[Fedora-xen] Xen HVM Wink2k3 guest network problem

[Pasi Kärkkäinen]

On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 04:43:55PM -0700, shoom wrote:
> 
> I have a pain-staking problem with network on Win2k3 guest on IA64 host with
> Red Hat 5.3 - by default it uses Realtek 8139 which is not supported on
> Win2k3 in any way, and changing the model (model=whatever in vif=...)
> doesn't change anything - it always ends with *!@#! Realtek ... now, I am
> very tired of trying out different things (compiling Xen from src.rpm, from
> xensource xen-unstable.hg, trying vfirmware from xensource, different
> parameters in guest specification, I don't know ..) - nothing helps. Thing
> is that I am trying to make the proof of concept in my company for RHEL5.3
> as platform for Itanium virtualization (BL380c) in order to get full support
> contract with Red Hat as a breakthrough ... but it seems that Microsoft
> always has to win, I vae tried to ring every bell available, but nothing
> came and now I am tired and worn out completely ... If anyone has any idea,
> hint, something, please tell me.

Did you try installing paravirtualized windows drivers provided by Redhat?

And also, you might have better luck on rhelv5-list instead of fedora-xen..

-- Pasi