[xen-discuss] Problem installing Windows2008

[Mark Johnson]

Siddharth Karnik wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Siddharth Karnik<sidkarnik at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:55 AM, Mark Johnson<Mark.Johnson at sun.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Siddharth,
> 
> Mark,
> 
> I re-did the setup - but no cigar :-(
> 
> Curiously, this didn't work for the xvm 3.1.4 bits either. Here's the setup:
> 
> AMD 5000+ Dual core processor
> 4GB RAM
> 1TB Seagate SATA
> 
> Once again, neither xvm 3.1.4 nor the updated 3.4.0 bits are able to
> setup Windows 2008 for me (Win2k3 works though). I have another 40 GB
> HDD with OpenSuse 11.1 - and the xen bits there seem to work OK - so
> I'm guessing its not a hardware issue.
> 
> Also, I have a Dell Latitide D630 with a T7300 Dual core Intel
> processor, and at least the 3.1.4 bits here work - I am able to load
> Windows 2008 in an HVM domU.
> 
> This looks like an AMD specific issue. Any idea how I might go about
> debugging this issue?

Hmmm, I'll see if I can reproduce it. I've sent an e-mail to AMD to see
if they have any ideas too..




MRJ