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Re: [Xen-users] Error: Not an HVM capable platform, we stop creating!
 
yup it's a common error VT need to be enabled in BIOS ;) it wasn't in mine, by default..
 
 On 5/9/06, Luke <secureboot@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:I'm getting this error: Error: Not an HVM capable platform, we stop creating!
  when trying to start an unmodified guest domain.
  This is after getting the latest xen-unstable, running make install, and booting into the domain.  I've verified that xend is running.  I'm using  Ubuntu Beta 2.
  When I try to create an HVM domain.  I see that hvmloader is in the correct place.
  cat /proc/cpuinfo shows vmx as an extension.  This is a Dell 380n machine, with the latest BIOS (should work, with VT-X).
  Any ideas on where to start?
  Nothing written in either /var/log/xend.log or /var/log/xend-debug.log about it either.
 
  Thanks -
 
 
  I'm using this config: #  -*- mode: python; -*- 
#============================================================================ # Python configuration setup for 'xm create'. # This script sets the parameters used when a domain is created using 'xm create'. # You use a separate script for each domain you want to create, or
 # you can set the parameters for the domain on the xm command line. #============================================================================
  import os, re arch = os.uname()[4] if re.search('64', arch):
     arch_libdir = 'lib64' else:     arch_libdir = 'lib'
  #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Kernel image file. kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
  # The domain build function. HVM domain uses 'hvm'. builder='hvm'
  # Initial memory allocation (in megabytes) for the new domain. # # WARNING: Creating a domain with insufficient memory may cause out of
 #          memory errors. The domain needs enough memory to boot kernel #          and modules. Allocating less than 32MBs is not recommended. memory = 128
  # A name for your domain. All domains must have different names.
 name = "ubuntuvmx"
  #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # the number of cpus guest platform has, default=1 #vcpus=1
  # enable/disable HVM guest PAE, default=0 (disabled)
 #pae=0
  # enable/disable HVM guest ACPI, default=0 (disabled) #acpi=0
  # enable/disable HVM guest APIC, default=0 (disabled) #apic=0
  # List of which CPUS this domain is allowed to use, default Xen picks
 #cpus = ""         # leave to Xen to pick #cpus = "0"        # all vcpus run on CPU0 #cpus = "0-3,5,^1" # run on cpus 0,2,3,5
  # Optionally define mac and/or bridge for the network interfaces.
 # Random MACs are assigned if not given. #vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:00:00:11, bridge=xenbr0' ] # type=ioemu specify the NIC is an ioemu device not netfront vif = [ 'type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0' ] #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Define the disk devices you want the domain to have access to, and # what you want them accessible as. # Each disk entry is of the form phy:UNAME,DEV,MODE # where UNAME is the device, DEV is the device name the domain will see,
 # and MODE is r for read-only, w for read-write.
  disk = [ 'phy:sda5,hda1,w' ] #disk = [ 'file:/var/images/min-el3-i386.img,ioemu:hda,w' ]
  #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Configure the behaviour when a domain exits.  There are three 'reasons' # for a domain to stop: poweroff, reboot, and crash.  For each of these you # may specify: # #   "destroy",        meaning that the domain is cleaned up as normal;
 #   "restart",        meaning that a new domain is started in place of the old #                     one; #   "preserve",       meaning that no clean-up is done until the domain is #                     manually destroyed (using xm destroy, for example); or
 #   "rename-restart", meaning that the old domain is not cleaned up, but is #                     renamed and a new domain started in its place. # # The default is # #   
 #   on_reboot   = 'restart' #   on_crash    = 'restart' # # For backwards compatibility we also support the deprecated option restart # # restart = 'onreboot' means  #                            on_reboot   = 'restart'
 #                            on_crash    = 'destroy' # # restart = 'always'   means  #                            on_reboot   = 'restart' #                            on_crash    = 'restart'
 # # restart = 'never'    means  #                            on_reboot   = 'destroy' #                            on_crash    = 'destroy'
  # #on_reboot   = 'restart'
 #on_crash    = 'restart'
  #============================================================================
  # New stuff device_model = '/usr/' + arch_libdir + '/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Disk image for cdrom='/home/user/ubuntu-6.06-beta2-live-i386.iso'
  #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # boot on floppy (a), hard disk (c) or CD-ROM (d) boot='d'
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #  write to temporary files instead of disk image files #snapshot=1
  #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # enable SDL library for graphics, default = 0 sdl=0
  #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # enable VNC library for graphics, default = 1 vnc=1
  #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # enable spawning vncviewer(only valid when vnc=1), default = 1 vncviewer=1
  #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # no graphics, use serial port #nographic=0 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # enable stdvga, default = 0 (use cirrus logic device model) stdvga=0
  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #   serial port re-direct to pty deivce, /dev/pts/n #   then xm console or minicom can connect serial='pty'
  #---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # enable ne2000, default = 0(use pcnet)
 ne2000=0
 
  #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #   enable audio support #audio=1
 
  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #    set the real time clock to local time [default=0 i.e. set to utc] #localtime=1
 
  #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #    start in full screen #full-screen=1
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