Windows 2008 R2 virtio storage installation og Windows server reactivation problem

[Halgeir]

Hi!

Have upgraded to 1.5 and are now running the 2.6.24 kernel.
The problem is that Windows 2008 R2 installation don't see the virtio partition even when I load the virtio drivers.

Found a solution to the problem. That was to downgrade the kernel to 2.6.18. That fixed the problem but now all the other Windows servers want to reactivate for hardware changes.

The questions are:
a) Must I reactive the Windows servers every time I change kernel version?
b) Are there another solution to the Windows 2008 R2 install problem above which don't trigger Windows reactivation on the other Windows servers?

-|algeir

 

[/dev/null]

Re: Windows 2008 R2 virtio storage installation og Windows server reactivation proble

a) Must I reactive the Windows servers every time I change kernel version?

If something of your virtual-hardware changes for example the cpu serial or if you added another virtual cpu you have to reactivate the windows server-versions if they're not a VLK-version.

In your case the kernel-change probably caused the change of virtual hardware and therefore the reactivation-request of your servers.

 

[BiagioParuolo]

Re: Windows 2008 R2 virtio storage installation og Windows server reactivation proble

Is win2k8 64 bit?

 

[Tipika]

Re: Windows 2008 R2 virtio storage installation og Windows server reactivation proble

windows 2008 r2 is only 64 bit

edit: i forgot to answer
I have the same problem on kernel 2.6.24, and by reading here it looks it's a kvm bug http://www.mail-archive.com/kvm@vger.kernel.org/msg23718.html