Re: [Xen-users] Unmodified Linux. Installation hangs.

["Serge Dubrouski" <sergeyfd@xxxxxxxxx>]

Finally I was able to start unmodified CentoOS under XEN 3.0.2. The
trick is to not use SMP kernel in DomU.

On 5/25/06, Serge Dubrouski <sergeyfd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, My Dell 830 has Pentium D with VT enabled in the BIOS. Installing
> windows was easy:
>
> 1. Create an empty image file with dd.
> 2. Use /etc/xen/xmexample.hvm as an example config file.
> 3. Install Windows into DomU form CDROM.
>
> As for my troubles with Linux. Paravirtualized Linux works all right.
> I have a bunch of different flavors of Linux running in that mode:
> Mandrake, CentOS, Fedora, etc... But I have constant problems with
> unmodified Linux, i.e. Linux with the native distro kernel, not Xen
> kernel. Now somehow I managed to install Centos (I had to shut down my
> WinXP domains for that), but it hangs on boot up process just after
> uncompressing kernel. xm dmesg shows:
>
> (XEN) (GUEST: 29) *** int 15h function AX=E980, BX=E6F5 not yet supported!
> (XEN) (GUEST: 29) int13_harddisk: function 02, unmapped device for ELDL=81
> (XEN) (GUEST: 29) int13_harddisk: function 41, unmapped device for ELDL=81
>
> It's really funny to be able to run Windows under Linux/XEN but not
> able to run Linux under Linux/XEN.
>
> On 5/25/06, Demetri Mouratis <dmourati.xen.users@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Would you mind explaining how you got the Windows XP domU working?
> > I'm on the Dell 830 and was under the impression that it did not
> > provide VT meaning you could not install an unmodified guest OS.  I
> > suppose this is because I purchased my 830 before the Pentium D
> > options was available and I'm running Pentium 4.
> >
> > I'm also having trouble installing CentOS 4.3 as a domU, but on a Dell
> > 1850 server running FC5 /xen as the dom0.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
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