[Fedora-xen] Re: Windows XP install failed on FC6-Xen

[Deependra Shekhawat]

Thanks for the steps. They really worked. Using them I have installed
Windows XP Professional on my Redhat Enterprise 5.
Here's a screenshot after I was able to successfully install it.
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/457/screenshot1zl8.jpg

Thanks once again.
Regards


On 3/29/07, NoisilySilent <noisilysilent at nerdshack.com> wrote:
>
> OK, I finally made it!!
>
> So for those willing to install Win XP on Dell Latitude D620, these are
> the
> steps:
>
> 1) Press F5 at the very beginning of Win XP installation, just when it
> asks
> to press F5 for additional RAID support.
> 2) This pops up a new selection caption where you can choose your hardware
> architecture: do not choose ACPI architecture. I took "Standard PC"
> 3) Don't forget to add a cdrom device to your xen WinXP conf file, else it
> will reboot but won't find the source disc
>
> Win XP installs and reboots perfectly. Needless to say mouse management is
> a
> bit crappie ;-) but TSE access to the Windows system is simply great
> (using
> rdesktop)!!
>
> Thanks for your help and replies
>
> Cheers
>
> charles
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
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> De
> la part de Alexei
> Envoyé: lundi 26 mars 2007 09:18
> À: fedora-xen at redhat.com
> Objet: [Fedora-xen] Re: Windows XP install failed on FC6-Xen
>
> NoisilySilent <noisilysilent <at> nerdshack.com> writes:
>
>
> >
> > Installation hangs after first reboot during Windows
> > XP installation procedure.
> >
>
> I installed windows on fc6 x64 as follows:
>
> 1. first stage of installation ( just to when winsp tried to re-ipl)
> I run on qemu. Actually qemu and xen use the same format of disk
> emulations.
>
> 2. After when winxp asked to re-boot, I constructed .hvc file with disk
> from
> first stage and it worked OK since then.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
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