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Re: [Xen-users] Unable to remove GPLPV drivers without breaking win2k3 d

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Unable to remove GPLPV drivers without breaking win2k3 domU
From: James Pifer <jep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:33:12 -0400
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On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 15:16 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:
> I have a Win2K3 domU (and thankfully an image backup of the LVM volume 
> that holds its system disk) I previously installed GPLPV v0.8.9 drivers, 
> the domU boots OK with or without the /GPLPV switch in boot.ini, however 
> with the /GPLPV switch it tries and fails to use the Xen network driver, 
> and so the machine is network-less, so for the past few months I've left 
> it using pure HVM instead of PV drivers.
> 
> Now I'd like to try the 0.9.11-pre4 drivers
> 
> attempt 1 - installed new drivers over the top of the old ones, got 
> bluescreen at next boot.
> 
> attempt 2 - restored disk and used the un-install.bat from the old 
> version, still bluescreen at next boot.
> 
> attempt 3 - manually uninstalled all xen devices from within device 
> manager, deleted all relevant .inf/.pnf/.sys files, it still 
> bluescreens, I think it's a STOP 0x0000007B
> 
> Any more suggestions on how to remove the old drivers and keep it 
> bootable, ready to try the newer version?


I'm in the same boat. I have an older version installed on several
systems, 0.8.8, that's I'd really like to update to see if it fixes some
problems I'm having. I'm also unable to remove them without blowing up
the system. I created a thread on Friday afternoon. No responses yet.
Please let me know if you make any progress.

Thanks,
James


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