From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dor Laor Subject: Re: scsi broken > 4GB RAM Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:07:21 +0300 Message-ID: <48890B29.7060704@qumranet.com> References: <4e9085270807231408u2811b20fh6434d79d4a906530@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org To: Martin Maurer Return-path: Received: from il.qumranet.com ([212.179.150.194]:43511 "EHLO il.qumranet.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755274AbYGXXI6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:08:58 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Martin Maurer wrote: > Using IDE boot disk, no problem. Win2008 (64bit) works without any pr= oblems - 6 gb ram in the guest. > > After successful booting IDE, I added a second disk using SCSI: windo= ws see the disk but cannot initialize the disk. > > So SCSI looks quite unusable if you run windows guest (win2003 sp2 al= so stops during install), or should we load any SCSI driver during setu= p? Win2008 uses LSI Logic 8953U PCI SCSI Adapter, 53C895A Device (LSI L= ogic Driver 4.16.6.0, signed) > > Any other expierences running SCSI on windows? > > =20 You're right, its broken right now :( At least ide is stable. > Best Regards, > > Martin > > =20 >> -----Original Message----- >> From: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org] O= n >> Behalf Of Martin Maurer >> Sent: Donnerstag, 24. Juli 2008 11:46 >> To: kvm@vger.kernel.org >> Subject: RE: scsi broken > 4GB RAM >> >> Sorry, just returned to the installer - also stopped with the same >> error code, using just 2 gb ram. >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Martin Maurer >> >> martin@proxmox.com >> http://www.proxmox.com >> >> ____________________________________________________________________ >> Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH >> Kohlgasse 51/10, 1050 Vienna, Austria >> Phone: +43 1 545 4497 11 Fax: +43 1 545 4497 22 >> Commercial register no.: FN 258879 f >> Registration office: Handelsgericht Wien >> >> >> =20 >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Martin Maurer >>> Sent: Donnerstag, 24. Juli 2008 11:44 >>> To: kvm@vger.kernel.org >>> Subject: RE: scsi broken > 4GB RAM >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I tried windows server 2008 (64 bit) on Proxmox VE 0.9beta2 (KVM 71= ), >>> see http://pve.proxmox.com): >>> >>> Some details: >>> --memory 6144 --cdrom >>> en_windows_server_2008_datacenter_enterprise_standard_x64_dvd_X14- >>> 26714.iso --name win2008-6gb-scsi --smp 1 --bootdisk scsi0 --scsi0 = 80 >>> >>> The installer shows 80 GB harddisk but freezes after clicking next >>> =20 >> for >> =20 >>> a minute then: >>> >>> "Windows could not creat a partition on disk 0. The error occurred >>> while preparing the computer=B4s system volume. Error code: >>> =20 >> 0x8004245F." >> =20 >>> I also got installer problems if I just use scsi as boot disk (no >>> =20 >> high >> =20 >>> memory) on several windows versions, including win2003 and xp. So I >>> decided to use IDE, works without any issue on windows. >>> >>> But: I reduced the memory to 2048 and the installer continues to >>> =20 >> work! >> =20 >>> Best Regards, >>> >>> Martin Maurer >>> >>> martin@proxmox.com >>> http://www.proxmox.com >>> >>> ___________________________________________________________________= _ >>> Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH >>> Kohlgasse 51/10, 1050 Vienna, Austria >>> Phone: +43 1 545 4497 11 Fax: +43 1 545 4497 22 >>> Commercial register no.: FN 258879 f >>> Registration office: Handelsgericht Wien >>> >>> >>> =20 >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org] >>>> =20 >> On >> =20 >>>> Behalf Of Henrik Holst >>>> Sent: Mittwoch, 23. Juli 2008 23:09 >>>> To: kvm@vger.kernel.org >>>> Subject: scsi broken > 4GB RAM >>>> >>>> I do not know if this is a bug in qemu or the linux kernel >>>> =20 >> sym53c8xx >> =20 >>>> module (I haven't had the opportunity to test with anything other >>>> =20 >>> than >>> =20 >>>> Linux at the moment) but if one starts an qemu instance with -m >>>> =20 >> 4096 >> =20 >>>> and larger the scsi emulated disk fails in the Linux guest. >>>> >>>> If booting any install cd the /dev/sda is seen as only 512B in siz= e >>>> and if booting an ubuntu 8.04-amd64 with the secondary drive as >>>> =20 >> scsi >> =20 >>>> it is seen with the correct size but one cannot read not write the >>>> partition table. >>>> >>>> Is there anyone out there that could test say a Windows image on >>>> =20 >> scsi >> =20 >>>> with 4GB or more of RAM and see if it works or not? If so it could >>>> =20 >> be >> =20 >>>> the linux driver that is faulty. >>>> >>>> /Henrik Holst >>>> -- >>>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in >>>> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >>>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>>> =20 >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> =20 > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > =20