Windows Server 2008 R2 as guest in Hyper-V

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i can't get my guest to run at all. i was able to install and eveything, but after the reboot and updates. it just stop at the blinking dash. anyone encounter this problem before? anyone can help ?
 
I have never had any issues at all with installing Server 08 R2 as a guest. What resources are you giving that VM? How long have you waited at that screen? Could it be that its just a little slow to boot? Are you using the Hyper-V manager on the server itself, or remotely?
 
mm lets see 1 proc , 2048 ram, 30gb hdd. i waited pretty long. i went to shower and came back its still blinking and stuff. im running hyper-v off the manager list itself.
 
i tried installing windows 7 and xp and it works. except for server 2008 r2
 
That is adnormal then. I am just trying to take a stab in the dark here but I would shut down the VM if it will let you, if not just turn it off. Along with all other VMs. At this point, I would make sure no VMs are set to automatically turn on when the host OS starts. And then reboot the host OS. Once back in the OS and Hyper-V starts, I'd wait another min or so to make sure the host is completely booted, then try to start the Server 2008 R2 VM.
 
report back if you find the solution. I'm curious to know the issue
 
The question of which OS are you using to run the R2 VM is still unanswered. I know that the reason I upgraded my home boxes to server 2008 R2 was because my 2008 standard box wasn't able to run 2008R2 VMs reliably and I wanted to use 2008R2 for my DCs.
 
is it the screen that shows when there is no OS or boot media?
 
i dunno why, but i redownloaded the image from dreamspark website and it works.
 
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