1) I need to edit ~/.vnc/xstartup so that it will launch a GUI
interface instead of a text console. During installation, I was able to copy
.Xclients to xstartup but after installation, .Xclients do not exist anymore
under my personal account. I have configured vncserver before in Linux and I
was able to port the GNOME desktop to my remote vnc client.
****************************************************************************
1) It's easy to to grab content of .Xclients just simulating new install and
save content of .Xclients via any editor. Done just now :-
20. Spanish
21. Swedish
To select desktop language, enter a number [default is 6]:
User selected: English
Configuring devices.
Mounting cdroms
Reading ZFS config: done.
opensolaris console login: jack
Password:
Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.11 snv_111b November 2008
jack@opensolaris:~$ cat .Xclients
#!/bin/ksh
#
# CDDL HEADER
START
#
# For automatic login, we just invoke the default Gnome desktop
exec /usr/bin/dtstart jds
jack@opensolaris:~$ Jul 27 06:03:51 opensolaris in.routed[759]: route 0.0.0.0/8 --> 0.0.0.0 nexthop is not directly connected
jack@opensolaris:~$ pfexec ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL> mtu 8232 index 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
xnf0: flags=1004843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
inet 192.168.1.39 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
ether 0:16:3e:60:19:a
lo0: flags=2002000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv6,VIRTUAL> mtu 8252 index 1
inet6 ::1/128
xnf0: flags=2004841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,DHCP,IPv6> mtu 1500 index
2
inet6 fe80::216:3eff:fe60:190a/10
ether 0:16:3e:60:19:a
NO PROBLEMS WITH OBTAIN IP VIA DHCPDISCOVER,DHCPACK, ....,DHCPOFFER
****************************************************************************
2) VNC Setup at OSOL DomU as suggested by SUN
cat /etc/X11/gdm/custom.conf
# GDM Custom Configuration file.
# overrides: /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf
[daemon]
RemoteGreeter=/usr/lib/gdmgreeter
[security]
DisallowTCP=false
# AllowRoot=true
# AllowRemoteRoot=true
[xdmcp]
Enable=true
[gui]
[greeter]
[chooser]
[debug]
[servers]
Services restart:-
svcadm disable xvnc-inetd gdm
svcadm enable xvnc-inetd gdm
***************************************************************
2) I could not hard code IP address (static definition, not dhcp) and
network settings inside OpenSolaris like what I usually do in Linux. It
seems that configuring /etc/hostname.xnf0 did not help. My VM's actual
hostname is "opensolaris", so do I change that to /etc/opensolaris.xnf0?
After OpenSolaris PV guest boots up, I had to manually configure the IP
address, netmask and default route.
***************************************************************************
Switching OSOL DomU to static IP via SMF ( per Jurgen Keil same as per Sun :) ) :-
View http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=104509&tstart=75
To switch OSOL DomU run with static IP at runtime:-
pfexec svcadm disable network/physical:nwam && \
pfexec svcadm enable network/physical:default
pfexec ifconfig xnf0 down
pfexec ifconfig xnf0 192.168.1.45 netmask 255.255.255.0 mtu 1492
pfexec ifconfig xnf0 up
pfexec route add default 192.168.1.45
To make the settings permanent you also need:
echo 192.168.1.45 netmask 255.255.255.0 mtu 1492 > /etc/hostname.xnf0
rm /etc/dhcp.xnf0
echo 192.168.1.102 > /etc/defaultrouter
******************************************************************************
Boris.
--- On
Mon, 7/27/09, Teo En Ming <enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Teo En Ming <enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Unable to Configure Xen Dom 0 in Jeremy's PVOPS Kernel
To: "Teo En Ming" <enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, July 27, 2009, 7:25 AM
Dear All,
I am now able to run OpenSolaris 2009.06 32-bit paravirtualized on Xen
3.4.1-rc8 Dom 0 Kernel 2.6.30-rc6 on OpenSUSE 11.1 32-bit.
However, there are still some outstanding configuration issues as I am
not very familiar with Solaris UNIX. I am more of a Linux guy.
1) I need to edit ~/.vnc/xstartup so that it will launch a GUI
interface instead of a text console. During installation, I was able to copy
.Xclients to xstartup but after installation, .Xclients do not exist anymore
under my personal account. I have configured vncserver before in Linux and I
was able to port the GNOME desktop to my remote vnc client.
2) I could not hard code IP address (static definition, not dhcp) and
network settings inside OpenSolaris like what I usually do in Linux. It
seems that configuring /etc/hostname.xnf0 did not help. My VM's actual
hostname is "opensolaris", so do I change that to /etc/opensolaris.xnf0?
After OpenSolaris PV guest boots up, I had to manually configure the IP
address, netmask and default route.
3) Configuring name servers in /etc/resolv.conf inside Solaris did not
work. But I could still go out to the internet by pinging the IP addresses
of Singapore's Starhub and Singnet ISP DNS servers. Just that name
resolution didn't work on Solaris.
Please see the screenshots here:
http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com/2009/07/creating-opensolaris-unix-200906-32-bit.html
More questions:
4) Are there any paravirtualized device drivers/tools I can install
inside PV guests to enhance VM's performance? Like VMware tools?
5) Are there any benchmarking tools to measure I/O throughput of my PV
guests?
Thank you very much.
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics Engineering)
BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Technical Support Engineer
Information Technology Department
Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd
Tampines Central 1 #04-01 Tampines Plaza
Singapore 529541
Republic of Singapore
Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original
Message-----
From: "Teo En Ming" <enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>,
xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc:
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:22:17 +0800
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Unable to Configure Xen Dom 0 in Jeremy's
PVOPS Kernel
Dear Boris,
I used the same ethernet network bridge in both installation and
actually running of the pv guest. During installation, dhcpdiscover was sent
out by the opensolaris pv guest. Dom 0 also sent out DHCPOFFER. However,
opensolaris pv guest could not configure the virtual network interface using
dhcp. So I had to manually configure the virtual network interface.
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics Engineering)
BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Technical Support Engineer
Information Technology Department
Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd
Tampines Central 1 #04-01 Tampines Plaza
Singapore 529541
Republic of Singapore
Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original
Message-----
From: Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>
To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc:
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:15:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Unable to Configure Xen Dom 0 in
Jeremy's PVOPS Kernel
OK. What
happens if you put the same vif=['bridge=...'] in OSOL installation
profile. Are you unable to get IP for install in this case ?
Boris.
--- On Mon, 7/27/09, Teo En Ming
<enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Teo En Ming <enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Unable to Configure Xen Dom 0 in
Jeremy's PVOPS Kernel
To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>,
xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, July 27, 2009, 5:57 AM
Dear Boris,
My CentOS 4.7 32-bit PV guest is getting the dynamic IP
address assignment from the dnsmasq dhcp server I have setup and configured
on Xen Dom 0 OpenSUSE 11.1 32-bit host correctly.
So I think the issue is OpenSolaris specific.
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics
Engineering) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Technical Support Engineer
Information Technology Department
Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd
Tampines Central 1 #04-01 Tampines Plaza
Singapore 529541
Republic of Singapore
Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>
To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:57:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Unable to Configure Xen Dom 0
in Jeremy's PVOPS Kernel
Please, submit "brctl show"
Boris.
--- On Mon, 7/27/09, Teo En Ming
<enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Teo En Ming
<enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Unable to Configure Xen
Dom 0 in Jeremy's PVOPS Kernel
To: "Boris Derzhavets"
<bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, July 27, 2009, 12:58 AM
Dear Boris,
I have changed my opensolaris vm configuration.
Please see
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zzjv8MCM2sk/Sm0yIVtghCI/AAAAAAAAAGE/ZGkYbBhhx5w/s1600-h/01.jpeg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zzjv8MCM2sk/Sm0yIDWV0RI/AAAAAAAAAF8/aP9riPOEZyk/s1600-h/02.jpeg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zzjv8MCM2sk/Sm0yHzY3WCI/AAAAAAAAAF0/gFxy7zJZXi8/s1600-h/03.jpeg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zzjv8MCM2sk/Sm0yHm0RO8I/AAAAAAAAAFs/hIgei-yTbx4/s1600-h/04.jpeg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zzjv8MCM2sk/Sm0yHcUoQ_I/AAAAAAAAAFk/9AiZKPqmG80/s1600-h/05.jpeg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zzjv8MCM2sk/Sm0zdXRfyuI/AAAAAAAAAGM/ZqOaIbmTzB8/s1600-h/06.jpeg
I see my OpenSolaris guest sending DHCPDISCOVER
and my OpenSUSE 11.1 32-bit Dom 0 Xen host sending DHCPOFFER but the
OpenSolaris virtual machine is not setting the offered dynamic IP address to
it's virtual NIC.
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics
Engineering) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Technical Support Engineer
Information Technology Department
Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd
Tampines Central 1 #04-01 Tampines Plaza
Singapore 529541
Republic of Singapore
Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: "Boris Derzhavets"
<bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:01:54 +0800
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Unable to Configure
Xen Dom 0 in Jeremy's PVOPS Kernel
|
View:-
http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=104509&tstart=75
To switch OSOL DomU run with static
IP:-
pfexec svcadm disable
network/physical:nwam && \
pfexec svcadm enable
network/physical:default
pfexec ifconfig xnf0 down
pfexec ifconfig xnf0 192.168.1.102
netmask 255.255.255.0 mtu 1492
pfexec ifconfig xnf0 up
pfexec route add default
192.168.1.102
which i can/do @ installer time to
use static IP assignements. i just
can't seem to get them to 'stick' or
'be happy' after reboot and xen,
run-time launch.
Use the same commands with the
installed system.
To make the settings permanent you
also need (Jurgen Keil) :
echo 192.168.1.102 netmask
255.255.255.0 mtu 1492 > /etc/hostname.xnf0
rm /etc/dhcp.xnf0
echo 192.168.1.102 >
/etc/defaultrouter
Boris.
--- On Sun, 7/26/09, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) < enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
wrote:
From: Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
< enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Unable to
Configure Xen Dom 0 in Jeremy's PVOPS Kernel
To: bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx,
xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sunday, July 26, 2009, 5:08
AM
I am using static IP address.
--
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics Engineering)
BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Technical Support Engineer
Information Technology Department
Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd
Tampines Central 1 #04-01
Tampines Plaza
Singapore
529541
Republic of
Singapore
Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
Boris Derzhavets wrote:
Does
your OpenSuse 11.1 32-bit has static IP address or it obtain it via DHCP ?
If second option is in place
please submit
# brctl show
Boris.
--- On Sat, 7/25/09, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
<enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
At the moment there is only
one network card installed on my lab PC in my company running OpenSUSE 11.1
32-bit with Xen 3.4.1-rc8 Dom 0 kernel 2.6.30-rc6 (jeremy). So when there
are more network cards installed, there will be eth0, eth1, eth2 ethernet
bridges, etc.
Then I can assign the virtual
network card in each virtual machine to a specific ethernet network bridge
(out of many bridges) in Domain 0 using the vif command in guest domain
configuration.
--
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics Engineering)
BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Technical Support Engineer
Information Technology Department
Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd
Tampines Central 1 #04-01
Tampines Plaza
Singapore
529541
Republic of
Singapore
Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang
Enming) wrote:
Dear Boris,
The ethernet network bridge
on OpenSUSE 11.1 is eth0.
--
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics Engineering)
BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Technical Support Engineer
Information Technology Department
Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd
Tampines Central 1 #04-01
Tampines Plaza
Singapore
529541
Republic of
Singapore
Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
Boris Derzhavets wrote:
This means that OSOL installer (by default ) will issue
DHCPDISCOVER via your Xen bridge, looking for DHCP server on your LAN. Only
on RHEL 5.3
(F10 with Xen 3.3.1
src.rpm been installed along with generated packages) with libvirtd &
dnsmasq up and running you can specify
vif=['bridge=virbr0' ] to detect DHCP Server at your Dom0.
View for instance :-
http://bderzhavets.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/backport-zfs-support-to-xen-331-f10-dom0-kernel-2630-rc3-tip/
I don't have any
experience with OpenSuse 11.1 . I hardly remind they tried to reproduce RH's
technology. Most probably they did it in SLES 11 (not sure). Check for
libvirtd&dnsmasq daemons up and running.
But if your OpenSuse 11.1
Dom0 is on "dhcp" bridge itself , then no problems. Just
vif=['bridge=eth0'].
Boris.
--- On Sat, 7/25/09, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
< enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
From: Mr. Teo En Ming
(Zhang Enming) < enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel]
Unable to Configure Xen Dom 0 in Jeremy's PVOPS Kernel
To: bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: "Sander Eikelenboom"
<linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Pasi Kr@xxxxxxxxx,
xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, July 25,
2009, 12:32 PM
Dear Boris,
This means I have to
install a DHCP server or dnsmasq in my Dom 0, listening on my Dom 0's IP
address, so that it can assign dynamic IP addresses to the DomU.
By the way, are there
any paravirtualized device drivers that I can install in DomU to improve the
performance of the virtual machine?
Thank you.
--
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics Engineering)
BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Technical Support Engineer
Information Technology Department
Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd
Tampines Central 1 #04-01
Tampines Plaza
Singapore
529541
Republic of
Singapore
Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
Boris Derzhavets wrote:
|
>I noticed under the guest domain configuration there is a parameter
called >'extra' kernel parameter. Does the 'nowin' argument stand for no
>graphical windows?
Login as jack/jack
to text console.
Wait until :-
$ pfexec ifconfig
-a
will show up your
IPv4 address
$ mkdir .vnc
$ cp .Xclients
.vnc/xstartup
$ vncserver
Connect via
vncviewer IP-DomU:1 from another terminal session to OSOL DomU. In case OSOL
installer will fail to obtain IP via DHCPDISCOVER,
let me know. It
might happen and requires Solaris Kernel Model Debugger
to disable checksum
offloading at boot up. Seems to be hardware dependent issue for OSOL 2009.06
**********************************
Copy ramdisk and
kernel to Dom0
**********************************
[root@ServerXen isos]# cat copy.sh
mount -o loop,ro osol-0906-x86.iso /mnt
cp /mnt/boot/amd64/x86.microroot
/home/boris/solaris
cp /mnt/platform/i86xpv/kernel/amd64/unix
/home/boris/solaris
***********************
Installation
profile:-
***********************
[root@ServerXen solaris]# cat osol200906.install
name = "sol0906"
vcpus = 1
memory = "1024"
kernel = "/home/boris/solaris/unix"
ramdisk = "/home/boris/solaris/x86.microroot"
extra = "/platform/i86xpv/kernel/amd64/unix - nowin -B
install_media=cdrom"
disk =
['phy:/dev/loop0,xvdc:cdrom,r','phy:/dev/sdb5,xvda,w']
# Would work as well
# disk =
['phy:/dev/loop0,6:cdrom,r','phy:/dev/sdb5,0,w']
vif =
['bridge=eth1']
Boris
--- On Sat, 7/25/09, Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
< enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
wrote:
From: Mr. Teo En
Ming (Zhang Enming) < enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
Subject: Re:
[Xen-devel] Unable to Configure Xen Dom 0 in Jeremy's PVOPS Kernel
To:
enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: "Sander
Eikelenboom" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Boris Derzhavets"
<bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Pasi_K=E4r?=@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Saturday,
July 25, 2009, 7:14 AM
--
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics Engineering)
BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Technical Support Engineer
Information Technology Department
Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd
Tampines Central 1 #04-01
Tampines Plaza
Singapore
529541
Republic of
Singapore
Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
Teo En Ming
wrote:
As a matter of fact, our servers are either Dell PowerEdge
1950/2950 and IBM xSeries.
I am just testing it out on our lab PC first.
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics Engineering)
BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Technical Support Engineer
Information Technology Department
Asiasoft Online
Pte Ltd
Tampines
Central 1 #04-01 Tampines Plaza
Singapore
529541
Republic of Singapore
Mobile
Phone : +65-9648-9798
MSN:
teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: "Teo En
Ming" < enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
To: "Boris
Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>, "Pasi Kärkkäinen"
<pasik@xxxxxx>
Cc: Sander
Eikelenboom <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 25
Jul 2009 02:27:02 +0800
Subject: Re:
Re[8]: [Xen-devel] Unable to Configure Xen Dom 0 in Jeremy's PVOPS Kernel
My next step will be a 64-bit Xen Dom 0 host.
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics Engineering)
BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Technical Support Engineer
Information Technology Department
Asiasoft
Online Pte Ltd
Tampines
Central 1 #04-01 Tampines Plaza
Singapore
529541
Republic of Singapore
Mobile
Phone
: +65-9648-9798
MSN:
teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: Boris
Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Pasi
Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>, enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Sander
Eikelenboom <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 24
Jul 2009 10:57:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re:
Re[8]: [Xen-devel] Unable to Configure Xen Dom 0 in Jeremy's PVOPS Kernel
|
Teo, it is up to you how to manage, if you
just having fun.
Otherwise, downloading 64-bit OpenSuse 11.1 ISO image
takes
just 12-14 hr even at slow ADSL speed ( like 100 KB/sec).
Install
takes 30 minutes and brings you to the trusted results, instead
of
wasting a lot of time in case of business environment assignment.
Pasi has
32-bit experience due to hardware limitations, which you don't
have.
Boris.
--- On
Fri, 7/24/09, Teo En Ming < enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
wrote:
From: Teo
En Ming < enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
Subject:
Re: Re[8]: [Xen-devel] Unable to Configure Xen Dom 0 in Jeremy's PVOPS
Kernel
To:
"Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>, "Pasi Kärkkäinen"
<pasik@xxxxxx>
Cc:
"Sander Eikelenboom" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:
Friday, July 24, 2009, 12:56 PM
My colleague installed OpenSUSE 11.1 32-bit on
the Core 2 Duo machine in our labs. Please see my earlier replies in the
same topic.
I was too lazy to reformat and install 64-bit
OpenSUSE, so I proceeded with Xen Dom 0 pvops kernel compilation on 32-bit
Linux host.
I admit I am getting a lot of headache. Haha.
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
Dip(Mechatronics Engineering) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Technical Support Engineer
Information Technology Department
Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd
Tampines Central 1 #04-01 Tampines Plaza
Singapore 529541
Republic of Singapore
Mobile Phone : +65-9648-9798
MSN:
teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original
Message-----
From:
Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>
To:
enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx , Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Cc:
Sander Eikelenboom <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:
Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:57:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Re[8]: [Xen-devel] Unable to Configure Xen Dom 0 in Jeremy's
PVOPS Kernel
|
Once again, i don't see any reason to to run
32-bit OS on Core2Duo,
unless you like Xen head ache. Core development (PVOPS) is obviously
running in 64-bit environment.
Boris.
--- On Fri, 7/24/09, Boris Derzhavets
<bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
From: Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Re[8]: [Xen-devel] Unable to Configure Xen Dom 0 in Jeremy's
PVOPS Kernel
To: enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx , "Pasi Kärkkäinen" <pasik@xxxxxx>
Cc: "Sander Eikelenboom" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, July 24, 2009, 12:47 PM
|
>After doing the
above, I re-installed back the Xen hypervisor, libraries and tools, and also
>the kernel, initrd, and modules. Then I proceeded to reboot my machine.
After rebooting, > my CentOS 4.7 32-bit PV guest is still able to start
and run!
Why it wouldn't ? If your image stays the same.
> I am still very puzzled!
What causes the PV guest initially cannot start? Then what >subsequently
causes the PV guest to suddenly be able to start and run???
That is not supposed to happen. I would suggest clean OS (without any
built in xen presence) install , followed by Xen 3.4.1+pvops kernel
clean install.
Boris.
--- On Fri, 7/24/09, Teo En Ming
< enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
From: Teo En Ming < enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
Subject: Re: Re[8]: [Xen-devel] Unable to Configure Xen Dom 0 in
Jeremy's PVOPS Kernel
To: "Teo En Ming" < enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >, "Pasi
Kärkkäinen" <pasik@xxxxxx>
Cc: "Sander Eikelenboom" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, July 24, 2009, 12:19 PM
I am very puzzled. In
investigating the cause of the sudden success of the CentOS 4.7 32-bit PV
guest being able to run, I have uninstalled virt-manager and all of its
dependencies:
Then I proceeded to "make
uninstall" in xen-3.4-testing source tree, which also removed my self
compiled Xen Dom 0 pvops enabled kernel, initrd and kernel modules.
After doing the above, I
re-installed back the Xen hypervisor, libraries and tools, and also the
kernel, initrd, and modules. Then I proceeded to reboot my machine. After
rebooting, my CentOS 4.7 32-bit PV guest is still able to start and run!
I am still very puzzled! What
causes the PV guest initially cannot start? Then what subsequently causes
the PV guest to suddenly be able to start and run???
Anyway my CentOS 4.7 guest
domain is now running. I shall now proceed to virtualize OpenSolaris
2009.06.
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang
Enming) Dip(Mechatronics Engineering) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Technical Support Engineer
Information Technology
Department
Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd
Tampines Central 1 #04-01 Tampines Plaza
Singapore 529541
Republic of Singapore
Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: "Teo En Ming" < enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
To: "Teo En Ming" < enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >, "Pasi
Kärkkäinen" <pasik@xxxxxx>
Cc: Sander Eikelenboom <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:54:26 +0800
Subject: Re: Re[8]: [Xen-devel] Unable to Configure Xen Dom 0 in
Jeremy's PVOPS Kernel
It's very strange. Suddenly
my CentOS 4.7 32-bit PV guest is able to start!!! Previously it refuses to
start at all.
I think I must have changed
something in Dom 0 when I attempted "yast --install virt-manager". This
action might have solved the problem. When I tried to install virt-manager,
it also tries to install xen-libs-3.3.1 and xen-tools-3.3.1 as dependencies.
However, I started off my Xen Dom 0 pvops kernel install with Xen 3.4.1 rc8
branch.
I need to investigate more
why suddenly my CentOS 4.7 32-bit PV guest is able to start.
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang
Enming) Dip(Mechatronics Engineering) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Technical Support Engineer
Information Technology
Department
Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd
Tampines Central 1 #04-01 Tampines Plaza
Singapore 529541
Republic of Singapore
Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: "Teo En Ming" < enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
To: "Pasi Kärkkäinen" <pasik@xxxxxx>
Cc: Sander Eikelenboom <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:54:00 +0800
Subject: Re: Re[8]: [Xen-devel] Unable to Configure Xen Dom 0 in
Jeremy's PVOPS Kernel
I realized that Fedora 10
32-bit anaconda installer does not install PAE kernel after mounting the
guest disk image file. I mounted the guest disk image file using losetup and
kpartx which adds device nodes to /dev/mapper. I examined the /boot
directory after mounting the guest disk image file and found no PAE vmlinuz
and initrd.
Still using the mounted
Fedora 10 32-bit guest disk image file, I changed root to the guest disk
filesystems and attempted to install the PAE kernel. Then I modified
menu.lst to boot the PAE kernel. After modifying the grub configuration of
the guest domain, I un-mounted the guest filesystem.
I proceeded to boot the F10
32-bit guest, since I changed to PAE kernel. It is able to boot now (since
the PAE kernel is xen-aware) but then it complains cannot mount /dev/root.
Probably something to do with the PAE initrd file.
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang
Enming) Dip(Mechatronics Engineering) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering)
Technical Support Engineer
Information Technology
Department
Asiasoft Online Pte Ltd
Tampines Central 1 #04-01 Tampines Plaza
Singapore 529541
Republic of Singapore
Mobile Phone: +65-9648-9798
MSN: teoenming@xxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
To: Teo En Ming < enming.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
Cc: Sander Eikelenboom <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:31:19 +0300
Subject: Re: Re[8]: [Xen-devel] Unable to Configure Xen Dom 0 in
Jeremy's PVOPS Kernel
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 08:37:09PM +0800, Teo En
Ming wrote:
> Hi
>
> I attempted to install Fedora 10 32-bit PV guest using
> images/pxeboot/vmlinuz-PAE and
images/pxeboot/initrd-PAE.img from the F10
> media. The non-PAE kernel could not load the installer. I
finished my Fedora
> 10 32-bit PV guest installation but it also cannot boot
up after
> installation, same as the CentOS 4.7 PV guest
installation.
>
Fedora 10 installer has a bug, as a default it installs
non-PAE kernel for
xen domU. You need to use a kickstart script (like this) to
fix it:
http://pasik.reaktio.net/fedora/f10-xen-domu-ks.cfg
The important lines being:
-kernel
kernel-PAE
(Fedora 10 and Fedora 11 default kernels are compiled with
pv_ops Xen domU
support enabled, so there's no need for separate kernel-xen
with these distros).
Fedora 11 doesn't have that installer bug, so it installs
right
out-of-the-box as Xen domU.
What's the error you get when you start the guest after
installation?
Please paste the "xm log" as text.
I don't have any problems with CentOS 5.3 dom0.
-- Pasi
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