Xen issues

[Rick Stevens]

Hi, gang.

I'm trying to get Windows 2003 server running on Xen as a guest.  I'm
not of subnormal intelligence, but I can't get the stupid thing to
install.  I've tried every trick in the book and I can't get ANY OS
(Win98, WinXP, Win2000, FC7test1) to install.  The Windows OSes all
freeze in the blue "Startup is starting Windows" screen and the VNC
console ignores all keystrokes so I can't do the old press F5 and select
the "Standard PC" HAL thing.  When I try to use sdl I get no console at
all.  The FC7test1 scrambles the VNC window so badly you can't read
it and it also ignores keystrokes.  SDL never pops up a console either.

I've posted this to the fedora-xen list and haven't received any
answers, but that list doesn't seem too active.  I'm stuck and I have
to get this going so I throw myself at your tender mercies, on bended
knee and groveling.

System: Opteron 1210, 2GB (1GB for dom0, rest reserved for guests). Abit
mobo with nVidia chipset, but running the vesa driver since the nv
driver seems unstable.
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- Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer     rstevens at vitalstream.com -
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