RE: [Qemu-devel] Windows Server 2003 SP1 problems

["Andreas Bollhalder" <bolle@geodb.org>]

I have disabled the Windows NX-bit implementation which came with the
SP1 of Win2003. To do this, you have to alter the "boot.ini" entry to
load up Windows. Change "/NoExecute=xxxxx" into
"/NoExecute=AlwaysOff". Unfortunatly, it doesn't help.

I believe, the problem is only the following link (as posted):

http://ws03sp1.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/footer.aspx?ln=en-us

Without SP1, I can surf this link and it will displayed as it is fine.
Funny only, that Win2003 without SP1 complains about this site is not
a trusted one ;-)

When applied SP1, the small HTML code with JavaScript and CSS
genereated by the "footer.aspx" locksup Win2003.

I'm out of ideas. I think that Windows Server 2003 is currently not
fully supported by QEMU. Without SP1, I also can't install all windows
updates. I don't wonder, if M$ did a special thing, which conflict
with QEMU... they even could loose theyre Win3x source code.

Andreas


> -----Original Message-----
> From: qemu-devel-bounces+bolle=geodb.org@nongnu.org 
> [mailto:qemu-devel-bounces+bolle=geodb.org@nongnu.org] On 
> Behalf Of Hetz Ben Hamo
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 8:10 PM
> To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Windows Server 2003 SP1 problems
> 
> 
> Yup, same problem appears here. Just finished install anything and
> after launching windows update (after applying SP1), QEMU freezes
> (although you can still switch to the QEMU console etc)
> 
> Thanks,
> Hetz
> 
> 
> On 4/13/05, Info <info@geodb.org> wrote:
> > I tested it with 256 MB RAM for the guest (384 MB
> > /dev/shm). It's the same. IE shows the following URL's,
> > when the server get unresponsible:
> > 
> > URL:
> > 
> http://ws03sp1.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/default.aspx
> ?ln=en-us
> > 
> > Status Bar:
> > Opening page
> >
http://ws03sp1.update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/footer.aspx?ln...
> > 
> > Andreas
> > 
> > PS: We have a real server where the windows update works
> > fine for win2k3sp1.
> > 
> > On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:36:59 +0200
> >   "Info" <info@geodb.org> wrote:
> > >Hello Hetz
> > >
> > >Thank you for replaying. I assigned 192 MB RAM to the
> > >guest. It's not a lot, but after the basic install,
> > >Win2003 use 75 MB of RAM. The "/dev/shm" is reported to
> > >be 256 MB and I have to keep a little bit below.
> > >Otherwise, I'll have the well know bus error. Will try to
> > >change "/dev/shm" to 384 MB. Will need to find out how.
> > >
> > >Andreas
> > >
> > >On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 10:51:41 +0200
> > >  Hetz Ben Hamo <hetzbh@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>I'm testing it right now, and I'll report later..
> > >>
> > >>One thing though, with how much RAM did you try to use
> > >>QEMU? if you
> > >>have 512MB on your host (or more), could you retry QEMU
> > >>with -m 256?
> > >>
> > >>Thanks,
> > >>Hetz
> > >>
> > >>On 4/13/05, Info <info@geodb.org> wrote:
> > >>>Hello
> > >>>
> > >>>I have tested the installation of our Open Licensed
> > >>>Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition as a guest on a
> > >>>WinXP
> > >>>SP2 and Gentoo 2005.0 host. I used the CVS version of
> > >>>QEMU
> > >>>from 12.4.2005. KQEMU is from Fabrice web site. Here
> > >>>follows my experiences.
> > >>>
> > >>>QEMU    | Installation | Installation
> > >>>         | Windows 2003 | Service Pack 1
> > >>>--------+--------------+---------------
> > >>>SoftMMU | OK           | FAIL 1)
> > >>>KQEMU   | FAIL 2)      | OK/FAIL 3)
> > >>>
> > >>>1) During installation of the SP1 I get the error
> > >>>"RUNDLL:
> > >>>Error loading C:\WINDOWS\system32\syadm.cpl".
> > >>>
> > >>>2) During loading the Windows 2003 Setup, QEMU terminate
> > >>>with a segmentation fault.
> > >>>
> > >>>3) If I use the installation done with SoftMMU und
> > >>>install
> > >>>the SP1, I don't get the error from 1).
> > >>>
> > >>>But the big problem is:
> > >>>
> > >>>As soon as SP1 has been installed and I connect the
> > >>>Windows 2003 guest to the windows update server, it
> > >>>freezes, mouse and keyboard input stopped. If I wait
> > >>>long
> > >>>enough, Windows 2003 restarts it self, telling it has
> > >>>been
> > >>>recovered from a server failure. When freezed, the QEMU
> > >>>is
> > >>>using 100% CPU time from the host and under Linux host,
> > >>>I
> > >>>loose the keyboard output in the console (have to
> > >>>blindly
> > >>>exit and login again).
> > >>>
> > >>>Has anybody successfully installed Windows Server 2003
> > >>>with Service Pack 1 ?
> > >>>
> > >>>Any suggestion ?
> > >>>
> > >>>Andreas
> > >>>
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