Andrew, I just noticed something significant. It is not the partition or the file causing the problem. In my assumption I based it on the fact I used the file when using the old xen kernel 2798, and used the partition on the new xen kernel 2849 I just tested it using a file on both kernels, and it turns out that it works using a file only under the old kernel. Using the exact same config file on the new kernel does not work. I did not test using a partition on the old kernel, but I bet it would work. At last I can finally continue working on this! But, it looks like a problem that needs to be documented in the short term and fixed in the next kernel in the long term. I hope anyone else trying this finds this! Thanks for your assistance, Ian Patton <div>On 11/27/06, Andrew Cathrow <<a href="mailto:acathrow@redhat.com">acathrow@redhat.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> See what happens if you give it a file instead of a physical partition. Aic<div> On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 19:40 -0500, Ian Patton wrote: </div><blockquote type="CITE"><div> I added a new drive to use with a fully virtualized Xen domain. I intend to run Vista on it. Should the partition be formatted? If so, should it be formatted using ext3 or ntfs? Should the Windows installer do the partitioning? I asked this as part of a multi-part question previously an only got a partial answer excluding this.... On my system, the partition is /dev/hdc1 On my first attempt at getting Vista to work, I used a file instead of a partition and it worked. It worked for a very short period of time. Vista would boot and I could see the desktop. The only thing that did not work was the network, which I was sure would be an easy fix. I installed a few patches and some other software via Yum and at some point Vista stopped booting. I decided to add a new 120G disk for it to use and start over, but ever since I have not been able to get it to run. None of the logs show anything helpful. It runs for about 5 seconds, and I can see it boot from the ISO that I made, but after it loads the progress bar to 100% it tries to change the screen resolution or something and the processor drops to 0% and nothing else happens. Meanwhile, i have learned a bit about using Xen and tried to help others on the list, but still have gotten nowhere with my own problems. I will be posting a nice howto once i get all the steps and facts straight. Thanks in advance, Ian Patton </div><pre>-- Fedora-xen mailing list <a href="mailto:Fedora-xen@redhat.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Fedora-xen@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen</a> </pre> </blockquote> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td> <pre>-- Andrew Cathrow Red Hat, Inc. (678) 733 0452 - Mobile (404) 437 6178 - Home Office <a href="mailto:acathrow@redhat.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> acathrow@redhat.com</a> </pre> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </blockquote></div> -- Ian Patton