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Description of problem: After installing the para-virtualized driver on a Windows 2008 Enterprise fully virtualized VM, the VM no longer boots up. The hard drive seems to be found; however, it seems to be corrupt or missing boot files. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4 Linux 2.6.18-162.el5xen #1 SMP Tue Aug 4 16:32:26 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install RHEL 5.4 RC2 2.Install Windows 2008 Enterprise as a fully virtualized guest OS 3.Install PV drivers and reboot VM Twice. Actual results: Virtual machine does not boot up. Expected results: Virtual machine should come up. Additional info: More descriptive Steps in attachments.
Created attachment 358789 [details] More descriptive steps to reproduce bug
This looks like a duplicate of bug 518599, in particular because of the 100% reproducibility and the need to reboot twice. Are you booting from a "phy" device?
Yes, here is my configuration file: name = "vm161-win2k8-fully" uuid = "d67e647b-7ad9-e26c-e506-b9f3c5ad2822" maxmem = 2000 memory = 2000 vcpus = 4 builder = "hvm" kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" boot = "c" pae = 1 acpi = 1 apic = 1 localtime = 1 on_poweroff = "destroy" on_reboot = "restart" on_crash = "restart" device_model = "/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm" usb = 1 usbdevice = "tablet" sdl = 0 vnc = 1 vncunused = 1 keymap = "en-us" disk = [ "phy:/dev/msa2324fc-2/vm161-win2k8-fully,hda,w",",hdc:cdrom,r" ] vif = [ "mac=00:16:36:02:cb:4b,bridge=xenbr3,script=vif-bridge" ] parallel = "none" serial = "pty" This VM is booting from a drive over a FC transport. Also, are there additional PV drivers in the supplemental CD? If so are those drivers recommended?
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 518599 ***