All, We have made some progress with the Win2k3 server install, but need help on how to mount a CD in a running guest. The initial problem Chris and I had was to have the CD Rom correctly recognized. The best way seems to be to use the definition of the CD Rom drive in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf which was /dev/scd0. Using this in the guest configuration file, I got the following xml (where '/dev/scdo' is from hwconf) (Also note the <sharable> that is sparsely documented): <disk type='block' device='cdrom'> <driver name='phy'/> <source dev='/dev/scd0'/> <target dev='hdc'/> <shareable/> </disk> If I have a CD Rom in the drive when I start the Win2K3 Guest, it is usable both from Fedora as well as Win2K3! The catch is that I have found no way to access a CD that is inserted after the Guest has started. It is interesting that the only way to make this definition is with the following sequence: # virsh dumpxml <your guest> > foo.xml # vi foo.xml (and then edit according to instructions above) # virsh define foo.xml The visual tools are not able to create this, and it appears that the only way to set up Win2k3 is by making an .iso of the installation CD first (use dd command). I don't have my images in /var/lib/xen/images. It appears not to matter under F7. Do you have any ideas to how to mount the cd for a running guest? -- Per -----Original Message----- From: fedora-xen-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-xen-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Per Hjartoy Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 4:30 PM To: fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: win2k3 server standard edition hangson"StartingWindows" Hi Chris, I'm trying to install win2k3 standard on Fedora 7. The configuration system is different, but I'm running into the same issues that you have. I've been able to solve the CD problem with the help of Andy (RedHat). (I met him at Linux World last week) No documentation exists about this matter as we could find. However, there are still issues and any reboot of the win2k3 server requires a "fake" reinstall to get it up and running again. If we could connect off list, maybe we could compare notes and report back about our progress. It would also be nice to get someone from the distro team to join us as well. I have suspicion that virtualization of win2k3 wasn't given much attention and that we jointly can provide some good feedback. You can contact me a per-at-actius-dot-com. -- Per -----Original Message----- From: fedora-xen-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-xen-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christopher Miller Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 4:09 PM To: fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: win2k3 server standard edition hangs on"StartingWindows" Okay, I found a couple months back where a fella pushed F5 during the initial setup phase, I did that and got as far as rebooting the machine into the installation. I see now I have to add the CDROM device back in the conf file. I've yet to find the instructions on this, but I'm sure they're in the archives somewhere. I'll keep posted on my progress. peace, cj -----Original Message----- From: fedora-xen-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-xen-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Christopher Miller Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 10:43 AM To: fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: win2k3 server standard edition hangs on "StartingWindows" Hello list! I'm having a heck of a time getting Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition to install. I've tried using both virt-install and virt-manager, however it would seem that virt-manager gets further. On the command line, I used this to provision the machine: # virt-install \ --name=system1 \ --ram=2048 \ --file=/home/luser/virtuals/system1/system1.img \ --file-size=80 \ --nonsparse \ --network=bridge:xenbr0 \ --sdl \ --hvm \ --os-type=windows \ --os-variant=win2k3 \ --cdrom=/media/EN_OS_XP_2003_2428.4/english/win2003/standard/setup.exe this command failed until I "touch"ed /home/luser/virtuals/system1/system1.img, and then said it was provisioning, and I should reconnect to the domain to see the machine, when I tried this, it was unavailable. As I've indicated, my experience with virt-manager gets me "further" but what this further is, isn't usable either. I select the same options as above in the gui, and when I click "finish" it allocates the file I've selected, and the new domain shows up in the virt-manager window. I can right-click on the new virtual and connect to the console, select which version of windows I'm installing, and the startup even runs up to the point where it says "Windows Setup: Setup is starting Windows" (this is the last blue dos type screen before being switched into the windows install gui, for those familiar) and freezes there. I've posted a couple screen shots here: http://63.231.71.205/~cj/xen/AllWindows.png http://63.231.71.205/~cj/xen/Console.png I'm running Fedora Core 6, all updates, on a AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, kernel 2.6.20-1.2999.fc6xen, 3GB RAM. I'm installing from an MSDN disk in my cdrom drive. Please let me know if there's any more information I can provide. Thanks in advance! 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