Xen users - May 2008 - can not install vista ultimate 32 bit

hi,

for some reason i can not get vista ultimate to install.
i get to the page where i enter the user name and password and at the next
reboot, it just gets stuck in the boot loader - see attachment.
the cpu usage goes to 50% and that was it.
has anyone else experienced this ?
it does boot a couple of times, but i guess that it is from the installation
image.

created domU using the virtual machine manager under gnome.
name: vistaUltimate32
fully virtualized
using an ISO on the same server
os type = windows
os variant = microsoft windows vista
normal disk partition = /dev/sda5
shared physical device = peth0 (bridge eth0)
1 cpu, 768MB RAM

tried the following as well
1.left /dev/sda5 to be ext3, did not repartition the drive or format it via
the vista installer.
3.left /dev/sda5 to be ext3, did repartition the drive and formated it via
the vista installer.
4.tried to format /dev/sda5 as NTFS, but the vista installer did not like
that - no drives were found

setup:
xen: xen-3.1.2-2.fc8
dom0 : fedora 8 64bit with all patches using yum
domU1: fedora 9 32bit - works fine
domU2: vista ultimate 32bit - gets stuck in boot loader


any idea ?

thanks in advance,
   Pete



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On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Peter Pan <wischiwaschi2@gmail.com>
wrote:
> hi,
>
> for some reason i can not get vista ultimate to install.
> i get to the page where i enter the user name and password and at the next
> reboot, it just gets stuck in the boot loader - see attachment.
> the cpu usage goes to 50% and that was it.
> has anyone else experienced this ?
> it does boot a couple of times, but i guess that it is from the
installation
> image.
>
> created domU using the virtual machine manager under gnome.
> name: vistaUltimate32
> fully virtualized
> using an ISO on the same server
> os type = windows
> os variant = microsoft windows vista
> normal disk partition = /dev/sda5
> shared physical device = peth0 (bridge eth0)
> 1 cpu, 768MB RAM
>
> tried the following as well
> 1.left /dev/sda5 to be ext3, did not repartition the drive or format it via
> the vista installer.
> 3.left /dev/sda5 to be ext3, did repartition the drive and formated it via
> the vista installer.
> 4.tried to format /dev/sda5 as NTFS, but the vista installer did not like
> that - no drives were found
>
> setup:
> xen: xen-3.1.2-2.fc8
> dom0 : fedora 8 64bit with all patches using yum
> domU1: fedora 9 32bit - works fine
> domU2: vista ultimate 32bit - gets stuck in boot loader
>
>
> any idea ?
>
Did you try disabling ACPI?

> thanks in advance,
>    Pete
>
>
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>Did you try disabling ACPI?
Can you install Vista w/o ACPI? AFAIK, it only has one HAL and it requires it?
jlc

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i have now disabled ACPI in the config file of the domU after the install,
but did not work.

any other options ?

Pete

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Joseph L. Casale
<JCasale@activenetwerx.com>
wrote:
> >Did you try disabling ACPI?
>
> Can you install Vista w/o ACPI? AFAIK, it only has one HAL and it requires
> it?
> jlc
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Hi!

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Peter Pan <wischiwaschi2@gmail.com>
wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > for some reason i can not get vista ultimate to install.
> > ...
> Did you try disabling ACPI?
That won''t work, of course, since ACPI is obligatory for Vista to run.
I
see that you are using xen-3.1.2-2. I was able to install Vista Business
using Xen 3.2.0. The system is now running stable. If you find no other
solution I would suggest to upgrade to the latest stable Xen 3.2 release.

Greetings,
Gernot Kieseritzky

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On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Gernot Kieseritzky <gernotk@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Peter Pan <wischiwaschi2@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > hi,
> > >
> > > for some reason i can not get vista ultimate to install.
> > > ...
> > Did you try disabling ACPI?
>
> That won''t work, of course, since ACPI is obligatory for Vista to
run. I
> see that you are using xen-3.1.2-2. I was able to install Vista Business
> using Xen 3.2.0. The system is now running stable. If you find no other
> solution I would suggest to upgrade to the latest stable Xen 3.2 release.
>
> Greetings,
> Gernot Kieseritzky
>
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hi,

i thought about upgrading to F9 since xen 3.2 is in it, but from what i have
read, an upgrade from F8 to F9 will break because Dom0s are not supported in
F9.

unfortunately the 3.2.x version is not in the F8 repository, not even in
testing.
the xen homepage does have 3.2.0 rpms, but they are old and only for i386.

does anyone have a *.repo for a 64 bit system which would update to xen
3.2.x ?

thanks in advance
   Martin


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