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Re: [Xen-users] Windows 2008 SBS on Xen 3.4 does not install

To: Bart Coninckx <bart.coninckx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Windows 2008 SBS on Xen 3.4 does not install
From: Teck Choon Giam <giamteckchoon@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:10:22 +0800
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Your boot option doesn't include c.  Something like below will work
for you I guess:

boot = 'cd'

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 1:40 AM, Bart Coninckx <bart.coninckx@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> trying to install Windows 2008 Small Business Server 64bit on Xen 3.4 on
> opensuse 11.2.
>
> The install runs fine, but after the first reboot, the VNC console shows:
>
> boot mgr is missing
>
> When I try to repair that with the install CD, I cannot see the previously
> installed C: partition, as if drivers are missing or something.
>
> Does any know of Windows 2008 SBS is installable at all? I've recently
> installed a regular Windows 2008 Server on Xen 3.2 and that was not an issue.
> R2 was of course.
>
> This is my config file:
>
> name="win1"
> uuid="c157bc27-b978-0e46-c799-3b7bc64eb0ac"
> memory=8192
> maxmem=8192
> vcpus=2
> on_poweroff="destroy"
> on_reboot="restart"
> on_crash="destroy"
> localtime=1
>
> builder="hvm"
> extid=1
> device_model="/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm"
> kernel="/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
> boot="d"
> #disk=[ 'phy:/dev/mapper/win1c,hda,w', 'phy:/dev/mapper/win1d,hdb,w',
> 'file:/mnt/nfs1/DVD1_Installation.iso,hdc:cdrom,r', ]
> disk=[ 'phy:/dev/mapper/win1c,hda,w',
> 'file:/mnt/nfs1/DVD1_Installation.iso,hdc:cdrom,r', ]
> vif=[ 'bridge=br0,model=rtl8139', ]
>
>
> stdvga=0
> vnc=1
> vncunused=1
> apic=1
> acpi=1
> pae=1
>
> usb=1
> usbdevice='tablet'
>
> serial="pty"
>
>
> Thx!
>
> Bart
>
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