[Openstack] Windows 2012 Server

Joe Warren-Meeks joe.warren.meeks at gmail.com
Thu Dec 20 10:58:44 UTC 2012


I don't think it is that, as I can see it booting and the splash screen,
but then the screen is just blank.

Thanks for the pointer

 -- joe.


On 18 December 2012 19:39, Vishvananda Ishaya <vishvananda at gmail.com> wrote:

> A number of things could be going wrong, but I did notice this bug
> recently:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1086352
>
> I think this only affects installs on old versions of xp. Perhaps there is
> some incompatibility between the virtio drivers and windows server 2012?
>
> Vish
>
> On Dec 18, 2012, at 10:41 AM, Joe Warren-Meeks <joe.warren.meeks at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I've created a windows 2012 image and uploaded it ok. Pretty much
> following this example:
>
>
> http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-compute/admin/content/creating-a-windows-image.html
>
> When I go to launch an instance, it works ok and nova list and nova show
> look healthy.
>
> If I VNC to it as soon as it starts to boot, I get to see the BIOS and
> then the new Windows logo, but then the screen goes black and nothing seems
> to happen. Sending ctrl-alt-del elicits no response and it doesn't look
> like the network has DHCP'ed either.
>
> Has anyone else seen this and if so, any idea what I can do to fix it?
>
> Kind regards
>
>  -- joe.
>
>
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