Xen windows HVM not able to run

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#1 Wed, 2014-03-26 02:30
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I am attempting to move debian Xen 4.0 installation to Alpine 2.7.5
hardware : HP DL165-G5 / 2x Opteron 22xxx / 32GB Ram

I have installed the system and go Xen up and running.
Modified the PV xm files to use xl and got them up and running.
Modified the first HVM xm file (WinXP Pro) but it is not running. (Black VNC screen )
So I attempted a new installation just to see if something was up and found that it boots to the CD the I get a message:

"Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration"

And it hangs at that point. CPU utilization is at 100%

As a side note I attempted to "cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep svm" and it failed to find anything.
However "xl dmesg" does..?
I assume it is a "kernel thing" since the debian OS before it displayed it. What I don't know is if it is important :)
I just wanted to air my concerns just in case..

Here is the latest configuration I have tried.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

-------------- Start irrview.cfg ------------------
builder="hvm"
#bootloader="pygrub"
name = "irrigctrlview"
memory = 1024
vcpus = 1
#pae = 1
acpi = 1
#apic = 1
vif = [ 'ip=192.168.8.38, mac=00:16:3E:1C:83:81, bridge=br0']
disk = [
'phy:/dev/etherd/e400.18,xvda,w',
'phy:/dev/etherd/e300.1,xvdc:cdrom,r'
]

boot="dc"
usbdevice="tablet"


######################## This does not work #
#sdl=0
#vnc=1
vnclisten='0.0.0.0'
vncdisplay=12
#vncpasswd=''
####################### This does not work #

#### This gets us the "vnc=1"

#vfb=["vnc=1,vnclisten=0.0.0.0,vncdisplay=12,vncpasswd='',sdl=0"]
vfb=["vnc=1"]

# We need (Outside of vfb directive)
# 1) vnclisten='0.0.0.0'
# 2) vncdisplay=12

# We need (Inside the vfb directive)
# 1) vnc=1
xen_platform_pci = 1

Wed, 2014-03-26 21:29
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Progress:
- The Xen logging seems to be pretty minimal. I will do some research on how to turn it up and see what comes from there.
- Also seeing how well it does on local media rather than using ATA over Eth. Not sure if this is futile since the PV systems worked just fine...

Thu, 2014-03-27 00:03 (Reply to #2)
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Okay, I moved the ISO to the local system and created a 2GB local disk image for it to use.
This did not make a difference.

I then changed the disk name labels to use different names (xvda -> hda -> sda)
.. Nothing

I then changed the disk type label from "phy" to "tap:aio" on the local disk image (Not ISO)
.. Still Nothing.

Here is what I have now..

disk = [
#'phy:/dev/etherd/e400.18,xvda,w',
#'phy:/run/testimage.img,hda,w',
'tap:aio:/run/testimage.img,hda,rw',
#'phy:/dev/etherd/e300.1,xvdc:cdrom,r'
'phy:/media/usb/history/WinXPpro.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'
]

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