hvm mode and windows xp (xen 3.0.3-rc3)

Hi,

On 11/3/06, Aleksander Trofimowicz <aatrofgmail.com> wrote:
> hello,
>
> I'm a bit of a failure at running windows xp in the hvm
mode. to be
> honest nothing went the way it should have on my
notebook with turion
> 64 x2 processor inside.

Just a quick note: I had good luck installing WinXP on FC6
today.
Dunno if it'll help you, but I've attached my config file. 
The big
thing that made it work for me:  when the Windows installer
asks you
to press F6 to load drivers, press F5, and select 'Standard
PC
...(something)'.

Once I did that, it worked great.
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On 03/11/06, David Parsley <parsleylinuxjedi.org> wrote:
>
> > I'm a bit of a failure at running windows xp in
the hvm mode. to be
> > honest nothing went the way it should have on my
notebook with turion
> > 64 x2 processor inside.
>
> Just a quick note: I had good luck installing WinXP on
FC6 today.
> Dunno if it'll help you, but I've attached my config
file.  The big
> thing that made it work for me:  when the Windows
installer asks you
> to press F6 to load drivers, press F5, and select
'Standard PC
> ...(something)'.
>
thanks for the hint. i guess all the problems i faced with
during win
2k/xp setup have their origins in static hal that is chosen
at the
very beginning and probably because of the way xen handles
presence of
acpi in a hvm domain.

nevertheless a general rule for those who just want that os
running
without bells and whistles is to install windows without
acpi support
(to do so 'standard pc' or 'standard pc with c-step i486'
should be
selected).

btw i still have to use qemu to install windows xp properly.
otherwise
i'm unable to select an appropriate hal after pressing f5
key, as 'up'
and 'down' keys don't respond regardless of graphical
interface (sdl
or vnc) i use. strange, isn't it?
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aleksander

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