the
xen config. However after the install on the first boot, after I flip
the boot device to ''c'' all I get is a black window.

Any ideas what is going on or how to resolve it?

Here is my cfg.

kernel      = ''/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/boot/hvmloader''
boot    = ''c''
builder = ''hvm''
device_model = ''/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/bin/qemu-dm''
memory      = ''2048''
vnc=''1''
vnclisten=''172.16.0.49''
disk        = [
                   
''phy:/dev/xenhost-lvm/winxp-disk,ioemu:hda,w'',
                   
''file:/root/isos/winxp_sp2.iso,ioemu:hdc:cdrom,r'',
                ]

acpi=''1''
apic=''1''
name        = ''winxp''
vif         = [ ''type=ioemu,bridge=xenbr0'' ]
on_poweroff = ''destroy''
on_reboot   = ''restart''
on_crash    = ''restart''


I do see this in qemu-dm.xxx.log
False I/O request ... in-service already: 0, pvalid: 0, port: e9, data: 
72, count: 1, size: 1


Ive been trying different combinations of things for days now, no luck.

Thanks
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Nick Anderson <nick@anders0n.net>
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> Ive been trying different combinations of things for days now, no luck.
Sorry about the double post.

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Hi Nick,

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Nick Anderson <nick@anders0n.net>
wrote:
> I have a Supermicro H8DM8-2 with 2 Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2350
> and 16G of memory.
>
>  I am trying to get a windows HVM to work. I was able to get the install cd
> booted and was able to install without too many issues. Crashing during
> install seemed to be resolved by flipping acpi and apic on in the xen
> config. However after the install on the first boot, after I flip the boot
> device to ''c'' all I get is a black window.
>
>  Any ideas what is going on or how to resolve it?
>

Have you looked in the log file(s) ?

/var/log/xen/* and in particular there should be something giving
errors in the qemu one I would imagine.

Also how did you install Xen? is it CentOS? Any reason you don''t use
at least a slightly newer version of Xen?

Cheers,
Todd



>  Here is my cfg.
>
>  kernel      = ''/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/boot/hvmloader''
>  boot    = ''c''
>  builder = ''hvm''
>  device_model = ''/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/bin/qemu-dm''
>  memory      = ''2048''
>  vnc=''1''
>  vnclisten=''172.16.0.49''
>  root        = ''/dev/xvda1 ro''
>  disk        = [
>                  
''phy:/dev/xenhost-lvm/winxp-disk,ioemu:hda,w'',
>                  
''file:/root/isos/winxp_sp2.iso,ioemu:hdc:cdrom,r'',
>               ]
>
>  acpi=''1''
>  apic=''1''
>  name        = ''winxp''
>  vif         = [ ''type=ioemu,bridge=xenbr0'' ]
>  on_poweroff = ''destroy''
>  on_reboot   = ''restart''
>  on_crash    = ''restart''
>
>
>  Thanks
>  --
>  Nick Anderson <nick@anders0n.net>
>  http://www.cmdln.org
>  http://www.anders0n.net
>
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I haven''t even tried XP yet, I was trying Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and
they
both stop immediately after loading and use a lot of CPU.

same result on both CentOS 5.1 and OpenSUSE 10.3 both from distro packages

A similar case is reported on the xen-users list:
http://xen.markmail.org/search/?q=io%20request%20not%20ready#query:io%20request%20not%20ready+page:1+mid:igzbfasa2igkspem+state:results
and also on the devel list:
http://xen.markmail.org/search/?q=request+not+ready#query:request%20not%20ready+page:1+mid:pkwqagjmen7jpkzj+state:results

So I don''t think it is necessarily your Windows XP CD specific. I plan
to
try a non-graphical boot CD such as debian.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Todd


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Todd Deshane wrote:
> I haven''t even tried XP yet, I was trying Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora)
and they
> both stop immediately after loading and use a lot of CPU.
> 
> same result on both CentOS 5.1 and OpenSUSE 10.3 both from distro packages
>  
> A similar case is reported on the xen-users list:
>
http://xen.markmail.org/search/?q=io%20request%20not%20ready#query:io%20request%20not%20ready+page:1+mid:igzbfasa2igkspem+state:results
> and also on the devel list:
>
http://xen.markmail.org/search/?q=request+not+ready#query:request%20not%20ready+page:1+mid:pkwqagjmen7jpkzj+state:results
> 
> So I don''t think it is necessarily your Windows XP CD specific. I
plan
> to try a non-graphical boot CD such as debian.
> 
> Any thoughts?
Hum, I still have not had a chance to re-visit this. Did you get a test 
with non-graphical boot cd completed?


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On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Nick Anderson <nick@anders0n.net> wrote:
> Todd Deshane wrote:
>
> > I haven''t even tried XP yet, I was trying Linux
(Ubuntu/Fedora) and they
> > both stop immediately after loading and use a lot of CPU.
> >
> > same result on both CentOS 5.1 and OpenSUSE 10.3 both from distro
> > packages
> >  A similar case is reported on the xen-users list:
> >
> >
http://xen.markmail.org/search/?q=io%20request%20not%20ready#query:io%20request%20not%20ready+page:1+mid:igzbfasa2igkspem+state:results
> > and also on the devel list:
> >
> >
http://xen.markmail.org/search/?q=request+not+ready#query:request%20not%20ready+page:1+mid:pkwqagjmen7jpkzj+state:results
> >
> > So I don''t think it is necessarily your Windows XP CD
specific. I plan
> > to try a non-graphical boot CD such as debian.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
>
> Hum, I still have not had a chance to re-visit this. Did you get a test
> with non-graphical boot cd completed?
>
I have switched over to using Ubuntu 8.04 for now and will hack on CentOS
and see if there is a fix or workaround once I have some time to look into
it.

Cheers,
Todd


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On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Pablo Villarruel <pablo@libo.com.ar>
wrote:
> Hello NICK, i had this problem. how to solution?
>
> Reality I am using xen-hypervisor-3.2 in my Debian 4 etch amd64 and I
> had not much problem.
>
> I installed 3.2 of repositore.
> for this, you need add etch-backports to source.list
> http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions, and
> apt-get update
> next step apt-get install xen-hypervisor-3.2
>
>
> sorry for my english
>
>
> my doc with how to install xen in debian is
>
>
http://doc.pablolibo.com.ar/doku.php?id=linux:como_instalar_xen_en_debian_4_etch_para_virtualizar_windows_2000_xp_etc
>
Good to know about. And I see you are using the debian amd64 package 2.6.18
xen Linux kernel.

Thanks for reporting that.

Cheers,
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On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Pablo Villarruel <pablo@libo.com.ar>
wrote:
> it is working 100% in my server with Debian etch amd64!!!
>
> Now, do you can run windows in xen?
>
I am successfully running Windows XP as a guest on Ubuntu 8.04 now.

Cheers,
Todd


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