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[Lloyd Dewolf <lloydostack@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Joe Warren-Meeks <
joe.warren.meeks@xxxxxxxxx> 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?
>

We haven't had a customer ask for help with Windows 2012, but have had good
success with Windows 2008 created using KVM.
https://airframeaid.pistoncloud.com/entries/21838261-creating-windows-images

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