From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tony Smolar Subject: Re: problem upgrading to kvm-33 Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:56:27 -0400 Message-ID: <46BFAC3B.1040705@verizon.net> References: <46BD2A91.6010106@verizon.net><200708122122.13947.amit.shah@qumranet.com> <46BF4139.3040100@verizon.net> <64F9B87B6B770947A9F8391472E032160D2413DB@ehost011-8.exch011.intermedia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Dor Laor Return-path: In-reply-to: <64F9B87B6B770947A9F8391472E032160D2413DB-yEcIvxbTEBqsx+V+t5oei8rau4O3wl8o3fe8/T/H7NteoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: kvm-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: kvm.vger.kernel.org Dor Laor wrote: >>Amit Shah wrote: >> >> >> >>>On Saturday 11 August 2007 08:48:41 Tony Smolar wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hi, I was currently using kvm-24, and I decided to try to upgrade to >>>>the latest. >>>> >>>>My guest is XP-SP2 Home full edition. When I tried to boot it >>>> >>>> >under > > >>>>kvm-33, I eventually got a blue screen and a IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL >>>> >>>> >>error. >> >> >>>>I removed 33, and installed kvm-26. I was able to boot the VM >>>>successfully with that. So I guess this problem was introduced >>>>somewhere between 27 and 33. Is there a way to tweak the guest to >>>> >>>> >>get >> >> >>>>around this problem? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Does passing -no-acpi to qemu help? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Hi, >> >>I forgot to mention that I tried that, it didn't make a difference. >> >> >> >So you must use the standard HAL? > >First can you please provide the cpu type, we had some problems on AMD. >Second, what's the host's OS? Is it 32/64 bit? kernel version. >Third, does -no-kvm works? > > It is an AMD X2 3800+ The host is Fedora core 5, 32-bit version. I upgraded the kernel to 2.6.20 -no-kvm does not work. >Some sanities just for making sure: >- Try running qemu with taskset -p 1 >- Add -L SOURCE_REPOSITROY_PATH_FOR_QEMU_PC-BIOS directory for making >sure you use the right bios.bin > > > I'll give these a shot and report back. Tony Smolar ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/