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List:       xen-users
Subject:    RE: [Xen-users] Vista?
From:       "Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson () amd ! com>
Date:       2007-03-30 13:58:51
Message-ID: 907625E08839C4409CE5768403633E0B018E1B5F () sefsexmb1 ! amd ! com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com 
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Pat Allen
> Sent: 30 March 2007 14:19
> To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Vista?
> 
> 
> I've gotten some replies saying "I've done it" but no real 
> details. I've
> tried to create a guest with 1GB of RAM and 20GB of disk from the
> virt-manager and using the virt-install command using both an 
> iso image and
> the actual CD. I've actually tried both a 64-bit version of 
> the software and
> 32-bit version of the software thinking that this might be a  
> problem. But
> nothing seems to work. I get the first screen where it says 
> that Windows is
> loading files but it never gets beyond that. Here's the line 
> that I'm using
> with the virt-install command:
> 
> virt-install -n Vista --vcpus=2 --hvm --ram 1024 -s 20 -f 
> /guests/Vista
> --bridge=xenbr0 --cdrom=/dev/cdrom
> 
> Does anybody have any suggestions on what might be going on? 
> I've been able
> to get past my Windows XP problem using virt-install but I'm 
> at a standstill
> with Vista.

Do you have any error messages in:
xm dmesg
/var/log/xen/xend.log
/var/log/xen/qemu-dm.<pid>.log

64-bit Vista on AMD certainly doesn't work unless you're using unstable
(and even then, there's some problems - but at least it installs and
runs). 32-bit Vista should work on earlier versions of Xen, but it may
not work prior to 3.0.4. 

I also believe that Vista doesn't have networking working for either AMD
or Intel processors - even in the very latest unstable. 

Also, virt-install isn't a tool I've used - I don't know if that
matters, but just to let you know I got Vista running on Xen unstable
with a simple config file and an image file for "disk". [High-level
"hide the details" tools are good when all works fine, but when it
doesn't, they may hide details from you that can help solve the
problem]. 

--
Mats
> 
> 
> Pat Allen wrote:
> > 
> > I've noticed on this list that people have been successful 
> in installing
> > Vista under Xen. I don't get past the first black screen 
> with the gray bar
> > at the bottom where it says that "Windows is loading 
> files". I've tried
> > the same F5 (and other F key routines that seemed to work 
> with XP) but to
> > no avail. 
> > 
> > I'm running xen 3.0.3-25.0.3 on a HP Proliant DL365 with 
> two dual-core AMD
> > Opteron processors and 10GB of RAM. The host OS is RHEL5.
> > 
> > Thanks for any help!
> > 
> 
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