Hi,
I tried installing Windows XP in a fully-virtualized guest domain, using Fedora Core 6, but had no success. The installation would never proceed beyond the reboot halfway in the install process; sometimes even abort earlier. I tried this both with virt-manager, and with hand-crafted config files, fiddling with all possible variations of acpi and apic settings.
Using a successfully installed Windows domain appears to be no problem, though - even with both acpi and apic turned on. I managed to create a Windows XP domain with the free version of XenEnterprise without any problems. Is there anything special about the Xen implementation in this product? I ask, because it struck me when I tried to install Windows 2000 - which they say they don't support - all went fine, except that all dialog texts in the installation process were blacked out.. Using it is no option for me, because I want to use the machine both for various servers and as my desktop machine. (I also tried Debian Etch, but wasn't successful either...)
Does anyone have suggestions what I could do: - to be able to give a more meaningful report what goes wrong? - to create other Windows domains in the future?
The hardware I'm using: - AMD 64X2 5000+ - Asus M2N-SLI deluxe motherboard (nVidia nForce 5 chipset) I also upgraded the BIOS to the latest version, just to be sure. - 2 Gb RAM
Greetings, Daniel