On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 04:02:59PM +0100, Abri Nation wrote:
Hi @all,
i have problems with installing a virtual Windows 2003 on my FC6 with XEN. the installation freeze during the windows setup in the section of device installation . i selected (F5) APCI-Multi-Processor cause i want to use 2 cpus in the Windows VM. i think thats one of the problems, cause if install Widnows as a "Standard PC" there is no problem during the installation - but there it is not possible to use 2 cpus.
The system i use: 2 Quadcore Xeon and FC6
Do anyone got the same problems? What can i do for using Windows 2003 Server with more than 1 cpu?
The support for SMP in fullvirtualized guests in Xen 3.0.3 is flaky at best, downright broken at worst. So don't expect >1 VCPU to work at all reliably, if at all. Xen 3.0.4 (which is in Fedora 7) has improved SMP for HVM guests a great deal so your really best sticking with a single VCPU in Windows 2k3 until you can update to Fedora 7.
Regards, Dan.