[Fedora-xen] problems installing winxp with full virtualization on FC6

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 04:52:48PM -0600, Jeff Stockett wrote:
> 
> I see from googling, that this bug has been reported once before 
> (last month with a rawhide build) - but no answers. A little further
>  googling indicates that one possible workaround might be to hit F5 
> (when it is asking for F6 to load drivers) during the setup process 
> and specify the computer as not having APIC but the version of VNC 
> or whatever console emulator that comes with Virtual Machine Manager
> doesn't seem to pass function keys thru (F2, F5, or F6 don't appear 
> to work).  I'm at a loss on where to go from here, except to perhaps 
> start compiling everything from latest sources (which would be alot 
> of trouble).
> 
> builder = "hvm"
> memory = "256"
> disk = [ 'phy:/dev/vg0/domuwinxp,hda,w', 'phy:/dev/hdb,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
> boot = 'c'
> vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:45:71:31, bridge=xenbr0', ]
> uuid = "fd2e0fd5-c586-0127-4d3d-0e272a5894d2"
> device_model = "/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm"
> kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
> vnc=1
> vncunused=1
> apic=1
> acpi=1

Try toggling these last two settings here - one of the 4 different combos
of acpi & apic may well help.

Regards,
Dan.
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