RE: [Xen-users] GPLPV drivers update

James Harper
Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:30:52 -0000

What version of xen and what windows version and what bits (32 or 64)?

James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jingyun He [mailto:jingyun.ho@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 25 August 2009 15:29
> To: James Harper
> Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com; xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] GPLPV drivers update
>
> Hi,
> I just installed this new PV drivers, the vps will show a blue screen
and
> never boot up again if we do a reboot.
> but it can boot by ''xm create''
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 4:37 AM, James Harper
<james.harper@bendigoit.com.au>
> wrote:
>
>
> 	I have just uploaded a new testing version of GPL PV drivers for
> 	Windows. Have a look for 0.10.0.97-dontuse at
> 	http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads (the -dontuse bit is to
scare
> 	people away who haven''t read this email :)
>
> 	As usual, please test thoroughly on a test DomU and make sure
you have a
> 	backup before installing on a non-test system. In particular,
I''m only
> 	testing with Xen 3.4.1 these days so anything older isn''t tested
> 	although it should work.
>
> 	There was a problem with the signing of the drivers that would
prevent
> 	them working properly under Vista/2008 x64 even with testsigning
> 	enabled. This should resolve that.
>
> 	The installation procedure for Vista/2008 x64 is as follows:
> 	. Run ''bcdedit /set testsigning on''
> 	. Reboot
> 	. Install the drivers. Accept any warnings and tick ''always
trust...''
> 	when prompted.
> 	. Make sure you now have PV network and SCSI adapters present
> 	. Reboot
>
> 	If something doesn''t work, you should be able to boot to safe
mode
> 	unless you forgot to run ''bcdedit /set testsigning on''
in which
case you
> 	will probably have an unbootable system... for some reason the
vista F8
> 	boot menu doesn''t allow you to turn on testsigning and safe mode
at the
> 	same time. Ideally the installer would be able to detect that we
are
> 	using a test certificate and instruct you to turn on testsigning
first
> 	but I don''t yet know how to do that. I''ll see if I can
at least
put in a
> 	loud warning at installation time...
>
> 	James
>
>
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