[COLUG] Windows under XEN fails

[Brian Miller]

On Wednesday 01 August 2007 8:14:37 am Travis Sidelinger wrote:
> In trying to install Windows 2003 under it hands early during install.
>
> My steps:
>    * Installed CentOS5 x86_64 version on a HP DL385-G2 machine (1 dual
> core AMD64 processor, 2G RAM)
>    * yum update (completed), rebooted
>    * changed SELINUX to permissive, rebooted
>    * Created a XEN guest via virt-manager, started installing Windows
> 2003 sp1
>
> At this point Windows boots from the install cdrom and goes through
> driver detection.  The last message says its starting Microsft Windows.
>   This is after the F6 prompt and before the first options presented on
> screen.  It seems to hang at this point with the CPU maxed out.
>
> Am I missing something?  Shouldn't this work?
>
>
Most of the discussion I've seen with Windows on XEN has focused on Win XP.  
I've seen one write-up of getting Server 2003 working, at 
http://www.xensource.com/files/xen_install_windows.pdf

I haven't worked with it myself, so can't offer any personal experience.