[Fedora-xen] problems installing winxp with full virtualization on FC6
Daniel P. Berrange
berrange at redhat.com
Thu Nov 2 23:31:56 UTC 2006
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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