Hi all,
I''ve been trying to install Windows Server 2008 R2 under Xen 3.1 on
Red Hat, but it keeps blue screening after the first reboot during the
install. It seems to only affect 2008 R2. Windows Server 2008
installs fine, rebooting a couple of times along the way.
With R2, it will go through the initial unpack and install, and then
it reboots. I''m installing it with virt-manager and I can watch it
try to restart the guest, but unsuccessfully. xend-debug reports this
(a lot):
Exception in thread Thread-50540:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/threading.py", line 442, in __bootstrap
self.run()
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/threading.py", line 422, in run
self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/
XendDomainInfo.py", line 1295, in maybeRestart
{"destroy" : self.destroy,
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/
XendDomainInfo.py", line 2557, in restart
config = self.sxpr()
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/
XendDomainInfo.py", line 1660, in sxpr
self.getDiskConfigurations()))
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/
XendDomainInfo.py", line 1630, in getDiskConfigurations
config = vbd.configuration(disk)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/server/blkif.py",
line 119, in configuration
result = DevController.configuration(self, devid)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/server/
DevController.py", line 251, in configuration
raise VmError("Device %s not connected" % devid)
VmError: Device 768 not connected
I''m wondering if anyone has had similar issues... I''d
probably be
okay with going with just 2008, but there was a big security patch
release with R2 and I''d prefer to use it.
Many thanks in advance,
...adam
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> > I''ve been trying to install Windows Server 2008 R2 under Xen 3.1 on > Red Hat, but it keeps blue screening after the first reboot during the > install. It seems to only affect 2008 R2. Windows Server 2008 > installs fine, rebooting a couple of times along the way.Use a later version of xen.> > I''m wondering if anyone has had similar issues... I''d probably be > okay with going with just 2008, but there was a big security patch > release with R2 and I''d prefer to use it.2008 R2 is actually the server version of Windows 7. It''s not just a patch it''s a different product, and they are maintained independently. James _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Thanks, James... I''d rather not have to go down the road of running a new version of Xen than the one that comes with the system, and Red Hat 5.4 is due out soon which uses the KVM hypervisor instead of Xen. Although you''ll be able to run your Xen guests on it with a few minor modifications. I''m not sure what those are yet... ...adam ________________________________________ From: James Harper [james.harper@bendigoit.com.au] Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 11:08 PM To: Wead, Adam G; Xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: RE: [Xen-users] installing Windows 2008 R2> > I''ve been trying to install Windows Server 2008 R2 under Xen 3.1 on > Red Hat, but it keeps blue screening after the first reboot during the > install. It seems to only affect 2008 R2. Windows Server 2008 > installs fine, rebooting a couple of times along the way.Use a later version of xen.> > I''m wondering if anyone has had similar issues... I''d probably be > okay with going with just 2008, but there was a big security patch > release with R2 and I''d prefer to use it.2008 R2 is actually the server version of Windows 7. It''s not just a patch it''s a different product, and they are maintained independently. James _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Wead, Adam G <awead@indiana.edu> wrote:> Thanks, James... I''d rather not have to go down the road of running a new version of Xen than the one that comes with the system, and Red Hat 5.4 is due out soon which uses the KVM hypervisor instead of Xen. Although you''ll be able to run your Xen guests on it with a few minor modifications. I''m not sure what those are yet...AFAIK: - RHEL 5.4 is out already. Centos is still 5.3 though - RHEL5.4 still has Xen included and supported. - Gitco has newer Xen packages for RHEL/Centos5. Obviously not supported by RH though. - RHEL has Windows PV drivers for both Xen and KVM, but I don''t think they''re widely tested yet. Looking at their Xen PV drivers (which can''t be used for system drive/C), I''d rather use GPLPV instead. So if you want to use RHEL to host Windows domUs, I suggest you go with: - RHEL 5.4 - Xen 3.4.1 from Gitco (http://www.gitco.de/repo/) - GPLPV -- Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 05:53:49PM +0700, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Wead, Adam G <awead@indiana.edu> wrote: > > Thanks, James... I''d rather not have to go down the road of running a new version of Xen than the one that comes with the system, and Red Hat 5.4 is due out soon which uses the KVM hypervisor instead of Xen. Although you''ll be able to run your Xen guests on it with a few minor modifications. I''m not sure what those are yet... > > AFAIK: > - RHEL 5.4 is out already. Centos is still 5.3 though > - RHEL5.4 still has Xen included and supported.Yes, Redhat supports Xen for the whole lifetime of RHEL5! This has been clearly stated by Redhat, many times. RHEL5.4 has many Xen related bugfixes and enhancements. -- Pasi> - Gitco has newer Xen packages for RHEL/Centos5. Obviously not > supported by RH though. > - RHEL has Windows PV drivers for both Xen and KVM, but I don''t think > they''re widely tested yet. Looking at their Xen PV drivers (which > can''t be used for system drive/C), I''d rather use GPLPV instead. > > So if you want to use RHEL to host Windows domUs, I suggest you go with: > - RHEL 5.4 > - Xen 3.4.1 from Gitco (http://www.gitco.de/repo/) > - GPLPV > > -- > Fajar > > _______________________________________________ > 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
Yes, sorry, I realized that after I sent that email. Didn''t mean to confuse everyone! I did try some Windows PV drivers that Red Hat released under 5.3, but couldn''t get them to work on a 2008 guest, so I''m definitely going to stick with GPLPV. We have another dom0 scheduled to be deployed at the end of this month, and I''ve done all the testing under 5.3, so I''m going to wait on 5.4 until I have time to test it a bit more. I''ll let you all know what I find. thanks! ...adam ________________________________________ From: Pasi Kärkkäinen [pasik@iki.fi] Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 7:24 AM To: Fajar A. Nugraha Cc: Wead, Adam G; Xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: Re: [Xen-users] installing Windows 2008 R2 On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 05:53:49PM +0700, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Wead, Adam G <awead@indiana.edu> wrote: > > Thanks, James... I''d rather not have to go down the road of running a new version of Xen than the one that comes with the system, and Red Hat 5.4 is due out soon which uses the KVM hypervisor instead of Xen. Although you''ll be able to run your Xen guests on it with a few minor modifications. I''m not sure what those are yet... > > AFAIK: > - RHEL 5.4 is out already. Centos is still 5.3 though > - RHEL5.4 still has Xen included and supported.Yes, Redhat supports Xen for the whole lifetime of RHEL5! This has been clearly stated by Redhat, many times. RHEL5.4 has many Xen related bugfixes and enhancements. -- Pasi> - Gitco has newer Xen packages for RHEL/Centos5. Obviously not > supported by RH though. > - RHEL has Windows PV drivers for both Xen and KVM, but I don''t think > they''re widely tested yet. Looking at their Xen PV drivers (which > can''t be used for system drive/C), I''d rather use GPLPV instead. > > So if you want to use RHEL to host Windows domUs, I suggest you go with: > - RHEL 5.4 > - Xen 3.4.1 from Gitco (http://www.gitco.de/repo/) > - GPLPV > > -- > Fajar > > _______________________________________________ > 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