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

[Hetz Ben Hamo <hetzbh@gmail.com>]

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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