[SOLVED] Windows Server 2003 R2 bluescreen at boot

[gbr]

Hi,

I just moved a Windows 2003 R2 Server from Citrix XenServer to Proxmox KVM. I first uninstalled the XenServer tools, than installed the mergeide.reg package. Using Clonezilla to copy the drives to KVM.

When I boot, I believe I'm getting the '0x7B' error, but the bluescreen flashes by so fast, I can't be sure. I've successfully done Windows XP and Windows 7 VM's, but this one has me stumped.

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

Gerald

 

[Dragoon]

Re: Windows Server 2003 R2 bluescreen at boot

post your vm conf. Also did you remove all the ghost hardware & drivers from windows?

 

[gbr]

Re: Windows Server 2003 R2 bluescreen at boot

vm.conf

boot: dcn
bootdisk: sata0
cores: 1
ide0: local:107/vm-107-disk-1.raw,format=raw,size=20G
ide1: ISCSI_PROMISE:vm-107-disk-2,size=40G
ide2: ISCSI_PROMISE:vm-107-disk-3,size=80G
ide3: local2:iso/clonezilla-live-20130819-raring-i386.iso,media=cdrom,size=134M
memory: 3072
name: PLM-DevSQL-Server
net0: rtl8139=12:64:08:89F:E3,bridge=vmbr0
ostype: wxp
sockets: 1


pveversion

proxmox-ve-2.6.32: 3.1-114 (running kernel: 2.6.32-26-pve)
pve-manager: 3.1-21 (running version: 3.1-21/93bf03d4)
pve-kernel-2.6.32-26-pve: 2.6.32-114
pve-kernel-2.6.32-23-pve: 2.6.32-109
lvm2: 2.02.98-pve4
clvm: 2.02.98-pve4
corosync-pve: 1.4.5-1
openais-pve: 1.1.4-3
libqb0: 0.11.1-2
redhat-cluster-pve: 3.2.0-2
resource-agents-pve: 3.9.2-4
fence-agents-pve: 4.0.0-2
pve-cluster: 3.0-8
qemu-server: 3.1-8
pve-firmware: 1.0-23
libpve-common-perl: 3.0-8
libpve-access-control: 3.0-7
libpve-storage-perl: 3.0-17
pve-libspice-server1: 0.12.4-2
vncterm: 1.1-4
vzctl: 4.0-1pve4
vzprocps: 2.0.11-2
vzquota: 3.1-2
pve-qemu-kvm: 1.4-17
ksm-control-daemon: 1.1-1
glusterfs-client: 3.4.1-1



I'm not sure what you mean by 'ghost' drivers. I removed the XenServer tools/drivers.

Gerald

 

[Dragoon]

Re: Windows Server 2003 R2 bluescreen at boot

Please see this article explaining how to remove ghost devices. kb Article

 

[gbr]

Re: Windows Server 2003 R2 bluescreen at boot

That looks like something to do AFTER the VM is booting. I can't boot yet. Did I misunderstand something?

Gerald

 

[Dragoon]

Re: Windows Server 2003 R2 bluescreen at boot

Correct you do these steps after the conversion, Can you boot in a safe mode to do those steps? Do you have ACPI support enabled?

 

[gbr]

Re: Windows Server 2003 R2 bluescreen at boot

Nope, can't even get into safe mode. I do keep the bluescreen around now, instead of resetting. Definately a 0x0000007B.

Gerald

 

[gbr]

Re: Windows Server 2003 R2 bluescreen at boot

Sorry for not answering the second part. I do have ACPI enabled. Disabling it caused the system to stick at the text progress bar, just before the Windows logo pops up.

Gerald

 

[Dragoon]

Re: Windows Server 2003 R2 bluescreen at boot

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324103 The boot device is missing.

ide0: local:107/vm-107-disk-1.raw,format=raw,size=20G
ide1: ISCSI_PROMISE:vm-107-disk-2,size=40G
ide2: ISCSI_PROMISE:vm-107-disk-3,size=80G

your main drive is ide0 remove all the others and try switching the disk type you are attempting to use and boot from as i see
you have this set but your disk is ide0

bootdisk: sata0

 

[gbr]

Re: Windows Server 2003 R2 bluescreen at boot

I remove ide1 and ide2 and tried a boot: same issue
I switched ide0 to ide1: same issue
I switched ide0 to sata0: same issue
I switched ide0 to scsi0: same issue
I switched ide0 to virtio0: same issue


Gerald

 

[Dragoon]

Re: Windows Server 2003 R2 bluescreen at boot

try loading the install media for the os and fixing the boot for windows its missing the drivers or the boot is corrupted.

 

[gbr]

Re: Windows Server 2003 R2 bluescreen at boot

I just tried with a separate 2003 R2 server:

1. Remove the XenServer drivers
2. Reboot
3. move atapi.sys, intelide.sys, pciide.sys pciidex.sys from drivers.cab (and sp2.cab)
4. run mergeide.reg
5. reboot into clonezila
6. clonezilla the boot drive
7. create a KVM VM with same disk size
8. clonezilla image onto KVM disk
9. boot into windows
10 0x0000007B

Damn. If I can't get this to move, we'll be dumping Proxmox, and I'd prefer not to do that.

Would a support ticket be able to help me out on this?

Gerald

 

[gbr]

Re: Windows Server 2003 R2 bluescreen at boot

Boot the install CD to a recovery console, and I get:

The path or file specified is not valid.

I've made multiple attempts at this with CLonezilla, moved Windows XP and Windows 7 with the same Clonezilla. It just seems to be the Windows Server 2003 R2 that I'm having issues with, and I need to move three of them from XenServer to Proxmox.

Gerald

 

[gbr]

Re: Windows Server 2003 R2 bluescreen at boot

My boot drive is a 'Dynamic Volume'. Is that causing me grief?

Gerald

 

[gbr]

Re: Windows Server 2003 R2 bluescreen at boot

I solved the issue. My WIndows 2003 R2 boot disk was a dynamic disk. Changing it back to a basic disk and then using Clonezilla again fixed my boot for me.

For changeing Dyanic to Basic disk, I used testdisk http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/

How do I mark this thread solved?

 

[Dragoon]

Re: Windows Server 2003 R2 bluescreen at boot

Glad you found the issue.

 

[m.ardito]

Re: Windows Server 2003 R2 bluescreen at boot

How do I mark this thread solved?

edit your first post ("go advanced") and add something like [solved] to the title...

Marco