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[Xen-users] RE: Trying to use Xen PV drivers for Windows (Release 0.5.0)

To: "Igor Chubin" <igor@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-users] RE: Trying to use Xen PV drivers for Windows (Release 0.5.0)
From: "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:03:09 +1100
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> Hello James,
> 
> Thank you for you work,
> it'r really interesting and really useful.
> 
> No about my experiments and problems.
> 
> I have tried to install your drivers into Windows XP.
> I have downloaded the drivers from [1],
> unzipped it and installed it as describe in
> the INSTALL.txt.
> 
> The installation process was exactly as you have described
> in the INSTALL.txt file. No any errors.
> 
> After that I have modified boot.ini (added new boot variant
> with the /gplpv key) and rebooted the system.
> 
> I have tried to boot using the second boot option in the boot menu
> (/gplpv) and have got blue screen of death
> (it appeared just after a second as a I have pressed enter in
> the boot menu).
> 
> I have tried to boot using the first boot option in the boot menu
> (without /gplpv). The system have booted without any problem.
> After that I have tried to make hot block-attach to
> the domain.
> 
> sudo lvcreate -n winpv -L 2G /dev/MAIN
> sudo xm block-attach 13 phy:/dev/MAIN/winpv /dev/hdd w
> 
> (where 13 is the id of the windows domain)
> 
> Just after I issue the command Windows goes into blue screen of
> death. There are the message on th screen:
> 
> DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
> ....
> Technical information:
> *** STOP: .....
> 
> ***    xenvbd.sys  - Address FC769C787 base at ....
> 
> 
> You can take a look at the shot of the screen with the error here [2].
> 
> 
> I have tried to change the domain configuration.
> I played with acpi, apic and pae parameters.
> Domain didn't want to boot in any combination except
> 
> apic=1
> acpi=1
> pae=1
> 
> This one was used before I've started to change apic/acpi/pae
> parameters. At least I've reverted back to it.
> 
> Also I have tried to disable CDROM in the pv domain.
> Without success.
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you for your any ideas.
> And once again thank you for you work
> 

Are you using Intel or AMD? What version of Xen?

Can you use debugview from sysinternals to get the output of the crash
dump? The procedure is basically:

1. Don't boot with /GPLPV
2. Make sure your system is set to write out a crash dump
3. Start DebugView
4. Do a block-attach to make it crash
5. Let the crash dump do it's thing
6. Boot the system again without /GPLPV
7. Start DebugView
8. Analyse the crash dump (C:\Windows\Memory.dmp probably)
9. Email the output to me

Thanks

James

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