2009/8/18 Vadim Rozenfeld <vrozenfe@xxxxxxxxxx>: > did you try /break switch in boot.ini? It's a new one to me. I've just given it a go and found no change in behavior, from which I deduce that the target machine isn't getting as far even as the HAL init (although this might be an incorrect reading of the /break option). > kd and WinDbg use the same debug engine the only one difference is in user > interface. However, kd is much faster. That's worthwhile to know, thanks :-) I was mainly trying kd to see whether it reported any different/extra information on stderr that windbg was silently swallowing. > What is your guest OS? Are you sure you got right symbols? My guest OS is Windows XP SP3. I have downloaded WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-symbols-full-ENU.exe from the Microsoft website, which I think should be correct. I'll keep trying to get the connection up and running. In the meantime, a kernel memory dump combined with after-the-fact debugging should be enough to fix the errors I have currently. Thanks again for your suggestions and advice, Tom -- Tom Parkin www.thhp.org.uk The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank /Rossetti/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html