Sorry, just returned to the installer - also stopped with the same error code, using just 2 gb ram.
Best Regards, Martin Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Maurer > Sent: Donnerstag, 24. Juli 2008 11:44 > To: [email protected] > 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 for > a minute then: > > "Windows could not creat a partition on disk 0. The error occurred > while preparing the computer´s system volume. Error code: 0x8004245F." > > I also got installer problems if I just use scsi as boot disk (no high > 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 work! > > Best Regards, > > Martin Maurer > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Henrik Holst > > Sent: Mittwoch, 23. Juli 2008 23:09 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: scsi broken > 4GB RAM > > > > I do not know if this is a bug in qemu or the linux kernel sym53c8xx > > module (I haven't had the opportunity to test with anything other > than > > Linux at the moment) but if one starts an qemu instance with -m 4096 > > 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 size > > and if booting an ubuntu 8.04-amd64 with the secondary drive as scsi > > 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 scsi > > with 4GB or more of RAM and see if it works or not? If so it could be > > 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
