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Re: [Xen-users] windows vps can not start after a reboot

To: James Harper <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] windows vps can not start after a reboot
From: Jingyun He <jingyun.ho@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:11:13 +0100
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Yes, its using phy,
I guess the system automated applied a few updates, but I'm not sure,
and I rebooted the vps manually after changing host name.

On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 1:08 PM, James Harper
<james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> We have a windows vps running for a few days, today after we rebooted
>> this vps, it never started, and I got this message from the vnc
>> console.
>>
>> Windows could not start because the following file is missing or
> corrupt:
>> <Windows root>\system32\hal.dll
>> Please re-install a copy of the above file.
>>
>> the OS is windows 2003 std 32bits with GPLPV 0.10.0.138,
>> and hypervisor is xen 3.4.1, and we are using LVM paritions.
>>
>> Any one know why does this happen?
>
> What was the reason for the reboot? Was it applying updates?
>
> Did it reboot cleanly as far as you know?
>
> What backend are you using? In using tap:aio I have seen similar
> problems, but on an LVM volume I assume you are using phy, can you
> confirm?
>
> James
>
>

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