Re: [Xen-users] [SOLVED] solaris domU on ubuntu dom0

[Anatol Ulrich <niemand@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Steve,
> Also, have you looked at this:
> http://wiki.tardis.ed.ac.uk/index.php/OpenSolaris_Xen_domU
awesome, just what I needed. Works like a charm now!


-Anatol



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anatol Ulrich [mailto:niemand@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 11:06 AM
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-users] solaris domU on ubuntu dom0
>
> Hello,
>
> my dom0 is ubuntu feisty (32bit).
> I want to create a domU to install solaris from the "Solaris Xen Update
> OpenSolaris Drop (July 2007)" iso dvd image (available at
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/xen/downloads-0707/ ) However, when
> I try to create a config according to
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/xen/docs/install-solaris-domu-iso.ht
> m
> , this happens:
>
> # xm create solaris-install.cfg
> Using config file "solaris-install.cfg".
> Error: No kernel specified
>
>
> Obviously I'm missing a kernel = ... line, however I wasn't able to find out
> what exactly to put there.
> I tried mounting the iso image, copying mnt/boot/platform/i86xpv/kernel/unix
> to my dom0's FS and boot the domU with that kernel, this however leads to
>
> [2007-08-24 16:40:35 xend 4390] INFO (XendDomain:370) Domain solaris-install
> (5) unpaused.
> [2007-08-24 16:40:35 xend.XendDomainInfo 4390] WARNING
> (XendDomainInfo:880) Domain has crashed: name=solaris-install id=5.
>
>
> my domU config is:
> name = "solaris-install"
> memory = "1024"
> disk = [ 'file:/home/ace/images/solaris-xen-2007-07-dvd.iso,6:cdrom,r',
> 'file:/var/local/xen/domains/susi/boot.img,0,w',
> 'file:/var/local/xen/domains/susi/disk.img,1,w' ] vif = [
> 'mac=00:00:00:31:37:02' ] # kernel from mounted iso #kernel = '/tmp/unix'
> on_shutdown = 'destroy'
> on_reboot = 'destroy'
> on_crash = 'destroy'
>
>
>
> How can I make things work?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Anatol
>
>
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