Re: [Xen-users] Windows install sees only 1MB [MBR] partition.

[Ryan Worsley <R.C.Worsley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Edward,

Hi, I had the same problem using an LVM partition and it turned out I 
needed to specify the location of the LVM volume exactly or the BIOS 
that boots the HVM couldn't see it.  So instead of
disk = [ 'phy:sys_vg/windows_os,hda,w' ] it had to be something like 
disk = [ 'phy:/dev/sys_vg/windows_os,hda,w' ]
I hope that somehow helps and isn't totally irrelevant,

Ryan.


Edward Ing wrote:
> I am trying to install Windows XP as guest to be run under HVM on its
> own partition -- not in an image file as described in the documentation.
> The critical parameter is:
>
> disk = [ 'phy:sdb6,hda,w', 'file:/var/iso/WINDOWS_XP.ISO,hdc:cdrom,r']
>
> My DomU works properly and boots to the installation disk. But during
> the installation procedure I get the XP installation partitioning
> screen, but my partition is only recognized to be 1MB long.
> The partition information box says:
> "1 MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on atapi [MBR]"
>
> So it thinks the sdb6 partition as viewed as an hda drive as a 1 MB
> disk.
>
> Any ideas why? Can you not install guest Windows XP into a partition or
> must it be in a file image?
>
>
> Edward Ing
> Mississauga, Ontario.
>
>
>
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