Re: [Xen-users] Release 0.9.9 of GPL PV Drivers for Windows

[Florian Manschwetus <florianmanschwetus@xxxxxx>]

Ok i tested with a fresh vista, installing or upgrading didn't work
So we need a way for installing the driver, the old dpinst? with /F?
Florian

Florian Manschwetus schrieb:
> I have unpacked and signed the driver, but when i try to install it with 
> the installer (deselecting all except install drivers), I get in details 
> "Windows Vista doesn't support automatic driver updating"
> So what is the best way, to get the drivers updated?
>
> Florian
>
> jim burns schrieb:
> > On Saturday June 14 2008 09:18:14 am James Harper wrote:
> > > Nothing much changed from 0.9.9-pre3, except that from now on any
> > > attempt to upgrade any of the 'child' devices of xenpci (eg xennet,
> > > xenvbd, xenscsi, xenstub) will be met with a 'must reboot for this
> > > change to take effect'. This should get around any problems of mixing
> > > version, but will still allow 'xm block-detach' etc to work. I think I
> > > may have fixed a BSoD on shutdown too (0x9f).
> > Well, I'm finally back in business. Created a winxppro sp3 fully 
> > patched file backed vbd I saved on another machine as a template. I 
> > installed 0.9.9 with absolutely no incident, no missing devices. The 
> > 'Details' button in the installer said something to the effect "Device 
> > not plugged in, couldn't update driver" a couple of times, but Device 
> > Manager is very happy.
> > I rebooted w/ /gplpv, and was immediately pleasantly surprised to get 
> > a 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon in my systray, and a popup asking for 
> > Media Actions for my dvd. My Computer properly read my dvd, for the 
> > first time ever. Of course, I still can't change the disk, but that's 
> > the same situation with Qemu.
> > Benchmarks to follow. Good job, James.
> >
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