Hello, I am doing tests to convert old rotting servers into a big shiny new Xen platform. I have been able to migrate a Windows 2003 server without a scratch. I am trying to do the same thing with Windows 2000 Server but things aren''t so great... I made an image from the disk that worked in a machine. Then I boot on this image using Xen. Windows 2000 starts to boot up then give me a BSOD stating UNACESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. Has anybody encountered this error before ? Thank you in advance for your help, Antoine -- Antoine Benkemoun Tel : 03.51.53.57.00 Port : 06.32.88.59.35 _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
I am doing tests to convert old rotting servers into a big shiny new Xen platform. I have been able to migrate a Windows 2003 server without a scratch. I am trying to do the same thing with Windows 2000 Server but things aren''t so great... I made an image from the disk that worked in a machine. Then I boot on this image using Xen. Windows 2000 starts to boot up then give me a BSOD stating UNACESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. Has anybody encountered this error before ? Thank you in advance for your help, Were you using an IDE disk on the original machine? There is a problem moving 2000/XP system disks between computers when the IDE devices are different. You can fix this by importing some additional registry keys before moving the drive or taking the image: Windows 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822052/en-us Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314082 Alternatively I don''t know if you can change the IDE device that Xen will emulate to match the source hardware. James This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and confidential and subject to the Amdocs policy statement, you may review at http://www.amdocs.com/email_disclaimer.asp _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Thank you very much for your quick answer. I''ll try that out right away. Antoine On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 3:34 PM, James Dingwall <james.dingwall@amdocs.com> wrote:> > I am doing tests to convert old rotting servers into a big shiny new Xen > platform. I have been able to migrate a Windows 2003 server without a > scratch. I am trying to do the same thing with Windows 2000 Server but > things aren''t so great... > > I made an image from the disk that worked in a machine. Then I boot on > this image using Xen. Windows 2000 starts to boot up then give me a BSOD > stating UNACESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. > > Has anybody encountered this error before ? > > Thank you in advance for your help, > > > > Were you using an IDE disk on the original machine? There is a problem > moving 2000/XP system disks between computers when the IDE devices are > different. You can fix this by importing some additional registry keys > before moving the drive or taking the image: > > Windows 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822052/en-us > Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314082 > > Alternatively I don''t know if you can change the IDE device that Xen > will emulate to match the source hardware. > > James > > This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and > confidential and subject to the Amdocs policy statement, > you may review at http://www.amdocs.com/email_disclaimer.asp >-- Antoine Benkemoun Tel : 03.51.53.57.00 Port : 06.32.88.59.35 _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
I also had that problem. A workaround that fixed was repairing from the Windows 2000 CD, then it went all just fine. On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:34:29 +0200, James Dingwall <james.dingwall@amdocs.com> wrote:> I am doing tests to convert old rotting servers into a big shiny new Xen > platform. I have been able to migrate a Windows 2003 server without a > scratch. I am trying to do the same thing with Windows 2000 Server but > things aren''t so great... > > I made an image from the disk that worked in a machine. Then I boot on > this image using Xen. Windows 2000 starts to boot up then give me a BSOD > stating UNACESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. > > Has anybody encountered this error before ? > > Thank you in advance for your help, > > > > Were you using an IDE disk on the original machine? There is a problem > moving 2000/XP system disks between computers when the IDE devices are > different. You can fix this by importing some additional registry keys > before moving the drive or taking the image: > > Windows 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822052/en-us > Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314082 > > Alternatively I don''t know if you can change the IDE device that Xen > will emulate to match the source hardware. > > James > > This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and > confidential and subject to the Amdocs policy statement, > you may review at http://www.amdocs.com/email_disclaimer.asp > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >-- Using Opera''s revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Hm... the systems I will be migrating are production web servers. I don''t know if using the repair function won''t damage anything. Do you know what that repair function does ? Antoine On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Fernando Jiménez Solano < fernandojs@alumnos.upm.es> wrote:> I also had that problem. A workaround that fixed was repairing from the > Windows 2000 > CD, then it went all just fine. > > > > > On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:34:29 +0200, James Dingwall < > james.dingwall@amdocs.com> wrote: > > I am doing tests to convert old rotting servers into a big shiny new Xen >> platform. I have been able to migrate a Windows 2003 server without a >> scratch. I am trying to do the same thing with Windows 2000 Server but >> things aren''t so great... >> >> I made an image from the disk that worked in a machine. Then I boot on >> this image using Xen. Windows 2000 starts to boot up then give me a BSOD >> stating UNACESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. >> >> Has anybody encountered this error before ? >> >> Thank you in advance for your help, >> >> >> >> Were you using an IDE disk on the original machine? There is a problem >> moving 2000/XP system disks between computers when the IDE devices are >> different. You can fix this by importing some additional registry keys >> before moving the drive or taking the image: >> >> Windows 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822052/en-us >> Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314082 >> >> Alternatively I don''t know if you can change the IDE device that Xen >> will emulate to match the source hardware. >> >> James >> >> This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and >> confidential and subject to the Amdocs policy statement, >> you may review at http://www.amdocs.com/email_disclaimer.asp >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xen-users mailing list >> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >> >> > > > -- > Using Opera''s revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ >-- Antoine Benkemoun Tel : 03.51.53.57.00 Port : 06.32.88.59.35 _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
It will basically replace/reinstall Windows components (including IDE drivers) and so. It does nothing to the filesystem itself nor other applications. If you are afraid of something terrible happening to your data just copy the VM image and have a try. Ah, the repairing process leaves your Windows outdated, remember to Windows Update after doing it. On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:01:41 +0200, Antoine Benkemoun <antoine@benkemoun.com> wrote:> Hm... the systems I will be migrating are production web servers. I don''t > know if using the repair function won''t damage anything. > > Do you know what that repair function does ? > > Antoine > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Fernando Jiménez Solano < > fernandojs@alumnos.upm.es> wrote: > >> I also had that problem. A workaround that fixed was repairing from the >> Windows 2000 >> CD, then it went all just fine. >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:34:29 +0200, James Dingwall < >> james.dingwall@amdocs.com> wrote: >> >> I am doing tests to convert old rotting servers into a big shiny new >> Xen >>> platform. I have been able to migrate a Windows 2003 server without a >>> scratch. I am trying to do the same thing with Windows 2000 Server but >>> things aren''t so great... >>> >>> I made an image from the disk that worked in a machine. Then I boot on >>> this image using Xen. Windows 2000 starts to boot up then give me a >>> BSOD >>> stating UNACESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. >>> >>> Has anybody encountered this error before ? >>> >>> Thank you in advance for your help, >>> >>> >>> >>> Were you using an IDE disk on the original machine? There is a problem >>> moving 2000/XP system disks between computers when the IDE devices are >>> different. You can fix this by importing some additional registry keys >>> before moving the drive or taking the image: >>> >>> Windows 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822052/en-us >>> Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314082 >>> >>> Alternatively I don''t know if you can change the IDE device that Xen >>> will emulate to match the source hardware. >>> >>> James >>> >>> This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and >>> confidential and subject to the Amdocs policy statement, >>> you may review at http://www.amdocs.com/email_disclaimer.asp >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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
First, I tried to do the repair as indicated on the Microsoft website but that only led me to another BSOD that says something along the lines of "Trying to write in read-only memory" I tried to use repair from the CD but that didn''t help at all. Win2000 boots outside of Xen... so if anybody has an idea, I''d be interested. Thanks ! Antoine On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Fernando Jiménez Solano < fernandojs@alumnos.upm.es> wrote:> It will basically replace/reinstall Windows components (including IDE > drivers) and so. > It does nothing to the filesystem itself nor other applications. If you are > afraid of > something terrible happening to your data just copy the VM image and have a > try. > > Ah, the repairing process leaves your Windows outdated, remember to Windows > Update > after doing it. > > > On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:01:41 +0200, Antoine Benkemoun < > antoine@benkemoun.com> wrote: > > Hm... the systems I will be migrating are production web servers. I don''t >> know if using the repair function won''t damage anything. >> >> Do you know what that repair function does ? >> >> Antoine >> >> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Fernando Jiménez Solano < >> fernandojs@alumnos.upm.es> wrote: >> >> I also had that problem. A workaround that fixed was repairing from the >>> Windows 2000 >>> CD, then it went all just fine. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:34:29 +0200, James Dingwall < >>> james.dingwall@amdocs.com> wrote: >>> >>> I am doing tests to convert old rotting servers into a big shiny new Xen >>> >>>> platform. I have been able to migrate a Windows 2003 server without a >>>> scratch. I am trying to do the same thing with Windows 2000 Server but >>>> things aren''t so great... >>>> >>>> I made an image from the disk that worked in a machine. Then I boot on >>>> this image using Xen. Windows 2000 starts to boot up then give me a BSOD >>>> stating UNACESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. >>>> >>>> Has anybody encountered this error before ? >>>> >>>> Thank you in advance for your help, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Were you using an IDE disk on the original machine? There is a problem >>>> moving 2000/XP system disks between computers when the IDE devices are >>>> different. You can fix this by importing some additional registry keys >>>> before moving the drive or taking the image: >>>> >>>> Windows 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822052/en-us >>>> Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314082 >>>> >>>> Alternatively I don''t know if you can change the IDE device that Xen >>>> will emulate to match the source hardware. >>>> >>>> James >>>> >>>> This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and >>>> confidential and subject to the Amdocs policy statement, >>>> you may review at http://www.amdocs.com/email_disclaimer.asp >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Xen-users mailing list >>>> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >>>> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>-- Antoine Benkemoun Tel : 03.51.53.57.00 Port : 06.32.88.59.35 _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
I just tried using another install. I get the same blue screen as the previous install, so I think this is Xen related. Here is the screenshot : http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/1083/screenshot1qc0.png Thank you for your help, Antoine On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Antoine Benkemoun <antoine@benkemoun.com> wrote:> First, I tried to do the repair as indicated on the Microsoft website but > that only led me to another BSOD that says something along the lines of > "Trying to write in read-only memory" > > I tried to use repair from the CD but that didn''t help at all. > > Win2000 boots outside of Xen... so if anybody has an idea, I''d be > interested. > > Thanks ! > > Antoine > > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Fernando Jiménez Solano < > fernandojs@alumnos.upm.es> wrote: > >> It will basically replace/reinstall Windows components (including IDE >> drivers) and so. >> It does nothing to the filesystem itself nor other applications. If you >> are afraid of >> something terrible happening to your data just copy the VM image and have >> a try. >> >> Ah, the repairing process leaves your Windows outdated, remember to >> Windows Update >> after doing it. >> >> >> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:01:41 +0200, Antoine Benkemoun < >> antoine@benkemoun.com> wrote: >> >> Hm... the systems I will be migrating are production web servers. I don''t >>> know if using the repair function won''t damage anything. >>> >>> Do you know what that repair function does ? >>> >>> Antoine >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Fernando Jiménez Solano < >>> fernandojs@alumnos.upm.es> wrote: >>> >>> I also had that problem. A workaround that fixed was repairing from the >>>> Windows 2000 >>>> CD, then it went all just fine. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:34:29 +0200, James Dingwall < >>>> james.dingwall@amdocs.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I am doing tests to convert old rotting servers into a big shiny new >>>> Xen >>>> >>>>> platform. I have been able to migrate a Windows 2003 server without a >>>>> scratch. I am trying to do the same thing with Windows 2000 Server but >>>>> things aren''t so great... >>>>> >>>>> I made an image from the disk that worked in a machine. Then I boot on >>>>> this image using Xen. Windows 2000 starts to boot up then give me a >>>>> BSOD >>>>> stating UNACESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. >>>>> >>>>> Has anybody encountered this error before ? >>>>> >>>>> Thank you in advance for your help, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Were you using an IDE disk on the original machine? There is a problem >>>>> moving 2000/XP system disks between computers when the IDE devices are >>>>> different. You can fix this by importing some additional registry keys >>>>> before moving the drive or taking the image: >>>>> >>>>> Windows 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822052/en-us >>>>> Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314082 >>>>> >>>>> Alternatively I don''t know if you can change the IDE device that Xen >>>>> will emulate to match the source hardware. >>>>> >>>>> James >>>>> >>>>> This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and >>>>> confidential and subject to the Amdocs policy statement, >>>>> you may review at http://www.amdocs.com/email_disclaimer.asp >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Xen-users mailing list >>>>> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >>>>> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> > > > -- > Antoine Benkemoun > Tel : 03.51.53.57.00 > Port : 06.32.88.59.35 >-- Antoine Benkemoun Tel : 03.51.53.57.00 Port : 06.32.88.59.35 _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Another possibility would be installing Windows 2000 on Xen instead of migrating it, then doing a backup on the real machine and restore on the xen machine, my understanding is that the system state portion of the backup will leave drivers alone so you can restore to another system. I have seen this suggested as a way to migrate to other virtual scenarios, so I would think it would work here as well. You might want to do a web search on migration and/or system state backups to find a good list of steps, and an install followed by a backup and restore might then be as fast as a making an image and then doing a repair (and perhaps cleaner to boot). It is also possible that you have Windows 2000 on SATA or SCSI with SCSI drivers, in which case you would need to change your boot.ini similar to the following: Before: scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1) After: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1) This change alone may not resolve your issue, though, because the drivers still might not match up, but it would be worth checking your boot.ini and if it has scsi, trying that before the more in depth suggestions from myself and others. Dustin -----Original Message----- From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Fernando Jiménez Solano Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 09:55 To: James Dingwall; Antoine Benkemoun; xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Windows 2000 DomU I also had that problem. A workaround that fixed was repairing from the Windows 2000 CD, then it went all just fine. On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:34:29 +0200, James Dingwall <james.dingwall@amdocs.com> wrote:> I am doing tests to convert old rotting servers into a big shiny new Xen > platform. I have been able to migrate a Windows 2003 server without a > scratch. I am trying to do the same thing with Windows 2000 Server but > things aren''t so great... > > I made an image from the disk that worked in a machine. Then I boot on > this image using Xen. Windows 2000 starts to boot up then give me a BSOD > stating UNACESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. > > Has anybody encountered this error before ? > > Thank you in advance for your help, > > > > Were you using an IDE disk on the original machine? There is a problem > moving 2000/XP system disks between computers when the IDE devices are > different. You can fix this by importing some additional registry keys > before moving the drive or taking the image: > > Windows 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822052/en-us > Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314082 > > Alternatively I don''t know if you can change the IDE device that Xen > will emulate to match the source hardware. > > James > > This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and > confidential and subject to the Amdocs policy statement, > you may review at http://www.amdocs.com/email_disclaimer.asp > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >-- Using Opera''s revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ _______________________________________________ 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
Thank you for your help. I am going to look at system state backup... never heard of this but it sounds pretty good to me. I''ll have a look at the boot.ini to see if that could solve it. Antoine On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Dustin Henning <Dustin.Henning@prd-inc.com> wrote:> Another possibility would be installing Windows 2000 on Xen instead > of migrating it, then doing a backup on the real machine and restore on the > xen machine, my understanding is that the system state portion of the backup > will leave drivers alone so you can restore to another system. I have seen > this suggested as a way to migrate to other virtual scenarios, so I would > think it would work here as well. You might want to do a web search on > migration and/or system state backups to find a good list of steps, and an > install followed by a backup and restore might then be as fast as a making > an image and then doing a repair (and perhaps cleaner to boot). > It is also possible that you have Windows 2000 on SATA or SCSI with > SCSI drivers, in which case you would need to change your boot.ini similar > to the following: > Before: scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1) > After: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1) > This change alone may not resolve your issue, though, because the drivers > still might not match up, but it would be worth checking your boot.ini and > if it has scsi, trying that before the more in depth suggestions from myself > and others. > Dustin > > > -----Original Message----- > From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto: > xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Fernando Jiménez > Solano > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 09:55 > To: James Dingwall; Antoine Benkemoun; xen-users@lists.xensource.com > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Windows 2000 DomU > > I also had that problem. A workaround that fixed was repairing from the > Windows 2000 > CD, then it went all just fine. > > > > On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:34:29 +0200, James Dingwall > <james.dingwall@amdocs.com> wrote: > > > I am doing tests to convert old rotting servers into a big shiny new Xen > > platform. I have been able to migrate a Windows 2003 server without a > > scratch. I am trying to do the same thing with Windows 2000 Server but > > things aren''t so great... > > > > I made an image from the disk that worked in a machine. Then I boot on > > this image using Xen. Windows 2000 starts to boot up then give me a BSOD > > stating UNACESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. > > > > Has anybody encountered this error before ? > > > > Thank you in advance for your help, > > > > > > > > Were you using an IDE disk on the original machine? There is a problem > > moving 2000/XP system disks between computers when the IDE devices are > > different. You can fix this by importing some additional registry keys > > before moving the drive or taking the image: > > > > Windows 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822052/en-us > > Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314082 > > > > Alternatively I don''t know if you can change the IDE device that Xen > > will emulate to match the source hardware. > > > > James > > > > This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and > > confidential and subject to the Amdocs policy statement, > > you may review at http://www.amdocs.com/email_disclaimer.asp > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-users mailing list > > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > > > > > -- > Using Opera''s revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > >-- Antoine Benkemoun Tel : 03.51.53.57.00 Port : 06.32.88.59.35 _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
I''m coming into this thread a bit late, and I''m not sure I''m right on topic, but hopefully this fits. From the following blog post, I gleaned some info about HALs and such: http://ian.blenke.com/vmware/vmdk/xen/hvm/qemu/vmware_to_xen_hvm.html In the end when I was doing that migration, I didn''t use his methods (HALs turned out to be the same on both), due to a persistent BSOD. The first part of my solution: ----------- Prepare the VMWare VM: In the running VMWare VM, uninstall VMWare Tools. ''Upgrade'' the driver of the IDE Controller to "Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller" (by manually selecting it) but don''t reboot. Shut down the machine. ----------- After that, I just get the virtual machine contents over to the xen server (with dd in my case), configure it and power it on. HTH, Greg. Antoine Benkemoun wrote:> Thank you for your help. > > I am going to look at system state backup... never heard of this but it > sounds pretty good to me. > > I''ll have a look at the boot.ini to see if that could solve it. > > Antoine > > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Dustin Henning > <Dustin.Henning@prd-inc.com <mailto:Dustin.Henning@prd-inc.com>> wrote: > > Another possibility would be installing Windows 2000 on Xen > instead of migrating it, then doing a backup on the real machine and > restore on the xen machine, my understanding is that the system > state portion of the backup will leave drivers alone so you can > restore to another system. I have seen this suggested as a way to > migrate to other virtual scenarios, so I would think it would work > here as well. You might want to do a web search on migration and/or > system state backups to find a good list of steps, and an install > followed by a backup and restore might then be as fast as a making > an image and then doing a repair (and perhaps cleaner to boot). > It is also possible that you have Windows 2000 on SATA or > SCSI with SCSI drivers, in which case you would need to change your > boot.ini similar to the following: > Before: scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1) > After: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1) > This change alone may not resolve your issue, though, because the > drivers still might not match up, but it would be worth checking > your boot.ini and if it has scsi, trying that before the more in > depth suggestions from myself and others. > Dustin > > > -----Original Message----- > From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com > <mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com> > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com > <mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com>] On Behalf Of > Fernando Jiménez Solano > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 09:55 > To: James Dingwall; Antoine Benkemoun; xen-users@lists.xensource.com > <mailto:xen-users@lists.xensource.com> > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Windows 2000 DomU > > I also had that problem. A workaround that fixed was repairing from the > Windows 2000 > CD, then it went all just fine. > > > > On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:34:29 +0200, James Dingwall > <james.dingwall@amdocs.com <mailto:james.dingwall@amdocs.com>> wrote: > > > I am doing tests to convert old rotting servers into a big shiny > new Xen > > platform. I have been able to migrate a Windows 2003 server without a > > scratch. I am trying to do the same thing with Windows 2000 > Server but > > things aren''t so great... > > > > I made an image from the disk that worked in a machine. Then I > boot on > > this image using Xen. Windows 2000 starts to boot up then give me > a BSOD > > stating UNACESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. > > > > Has anybody encountered this error before ? > > > > Thank you in advance for your help, > > > > > > > > Were you using an IDE disk on the original machine? There is a > problem > > moving 2000/XP system disks between computers when the IDE > devices are > > different. You can fix this by importing some additional > registry keys > > before moving the drive or taking the image: > > > > Windows 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822052/en-us > > Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314082 > > > > Alternatively I don''t know if you can change the IDE device that Xen > > will emulate to match the source hardware. > > > > James > > > > This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and > > confidential and subject to the Amdocs policy statement, > > you may review at http://www.amdocs.com/email_disclaimer.asp > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-users mailing list > > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com <mailto:Xen-users@lists.xensource.com> > > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > > > > > -- > Using Opera''s revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com <mailto:Xen-users@lists.xensource.com> > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > > > > > > -- > Antoine Benkemoun > Tel : 03.51.53.57.00 > Port : 06.32.88.59.35 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users-- - ---- ----- Gregory Orange Phone: +61 8 9387 7955 System Administrator Fax: +61 8 9387 6686 RPS MetOcean http://www.rpsmetocean.com.au System Administrators Guild of Australia http://www.sage-au.org.au - ---- ----- _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Thank you for your input ! Your solution sounds really good to me :) I''ll try it out when I have a little bit of time. Antoine On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Gregory Orange < gregory.orange@metoceanengineers.com> wrote:> I''m coming into this thread a bit late, and I''m not sure I''m right on > topic, but hopefully this fits. From the following blog post, I gleaned some > info about HALs and such: > http://ian.blenke.com/vmware/vmdk/xen/hvm/qemu/vmware_to_xen_hvm.html > > In the end when I was doing that migration, I didn''t use his methods (HALs > turned out to be the same on both), due to a persistent BSOD. The first part > of my solution: > ----------- > Prepare the VMWare VM: > In the running VMWare VM, uninstall VMWare Tools. > ''Upgrade'' the driver of the IDE Controller to "Standard Dual Channel PCI > IDE Controller" (by manually selecting it) but don''t reboot. Shut down the > machine. > ----------- > > After that, I just get the virtual machine contents over to the xen server > (with dd in my case), configure it and power it on. > > HTH, > Greg. > > Antoine Benkemoun wrote: > >> Thank you for your help. >> >> I am going to look at system state backup... never heard of this but it >> sounds pretty good to me. >> >> I''ll have a look at the boot.ini to see if that could solve it. >> >> Antoine >> >> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Dustin Henning < >> Dustin.Henning@prd-inc.com <mailto:Dustin.Henning@prd-inc.com>> wrote: >> >> Another possibility would be installing Windows 2000 on Xen >> instead of migrating it, then doing a backup on the real machine and >> restore on the xen machine, my understanding is that the system >> state portion of the backup will leave drivers alone so you can >> restore to another system. I have seen this suggested as a way to >> migrate to other virtual scenarios, so I would think it would work >> here as well. You might want to do a web search on migration and/or >> system state backups to find a good list of steps, and an install >> followed by a backup and restore might then be as fast as a making >> an image and then doing a repair (and perhaps cleaner to boot). >> It is also possible that you have Windows 2000 on SATA or >> SCSI with SCSI drivers, in which case you would need to change your >> boot.ini similar to the following: >> Before: scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1) >> After: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1) >> This change alone may not resolve your issue, though, because the >> drivers still might not match up, but it would be worth checking >> your boot.ini and if it has scsi, trying that before the more in >> depth suggestions from myself and others. >> Dustin >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com >> <mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com> >> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com >> <mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com>] On Behalf Of >> Fernando Jiménez Solano >> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 09:55 >> To: James Dingwall; Antoine Benkemoun; xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> <mailto:xen-users@lists.xensource.com> >> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Windows 2000 DomU >> >> I also had that problem. A workaround that fixed was repairing from the >> Windows 2000 >> CD, then it went all just fine. >> >> >> >> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:34:29 +0200, James Dingwall >> <james.dingwall@amdocs.com <mailto:james.dingwall@amdocs.com>> wrote: >> >> > I am doing tests to convert old rotting servers into a big shiny >> new Xen >> > platform. I have been able to migrate a Windows 2003 server without >> a >> > scratch. I am trying to do the same thing with Windows 2000 >> Server but >> > things aren''t so great... >> > >> > I made an image from the disk that worked in a machine. Then I >> boot on >> > this image using Xen. Windows 2000 starts to boot up then give me >> a BSOD >> > stating UNACESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. >> > >> > Has anybody encountered this error before ? >> > >> > Thank you in advance for your help, >> > >> > >> > >> > Were you using an IDE disk on the original machine? There is a >> problem >> > moving 2000/XP system disks between computers when the IDE >> devices are >> > different. You can fix this by importing some additional >> registry keys >> > before moving the drive or taking the image: >> > >> > Windows 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822052/en-us >> > Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314082 >> > >> > Alternatively I don''t know if you can change the IDE device that Xen >> > will emulate to match the source hardware. >> > >> > James >> > >> > This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and >> > confidential and subject to the Amdocs policy statement, >> > you may review at http://www.amdocs.com/email_disclaimer.asp >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Xen-users mailing list >> > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com <mailto:Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> > >> > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Using Opera''s revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xen-users mailing list >> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com <mailto:Xen-users@lists.xensource.com> >> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Antoine Benkemoun >> Tel : 03.51.53.57.00 >> Port : 06.32.88.59.35 >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xen-users mailing list >> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >> > > > -- > - ---- ----- > Gregory Orange Phone: +61 8 9387 7955 > System Administrator Fax: +61 8 9387 6686 > RPS MetOcean http://www.rpsmetocean.com.au > System Administrators Guild of Australia http://www.sage-au.org.au > - ---- ----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >-- Antoine Benkemoun Tel : 03.51.53.57.00 Port : 06.32.88.59.35 _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users