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EElleni replied to the thread WinXP conversion from esx to pve refuses to boot.Thanks again - tried with options you have provided, which were missing, and besides the line args: -acpitable which didnt let me start the vm and proxmox said: kvm: -acpitable: requires an argument TASK ERROR: start failed: QEMU exited with...
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EElleni replied to the thread WinXP conversion from esx to pve refuses to boot.done - although as written above from win7 onwards I had not problems at all to port windows vms to proxmox. Those last two winxp I have to make available still giving me some headache but I ll try and report back.
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EElleni reacted to _gabriel's post in the thread WinXP conversion from esx to pve refuses to boot with
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Title should be edited, as problem is about Windows "conversion", which is a problem since Windows exists, even before virtualization. Windows "conversion" is always a "YMMV", because it doesn't like swapping motherboard/cpu and mainly disk... -
EElleni reacted to alexskysilk's post in the thread WinXP conversion from esx to pve refuses to boot with Like.
If memory serves, Windows XP allows a repair install. just boot the windows xp iso (sata/ide host bus for the existing virtual disk) and reinstall. Its also possible to use universal recovery from Acronis to reset an install using new hardware.
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EElleni replied to the thread WinXP conversion from esx to pve refuses to boot.Thanks for providing those informations. Will try to adapt and report back
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EElleni reacted to bbgeek17's post in the thread WinXP conversion from esx to pve refuses to boot with Like.
Digging deep in the memory archives, when/if you have the ISO, you may be able to do a recovery (safe?) boot to see if the disk/installation is visible. You may still need to provide proper drivers/controllers. You may then be able to "repair"...
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EElleni reacted to donhwyo's post in the thread WinXP conversion from esx to pve refuses to boot with Like.
I know this may be meaning less but here is the config of an xp vm that boots. I have not started it for a long time. Something has changed because it is not activated anymore. But it does boot and get to the login screen. For what it may show...
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EElleni reacted to Blonov's post in the thread WinXP conversion from esx to pve refuses to boot with Like.
This is the one I use for my XP VM, 0.1.132. Phil
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EElleni replied to the thread WinXP conversion from esx to pve refuses to boot.Thanks will organize a winxp iso and try although a colleague of mine already tested booting in a winxp iso and fixmbr or install over but apparently didnt help. Will report back when I find time to try myself. Thanks
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EElleni reacted to bbgeek17's post in the thread WinXP conversion from esx to pve refuses to boot with Like.
Hi @Elleni , PVE is based on the QEMU/KVM virtualization stack. While the Proxmox team makes some enhancements, the fundamentals of QEMU virtualization are universal. Just as ESXi uses VMware Tools for guest integration, QEMU uses VirtIO...
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EElleni replied to the thread WinXP conversion from esx to pve refuses to boot.Hi bbgeek17 and thanks for you taking the time to reply. You are right, I didnt mention it as my procedure for migrating all those other vms was to first boot with sata or ide attached disk and only then on the proxmox host started vm add a...
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EElleni posted the thread WinXP conversion from esx to pve refuses to boot in Proxmox VE: Installation and configuration.We are in the process of replacing our esxi Servers with ProxMox, and I have converted dozens of linux and Windows VMs. When it comes to Windows everything works fine from win7 onwards, but we have two winXP guests, that need to be around for...