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RE: [Xen-users] Windows XP filesystem corruption when usingdevice-mapper

To: "Nemeth, Tamas" <nice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Windows XP filesystem corruption when usingdevice-mapper ?
From: "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 21:39:10 +1100
Cc: Peter Van Biesen <peter.vanbiesen@xxxxxxx>
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> Hi, how are you doing?
> 
> 2008. 10. 7, kedd keltezéssel 10.27-kor Peter Van Biesen ezt írta:
> > I'm currently running windows XP without the gplpv drivers.
> 
> Have you installed those drivers? I so, have you ever booted with
> the /gplpv option? What is your domU config?
> 

If his system is crashing without the drivers then I have doubts that 
installing them will make things any better. The only thing they might do is 
that they might be less likely to cause corruption if the physical server 
crashes, and I haven't done enough testing to say that with any certainty.

James

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