HELP! Cannot install Windows 2008 R2 in Xen

["T. Eichstädt"-2]

Hello everyone,

at the moment I despair at attempting to install Windows 2008 R2 in Xen.

I've already found some posts from Robbie Garrett (*1), he seems to have
the same problem:

            The installer keeps saying that a "CD/DVD device driver is
missing" and doesn't want to proceed...

My OS: 64 Bit Centos 5.4,  Gitcos Xen 3.4.1
Cannot find anything special in the xen logfile. Installation of all
other OSes, including Windows 7, works without problems.
Already tried setting acpi on/off, apic on/off, pae on/off, disk/cdrom
with ioemu and without...

Are there any success stories of Windows 2008 R2 installation under
CentOS ? Or does anybody have some hints how to get 2008R2 installed ?

Best regards
  Thimo

*1) http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2009-08/msg00428.html

My Config file:
---------------
import os, re
arch = os.uname()[4]
if re.search('64', arch):
    arch_libdir = 'lib64'
else:
    arch_libdir = 'lib'
kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
builder='hvm'
memory = 2048
shadow_memory = 8
name = "ws2008"
vcpus=2
acpi=1
apic=1
vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3E:12:34:56, bridge=xenbr0' ]
disk = [ 'phy:/dev/vg0/lv-domu8,hda,w', 'file:/tmp/win2008.iso,hdc:cdrom,r']
on_poweroff = 'preserve'
on_reboot   = 'restart'
on_crash    = 'preserve'
device_model = '/usr/' + arch_libdir + '/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
boot="cd"
snapshot=0
sdl=0
vnc=1
vnclisten="0.0.0.0"
vncdisplay=2
vncpasswd=''
stdvga=0
viridian=1
serial='pty'
usbdevice='tablet'


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[Matthias Reif-2]

xen-users-bounces@... wrote on 06/11/2009 10:38:53 AM:

> Hello everyone,
>
> at the moment I despair at attempting to install Windows 2008 R2 in Xen.
>
> I've already found some posts from Robbie Garrett (*1), he seems to have
> the same problem:
>
>             The installer keeps saying that a "CD/DVD device driver is
> missing" and doesn't want to proceed...
>
> My OS: 64 Bit Centos 5.4,  Gitcos Xen 3.4.1
> Cannot find anything special in the xen logfile. Installation of all
> other OSes, including Windows 7, works without problems.
> Already tried setting acpi on/off, apic on/off, pae on/off, disk/cdrom
> with ioemu and without...
>
> Are there any success stories of Windows 2008 R2 installation under
> CentOS ? Or does anybody have some hints how to get 2008R2 installed ?
>
> Best regards
>   Thimo
>

I had the same problem installing 2008 R2 on Xen 3.4.1 / CentOS 5.3. The problem turned out to be a corrupt install ISO and nothing to do with Xen. I downloaded the ISO again and it installed without a problem.

Thanks
Matthias



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["T. Eichstädt"-2]

Hello Matthias,

that was it!
After re-downloading the image it worked. So...Xen is good, Windows
installer is bad :)

Thanks a lot.
Thimo

>
>
> xen-users-bounces@... wrote on 06/11/2009 10:38:53 AM:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > at the moment I despair at attempting to install Windows 2008 R2 in Xen.
> >
> > I've already found some posts from Robbie Garrett (*1), he seems to
> have
> > the same problem:
> >
> >             The installer keeps saying that a "CD/DVD device driver is
> > missing" and doesn't want to proceed...
> >
> > My OS: 64 Bit Centos 5.4,  Gitcos Xen 3.4.1
> > Cannot find anything special in the xen logfile. Installation of all
> > other OSes, including Windows 7, works without problems.
> > Already tried setting acpi on/off, apic on/off, pae on/off, disk/cdrom
> > with ioemu and without...
> >
> > Are there any success stories of Windows 2008 R2 installation under
> > CentOS ? Or does anybody have some hints how to get 2008R2 installed ?
> >
> > Best regards
> >   Thimo
> >
>
> I had the same problem installing 2008 R2 on Xen 3.4.1 / CentOS 5.3.
> The problem turned out to be a corrupt install ISO and nothing to do
> with Xen. I downloaded the ISO again and it installed without a problem.
>
> Thanks
> Matthias
>
>
>
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