Re: [Xen-users] ubuntu64, xen-unstable (hg cloned today) and freebsd 7.0 i386

[Zakk <zakk@xxxxxxxxx>]

You need to compile xen with 'vmxassist=n'


On Mar 11, 2008, at 11:49 AM, Davide D'Amico wrote:

> Hi,
> I am using the configuration as in the subject and I'm unable to start
> a FreeBSD 7 i386 iso image.
> I have to use FreeBSD because of its jail construct (yes, I could  
> use OpenVZ, but this is another story).
> Here the details.
> Server:
>  DELL Poweredge 2900 2 Quad Core Intel Xeon
> root@dom-mgmt:/etc/xen# cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep flag | head -1
> flags		: fpu de tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr mca cmov pat pse36  
> clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall nx lm  
> constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
> Distribution:
>  Ubuntu-server amd64 updated (I installed also gawk, bcc, libc-i386- 
> dev and build-essential).
> Software:
>  Xen 3.2 unstable (cloned from repository this morning)
>
> Installation:
>  make world
>  make install
>
> domU template:
> root@dom-mgmt:/etc/xen# more dom0.televas.it
> kernel          = '/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader'
> device_model    = '/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
> builder         = 'hvm'
>
> # VM/domain name
> name            = 'fbsd'
>
> # Memory and CPU settings
> vcpus           = '2'
> memory          = '1024'
> serial          = 'pty'
>
> # Disk settings
> disk            = [ 'file:/home/dave/disk.img,hda,w','file:/home/ 
> dave/7.0-RELEAS
> E-i386-disc1.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
> boot            = 'd'
>
> # Graphics settings
> sdl             = '0'
> vnc             = '1'
> vncviewer       = '1'
> nographics      = '1'
>
> # Other settings
> apic            = '1'
> acpi            = '1'
> localtime       = '1'
>
> # Start/stop settings
> on_poweroff     = 'destroy'
> on_reboot       = 'destroy'
> on_crash        = 'destroy'
>
> Xen config file is the default, with vnc listening on all interfaces.
>
> FreeBSD 7 RELEASE halts on "Relocating the loader and the BTX"
>
> I tried everything I can, including:
> - Debian Lenny and Xen 3.2.0 from repository;
> - Ubuntu 64 and Xen 3.1.0 from repository;
> - Fedora 8 amd64 and Xen 3.2.0 from xen website
> And I had always the same behaviour.
>
>
> Any news/ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> dave
>
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