Stephan Austermühle
2008-Nov-16  17:35 UTC
[Xen-users] Xen 3.3.1 (pre): Windows install hangs with W2k8 64bit (HVM)
Hi all,
I had some trouble with Xen 3.3.0 so I decided to compile and test the 
latest available 3.3-testing branch (Mercurial''s changeset 
18486:c05a663d3b24). With this code I tried to install W2k8 64bit as a 
HVM domain. The domU starts and boots from the CD (image) and the 
installer says "Windows is loading files..." but as soon as the 
progress bar reaches the right end the installer hangs. xentop says 
that the DomU with the hanging installer consumes one CPU completely.
I tried with an Debian 4.0r5 AMD64 and W2k8 32 bit image without 
problems. So maybe I have encountered a x86_64 problem. What details 
are needed to troubleshoot this problem?
Hardware:
Below are some command outputs.
Thanks + kind regards,
Stephan
# xm info
host                   : n0020
release                : 2.6.18.8-xen
version                : #2 SMP Sun Nov 16 10:52:04 CET 2008
machine                : x86_64
nr_cpus                : 2
nr_nodes               : 1
cores_per_socket       : 2
threads_per_core       : 1
cpu_mhz                : 2397
hw_caps                : 
bfebfbff:20100800:00000000:00000140:0000e3bd:00000000:00000001:00000000
virt_caps              : hvm
total_memory           : 2029
free_memory            : 688
node_to_cpu            : node0:0-1
node_to_memory         : node0:688
xen_major              : 3
xen_minor              : 3
xen_extra              : .1-rc1-pre
xen_caps               : xen-3.0-x86_64 xen-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_32 
hvm-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_64
xen_scheduler          : credit
xen_pagesize           : 4096
platform_params        : virt_start=0xffff800000000000
xen_changeset          : Tue Nov 04 13:13:40 2008 +0000 18486:c05a663d3b24
cc_compiler            : gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) 
(Debian 4.1.1-21)
cc_compile_by          : root
cc_compile_domain      : hcsd.de
cc_compile_date        : Sat Nov 15 17:50:44 CET 2008
xend_config_format     : 4
# grep -v ^#  n0024 |grep -v ''^$''
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 = 1024
name = "n0024"
vcpus=2
vif = [ ''type=ioemu, bridge=eth1'' ]
disk =  [
         ''phy:/dev/vg00/lv_n0024_d0,hda,w'',
         ''file:/srv/tmp/win2k8_x64.iso,hdc:cdrom,r''
         ]
device_model = ''/usr/'' + arch_libdir +
''/xen/bin/qemu-dm''
boot="dc"
sdl=0
opengl=1
vnc=1
vncpasswd=''''
stdvga=0
serial=''pty''
localtime=1
usb=1
usbdevice=''tablet''
keymap=''de''
# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 15
model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6600  @ 2.40GHz
stepping        : 6
cpu MHz         : 2397.618
cache size      : 4096 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 1
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 1
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu de tsc msr pae cx8 apic sep mtrr cmov pat 
clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht syscall nx lm constant_tsc pni 
est cx16 lahf_lm
bogomips        : 4796.26
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
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Stephan Austermühle
2008-Nov-16  19:10 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Xen 3.3.1 (pre): Windows install hangs with W2k8 64bit (HVM)
Hi all, Stephan Austermühle wrote:> I had some trouble with Xen 3.3.0 so I decided to compile and test th > latest available 3.3-testing branch (Mercurial''s changeset > 18486:c05a663d3b24). With this code I tried to install W2k8 64bit as aWith Xen 3.3.0 the installer for W2k8 64bit works as expected... maybe the problem has been introduced into the testing branch... Kind regards, Stephan _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users