BSOD when installing CS:GO server files

[kaj]

I tried twice, keeps crashing halfway through the steamcmd "app_update 740 validate"

[Edge100x]

This is a known issue for Win2k8 R2 running the Xen GPLPV drivers. We have some posts about it here: http://www.nfoservers.com/forums/viewto ... =44&t=7311.

Continuing to download after the machine reboots will get you online, though it's a pain. In terms of workarounds, sometimes upgrading to a plan with more memory will work (this is especially true if you just have a single-core); switching to Windows 2003, regular Windows 2008 (non-R2), or any Linux version will also work.

I reported this to the author of the GPLPV drivers and provided specific reproduction steps. He acknowledged my concern but I have not heard anything back from him on a resolution yet.

[kaj]

Do I just keep using the command" app_update 740 validate until it is done?

[Edge100x]

Yes, that should work.

[TimSad]

Thankfully, once I got the CS:GO beta server fully installed, I hadn't run into this problem on the updates. Hopefully with each new update I'll have the same luck.

[kaj]

So the problem I have been having is that even though it will finish the install, it is missing files. Even when I keep validating it doesn't fix it (crashes, restart it, crashes, restart it). So I can't even get the CS:GO server up and running.

I tested it by installing the server files on my home computer and the directory sizes are very different.

Is there a place I can download the server files without using the update program? I would upload my files from my home computer, but that would take way too long.

[Edge100x]

Has it run completely through without a crash yet? That is when you should have all the files.

Is this a single-core VDS? If so, upgrading it might be an easy thing to try. Otherwise, switching to Win2k3/Win2k8 may be the quickest fix.

[kaj]

Has it run completely through without a crash yet? That is when you should have all the files.

Is this a single-core VDS? If so, upgrading it might be an easy thing to try. Otherwise, switching to Win2k3/Win2k8 may be the quickest fix.

No and I have a dual core. Keeps crashing during download. Either freezes the computer or BSOD. This is getting annoying, ran it at least 50x and still no luck. It just crashed again.

Switching means I have to re-install everything again.. rather not do that. Be awesome if I had another way to get the files on the VDS.