> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Klaus Schmidinger
> Sent: 23 January 2007 12:14
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-users] Problem running unmodified SUSE Linux
> guest on XEN/VT
>
> I have a PC with an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2,40GHz F1066 CPU
> that runs openSUSE 10.2. The VT feature in the BIOS is enabled.
> The XEN version is 3.0.3_11774.
>
> uname -a:
> Linux tiger 2.6.18.2-34-xen #1 SMP Mon Nov 27 11:46:27 UTC
> 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> On this machine I'd like to run SUSE Linux 8.2 and 10.2 as virtual
> machines. In an attempt to install a first virtual Linux machine
> I did the following:
>
> - create an empty disk image file:
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=disk2.img count=2048 bs=1M
>
> - create a xen configuration file (named test3):
>
> import os, re
> arch = os.uname()[4]
> if re.search('64', arch):
> arch_libdir = 'lib64'
> else:
> arch_libdir = 'lib'
> kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
> builder='hvm'
> memory = 512
> shadow_memory = 8
> name = "test3"
> vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:00:00:11, bridge=xenbr0' ]
> disk = [ 'file:/Mirror/xen/disk2.img,ioemu:hda,w',
> 'phy:/dev/dvd,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
> boot = 'd'
> device_model = '/usr/' + arch_libdir + '/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
> sdl=0
> vnc=1
> vnclisten="192.168.1.5"
> vncviewer=0
> stdvga=0
> serial='pty'
> on_crash='preserve'
>
> - insert the SUSE installation DVD into the DVD drive
>
> - create a VM:
>
> xm create test3
>
>
> The VM comes up and I can connect to its console with vncviewer.
> However, the various versions of SUSE Linux behave in different ways,
> none of them working correctly:
>
> * SUSE 8.2:
>
> The initial installation menu comes up and offers "Boot
> from Harddisk",
> "Installation" etc. If I select "Installation" a popup says
> "Starting..."
> and "Loading Linux kernel" and the progress bar moves up
> until it reaches
> 100%. Then the VNC screen gets blank and the VM crashes.
> The same happens
> with other options like "Rescue system".
>
> * SUSE 10.2:
>
> I get some initial BIOS boot messages, like
>
>
> Plex86/Bochs VGABios current-cvs 28 Nov 2006
> ...
> HVMAssist BIOS, 1 cpu, ...
> ata0 master: QUEMU HARDDISK ATA-7 Hard-Disk (2048 MBytes)
> ...
> ata1 master: QUEMU CD-ROM ATAPI-4 CD-Rom/DVD-Rom
> ...
> Booting from CD-Rom...
>
> ISOLINUX 3.31 0x45688c0e Copyright (C) 1994-2005 H. Peter Anvin
> Loading...
>
>
> and nothing further happens. "xm list" gives me
>
> Name ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State Time(s)
> Domain-0 0 2432 2 r----- 1010.0
> eagle2 79 512 1 r----- 247.7
>
>
>
> Since my server has a VT capable CPU, I would expect to be able to
> install and run any OS, without having to modify it.
> Am I doing something wrong here?
>
> Klaus
I don't know for sure, but I would try to install in text-mode only. It
may not help, but it certainly won't hurt.
--
Mats
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