Hi, I noticed a comment about the stability of Xen running Windows with hardware based virtualization. Is it stable enough for production use? how stable is it? Thanks. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Luis Raddatz L.
2006-Sep-26 14:29 UTC
[Xen-users] howto change the cdrom in a windows guest
Hi,
I have a Windows guest system over a XEN machine
At this moment, every time that I need to put a cd into the cdrom unit, I
need to shutdown/start the virtual machine, for the new cdrom content
appears. Is that correct? Or anybody knows a different way to do this?
The cdrom part, of the hvm file is:
disk = [ ''phy:/dev/XenVol/vmwin12Root,ioemu:hda,w'',
''phy:/dev/cdrom,hdc:cdrom,r'' ,
''phy:/dev/XenVol/vmwin12Data,ioemu:hdb,w'' ]
Regards
Luis
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Anthony Liguori
2006-Sep-26 15:38 UTC
[Xen-users] Re: howto change the cdrom in a windows guest
ctrl-alt-2 help change cdrom /new/path/to/cdrom Regards, Anthony Liguori On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:29:51 -0400, Luis Raddatz L. wrote:> Hi, > > > > I have a Windows guest system over a XEN machine > > At this moment, every time that I need to put a cd into the cdrom unit, I > need to shutdown/start the virtual machine, for the new cdrom content > appears. Is that correct? Or anybody knows a different way to do this? > > > > The cdrom part, of the hvm file is: > > > > disk = [ ''phy:/dev/XenVol/vmwin12Root,ioemu:hda,w'', > > ''phy:/dev/cdrom,hdc:cdrom,r'' , > > ''phy:/dev/XenVol/vmwin12Data,ioemu:hdb,w'' ] > > > > > > Regards > > Luis > <html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" > xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" > xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> > > <head> > <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta > name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <style> > <!-- > /* Style Definitions */ > p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal > {margin:0cm; > margin-bottom:.0001pt; > font-size:12.0pt; > font-family:"Times New Roman";} > a:link, span.MsoHyperlink > {color:blue; > text-decoration:underline;} > a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed > {color:purple; > text-decoration:underline;} > span.EstiloCorreo17 > {mso-style-type:personal-reply; > font-family:Arial; > color:navy;} > @page Section1 > {size:595.3pt 841.9pt; > margin:70.85pt 3.0cm 70.85pt 3.0cm;} > div.Section1 > {page:Section1;} > --> > </style> > > </head> > > <body lang=ES link=blue vlink=purple> > > <div class=Section1> > > <div> > > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=ES-TRAD > style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> > > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=ES-TRAD > style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> > > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US > style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''>I have a Windows > guest system over a XEN machine<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> > > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US > style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''>At this moment, > every time that I need to put a cd into the cdrom unit, I need to > shutdown/start the virtual machine, for the new cdrom content appears. Is > that correct? Or anybody knows a different way to do > this?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> > > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US > style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> > > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US > style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''>The cdrom part, of > the hvm file is:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> > > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US > style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> > > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US > style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''>disk = [ > ''phy:/dev/XenVol/vmwin12Root,ioemu:hda,w'',<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> > > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US > style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''> > ''phy:/dev/cdrom,hdc:cdrom,r'' ,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> > > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US > style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''> > ''phy:/dev/XenVol/vmwin12Data,ioemu:hdb,w'' ]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> > > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US > style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> > > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US > style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> > > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US > style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> > > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US > style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''>Luis > <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> > > </div> > > </div> > > </body> > > </html>_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Hello, I have recently used SUSE10.1+Xen+WindowsXP(no Service Packs)+IntelVT(Core Duo 2.0GHz). It took : 30 minutes from start Setup CD to complete. 30 minutes from start SP2 installation disk to patch SP2 complete. 20 minutes to complete windows update. Virtualized network and CD-ROM drive are available. SXGA display window has been realized by Intel 945G onboard graphic. I could use GIMP to take screenshot and a text editor to write some documents. And I have never seen XP crash yet. That''s some of my experience to use virtualized Windows by Xen. Sorry it''s quite ambiguous, without any evident data. But I could say using virtualized Windows is much better than I had expected. Noniko _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Luis Raddatz L.
2006-Sep-27 17:53 UTC
RE: [Xen-users] Re: howto change the cdrom in a windows guest
Thanks for your answer Anthony, but I don''t understand it. Are you talking about mapping a cdrom drive over the network? -----Mensaje original----- De: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] En nombre de Anthony Liguori Enviado el: Martes, 26 de Septiembre de 2006 11:38 Para: xen-users@lists.xensource.com Asunto: [Xen-users] Re: howto change the cdrom in a windows guest ctrl-alt-2 help change cdrom /new/path/to/cdrom Regards, Anthony Liguori On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:29:51 -0400, Luis Raddatz L. wrote:> Hi, > > > > I have a Windows guest system over a XEN machine > > At this moment, every time that I need to put a cd into the cdrom unit, I > need to shutdown/start the virtual machine, for the new cdrom content > appears. Is that correct? Or anybody knows a different way to do this? > > > > The cdrom part, of the hvm file is: > > > > disk = [ ''phy:/dev/XenVol/vmwin12Root,ioemu:hda,w'', > > ''phy:/dev/cdrom,hdc:cdrom,r'' , > > ''phy:/dev/XenVol/vmwin12Data,ioemu:hdb,w'' ] > > > > > > Regards > > Luis > <html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" > xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" > xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> > > <head> > <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta > name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <style> > <!-- > /* Style Definitions */ > p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal > {margin:0cm; > margin-bottom:.0001pt; > font-size:12.0pt; > font-family:"Times New Roman";} > a:link, span.MsoHyperlink > {color:blue; > text-decoration:underline;} > a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed > {color:purple; > text-decoration:underline;} > span.EstiloCorreo17 > {mso-style-type:personal-reply; > font-family:Arial; > color:navy;} > @page Section1 > {size:595.3pt 841.9pt; > margin:70.85pt 3.0cm 70.85pt 3.0cm;} > div.Section1 > {page:Section1;} > --> > </style> > > </head> > > <body lang=ES link=blue vlink=purple> > > <div class=Section1> > > <div> > > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=ES-TRAD >style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span>< /font></p>> > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=ES-TRAD >style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''><o:p> </o:p></spa n></font></p>> > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US > style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''>I have a Windows > guest system over a XEN machine<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> > > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US > style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''>At this moment, > every time that I need to put a cd into the cdrom unit, I need to > shutdown/start the virtual machine, for the new cdrom content appears. Is > that correct? Or anybody knows a different way to do > this?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> > > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US >style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''><o:p> </o:p></spa n></font></p>> > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US > style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''>The cdrom part, of > the hvm file is:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> > > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US >style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''><o:p> </o:p></spa n></font></p>> > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US > style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''>disk = [ > ''phy:/dev/XenVol/vmwin12Root,ioemu:hda,w'',<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> > > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US >style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''> &nbs p; > ''phy:/dev/cdrom,hdc:cdrom,r'' ,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> > > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US >style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''> &nbs p; > ''phy:/dev/XenVol/vmwin12Data,ioemu:hdb,w'' ]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p> > > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US >style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''><o:p> </o:p></spa n></font></p>> > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US >style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''><o:p> </o:p></spa n></font></p>> > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US >style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''>Regards<o:p></o:p></sp an></font></p>> > <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US > style=''font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy''>Luis > <o:p></o:p></span></font></p> > > </div> > > </div> > > </body> > > </html>_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailinglist> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
noniko wrote:> Hello, > > I have recently used SUSE10.1+Xen+WindowsXP(no Service > Packs)+IntelVT(Core Duo 2.0GHz). > > It took : > > 30 minutes from start Setup CD to complete. > 30 minutes from start SP2 installation disk to patch SP2 complete. > 20 minutes to complete windows update. > > > Virtualized network and CD-ROM drive are available. > SXGA display window has been realized by Intel 945G onboard graphic.I''m not sure what this means, is the copy of XP accessing the 945G directly? So you''ve a monitor with just XP displaying on it? -- Regards, Julian Davison, ICT Technician Christchurch Boys'' High School http://www.cbhs.school.nz/ _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Terje J. Hanssen
2006-Sep-27 21:03 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Xen + Windows + Intel VT-x stability
noniko <hitumabushi@jcom.home.ne.jp> wrote:> Hello, > > I have recently used SUSE10.1+Xen+WindowsXP(no Service > Packs)+IntelVT(Core Duo 2.0GHz). > > It took : > > 30 minutes from start Setup CD to complete. > 30 minutes from start SP2 installation disk to patch SP2 complete. > 20 minutes to complete windows update. > > > Virtualized network and CD-ROM drive are available. > SXGA display window has been realized by Intel 945G onboard graphic. > I could use GIMP to take screenshot and a text editor to write some > documents. > > And I have never seen XP crash yet. > > That''s some of my experience to use virtualized Windows by Xen. > Sorry it''s quite ambiguous, without any evident data. > But I could say using virtualized Windows is much better than I had > expected. >My suggestion: Did you follow some Howto for the Suse+Windows installation? If not, could you think of writing one with screen shots included? Such a practical howto and getting started is just what most of the many current "dual-boot users" need to be able to startup with Xen for running Linux+Windows. I think many average Linux/Windows users (included myself) are very interested to try out Xen just for this Linux+Windows installation and setup on their desktop or workstation. But they don''t know how to start and how to do it, and I haven''t seen a practical Howto for it yet. Also most of potential average users neither understand much of the discussion and technical terms on this list on beforehand; though it may be useful for them in the next phase having a working installation and setup to relate it to. Rgds, Terje J. Hanssen _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
noniko wrote:> Hello, > > I have recently used SUSE10.1+Xen+WindowsXP(no Service > Packs)+IntelVT(Core Duo 2.0GHz). > > It took : > > 30 minutes from start Setup CD to complete. > 30 minutes from start SP2 installation disk to patch SP2 complete. > 20 minutes to complete windows update. > > > Virtualized network and CD-ROM drive are available. > SXGA display window has been realized by Intel 945G onboard graphic.I''m not sure what this means, is the copy of XP accessing the 945G directly? So you''ve a monitor with just XP displaying on it? -- Julian Davison Note: 1) This may have come from an address @cbhs.school.nz but isn''t necessarily the (or even an) official view of Christchurch Boys'' High School 2) While replying to this address may get into my mailbox it will almost certainly be filtered into a mailing list folder. To actually reach actual me, strip off the bit after the ''-'' in the name. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> is the copy of XP accessing the > 945G directly?Hi Julian, XP is accessing the virtual graphic, Cirrus Logic 5446 compatible provided by Xen. My monitor is 1600x1200 which is occupied by SUSE, and Windows have 1280x1024 resoln within it.> Did you follow some Howto for the Suse+Windows installation? If not, > could you think of writing one with screen shots included?HI Terje, Thanks for your suggestion and encouragement. Yes, I often give a contribution to openSUSE wiki, so I would report about it there soon. I''m thinking about installing XP''s English version and take screenshots, because the current virtual XP is Japanese version and its screenshots would not be fully understood so many people... Noniko _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Terje J. Hanssen
2006-Sep-28 20:12 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Xen + Windows + Intel VT-x stability
noniko wrote:> Thanks for your suggestion and encouragement. Yes, I often give a > contribution to openSUSE wiki, so I would report about it there soon. > I''m thinking about installing XP''s English version and take > screenshots, because the current virtual XP is Japanese version and > its screenshots would not be fully understood so many people...Thank, you. I''m currently running openSUSE 10.1 (and 10.2 alpha4) and WinXP in multiboot on a Dell Xeon based workstation, and I will therefore be curious to read your openSUSE wiki howto. If possible start to show how to verify with the Xen CD that the hardware is VT enabled. Hope that you also post a link on this list as a reminder to the wiki when it''s ready. Terje J. Hanssen _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Thursday 28 September 2006 5:12 pm, Terje J. Hanssen wrote:> noniko wrote: > > Thanks for your suggestion and encouragement. Yes, I often give a > > contribution to openSUSE wiki, so I would report about it there soon. > > I''m thinking about installing XP''s English version and take > > screenshots, because the current virtual XP is Japanese version and > > its screenshots would not be fully understood so many people... > > Thank, you. I''m currently running openSUSE 10.1 (and 10.2 alpha4) and > WinXP in multiboot on a Dell Xeon based workstation, and I will > therefore be curious to read your openSUSE wiki howto. If possible start > to show how to verify with the Xen CD that the hardware is VT enabled. > Hope that you also post a link on this list as a reminder to the wiki > when it''s ready.For HVM, I''d recommend 10.2.alpha4. If you open Yast, and go to the "System" then "Virtual Machine Management (Xen)" it will take you through the process of installing a guest. For Windows, you will want to select "Full Virtualization." To see if full virtualization is supported, do an "xm dmesg" and grep according to processor: AMD: Look for "SVM" Intel: Look for "VMX" (I think. The only indication on my core 2 duo is "VMXMON is done") I have had WinXP running on both AMD and Intel processors. -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
shobha ranganathan
2006-Sep-29 17:16 UTC
[Fedora-xen] xenguest-install.py - Error Bad file descriptor in FC6 Test2 DomU and Dom0
I have a Fedora COre 6 Test 2 dom0 built from xen-3.0.2 sources. That was
succssful and "xm list "worked . I did not build a domU kernel though.
I am trying to install FC6 Test2 as guest Os. I setup an http server in the same
machine to grab the images of Fc6 TEst2 from a directory.
When I did xenguest-install.py, I get this error. Please let me know what am I
missing here.
1. Have I not setup my disks correctly ?
2. Is my http daemon configuration causing problems ?
Starting install...
libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: No such domain xenbox_g1
Failed to get devices for domain xenbox_g1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install.py", line 476, in ?
main()
File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install.py", line 467, in main
start_paravirt_install(name, ram, disk, mac, uuid, bridge, src,
options.extra)
File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install.py", line 344, in
start_paravirt_install
dom = conn.createLinux(cfgxml, 0)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 233, in
createLinux
if ret is None:raise libvirtError(''virDomainCreateLinux()
failed'')
libvirt.libvirtError: virDomainCreateLinux() failed
The /var/log/xend.log shows as
2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend.XendDomainInfo 3851] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1217)
XendDomainInfo.construct: None
[2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend.XendDomainInfo 3851] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1249)
XendDomainInfo.initDomain: 4 1.0
[2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (balloon:127) Balloon: 486224 KiB free;
need 266240; done.
[2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] INFO (image:134) buildDomain os=linux dom=4
vcpus=1
[2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:177) dom = 4
[2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:178) image =
/var/lib/xen/vmlinuz.ypg7-X
[2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:179) store_evtchn = 1
[2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:180) console_evtchn = 2
[2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:181) cmdline =
root=/dev/xvd method=http://localhost
[2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:182) ramdisk =
/var/lib/xen/initrd.img.Y95dri
[2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:183) vcpus = 1
[2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:184) features [2006-09-28
18:31:13 xend.XendDomainInfo 3851] ERROR (XendDomainInfo:198) Domain
construction failed
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py",
line 191, in create
vm.initDomain()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py",
line 1319, in initDomain
raise VmError(str(exn))
VmError: (9, ''Bad file descriptor'')
[2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend.XendDomainInfo 3851] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1405)
XendDomainInfo.destroy: domid=4
[2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend.XendDomainInfo 3851] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1413)
XendDomainInfo.destroyDomain(4)
[2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] ERROR (SrvBase:87) Request create failed.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/web/SrvBase.py", line 85,
in perform
return op_method(op, req)
File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/server/SrvDomainDir.py",
line 82, in op_create
raise XendError("Error creating domain: " + str(ex))
XendError: Error creating domain: (9, ''Bad file descriptor'')
thanks for your time
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Chris Lalancette
2006-Sep-29 17:21 UTC
Re: [Fedora-xen] xenguest-install.py - Error Bad file descriptor in FC6 Test2 DomU and Dom0
shobha ranganathan wrote:> I have a Fedora COre 6 Test 2 dom0 built from xen-3.0.2 sources. That > was succssful and "xm list "worked . I did not build a domU kernel though. > > I am trying to install FC6 Test2 as guest Os. I setup an http server in > the same machine to grab the images of Fc6 TEst2 from a directory. > > When I did xenguest-install.py, I get this error. Please let me know > what am I missing here. > 1. Have I not setup my disks correctly ? > 2. Is my http daemon configuration causing problems ? > > > Starting install... > libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: No such domain xenbox_g1 > Failed to get devices for domain xenbox_g1 > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install.py", line 476, in ? > main() > File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install.py", line 467, in main > start_paravirt_install(name, ram, disk, mac, uuid, bridge, src, > options.extra) > File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install.py", line 344, in start_paravirt_install > dom = conn.createLinux(cfgxml, 0) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 233, in > createLinux > if ret is None:raise libvirtError(''virDomainCreateLinux() failed'') > libvirt.libvirtError: virDomainCreateLinux() failed > > > The /var/log/xend.log shows as > > 2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend.XendDomainInfo 3851] DEBUG > (XendDomainInfo:1217) XendDomainInfo.construct: None > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend.XendDomainInfo 3851] DEBUG > (XendDomainInfo:1249) XendDomainInfo.initDomain: 4 1.0 > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (balloon:127) Balloon: 486224 KiB > free; need 266240; done. > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] INFO (image:134) buildDomain os=linux > dom=4 vcpus=1 > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:177) dom = 4 > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:178) image > /var/lib/xen/vmlinuz.ypg7-X > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:179) store_evtchn = 1 > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:180) console_evtchn = 2 > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:181) cmdline = > root=/dev/xvd method=http://localhost > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:182) ramdisk > /var/lib/xen/initrd.img.Y95dri > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:183) vcpus = 1 > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:184) features > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend.XendDomainInfo 3851] ERROR > (XendDomainInfo:198) Domain construction failed > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", > line 191, in create > vm.initDomain() > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", > line 1319, in initDomain > raise VmError(str(exn)) > VmError: (9, ''Bad file descriptor'') > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend.XendDomainInfo 3851] DEBUG > (XendDomainInfo:1405) XendDomainInfo.destroy: domid=4 > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend.XendDomainInfo 3851] DEBUG > (XendDomainInfo:1413) XendDomainInfo.destroyDomain(4) > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] ERROR (SrvBase:87) Request create failed. > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/web/SrvBase.py", line 85, > in perform > return op_method(op, req) > File > "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/server/SrvDomainDir.py", line > 82, in op_create > raise XendError("Error creating domain: " + str(ex)) > XendError: Error creating domain: (9, ''Bad file descriptor'') > > thanks for your time > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All-new Yahoo! Mail > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=43256/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta>- > Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > Fedora-xen mailing list > Fedora-xen@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xenHi there, Take a look at /var/log/xend-debug.log; is there something that talks about trying to run a PAE domU on a non-PAE hypervisor? If so, you need to recompile your dom0 to use pae (when you compile, put pae=y on the command-line). All of the FC6 paravirt kernels are PAE, and these need to match. Chris Lalancette
shobha ranganathan
2006-Sep-29 17:35 UTC
Re: [Fedora-xen] xenguest-install.py - Error Bad file descriptor in FC6 Test2 DomU and Dom0
Thanks a bunch. I see the ERROR in log as "PAE kernel on non PAE host" So I should do "make world pae=y" and "make install" ?? Shobha Chris Lalancette <clalance@redhat.com> wrote: shobha ranganathan wrote:> I have a Fedora COre 6 Test 2 dom0 built from xen-3.0.2 sources. That > was succssful and "xm list "worked . I did not build a domU kernel though. > > I am trying to install FC6 Test2 as guest Os. I setup an http server in > the same machine to grab the images of Fc6 TEst2 from a directory. > > When I did xenguest-install.py, I get this error. Please let me know > what am I missing here. > 1. Have I not setup my disks correctly ? > 2. Is my http daemon configuration causing problems ? > > > Starting install... > libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: No such domain xenbox_g1 > Failed to get devices for domain xenbox_g1 > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install.py", line 476, in ? > main() > File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install.py", line 467, in main > start_paravirt_install(name, ram, disk, mac, uuid, bridge, src, > options.extra) > File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install.py", line 344, in start_paravirt_install > dom = conn.createLinux(cfgxml, 0) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 233, in > createLinux > if ret is None:raise libvirtError(''virDomainCreateLinux() failed'') > libvirt.libvirtError: virDomainCreateLinux() failed > > > The /var/log/xend.log shows as > > 2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend.XendDomainInfo 3851] DEBUG > (XendDomainInfo:1217) XendDomainInfo.construct: None > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend.XendDomainInfo 3851] DEBUG > (XendDomainInfo:1249) XendDomainInfo.initDomain: 4 1.0 > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (balloon:127) Balloon: 486224 KiB > free; need 266240; done. > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] INFO (image:134) buildDomain os=linux > dom=4 vcpus=1 > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:177) dom = 4 > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:178) image > /var/lib/xen/vmlinuz.ypg7-X > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:179) store_evtchn = 1 > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:180) console_evtchn = 2 > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:181) cmdline = > root=/dev/xvd method=http://localhost > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:182) ramdisk > /var/lib/xen/initrd.img.Y95dri > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:183) vcpus = 1 > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] DEBUG (image:184) features > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend.XendDomainInfo 3851] ERROR > (XendDomainInfo:198) Domain construction failed > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", > line 191, in create > vm.initDomain() > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", > line 1319, in initDomain > raise VmError(str(exn)) > VmError: (9, ''Bad file descriptor'') > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend.XendDomainInfo 3851] DEBUG > (XendDomainInfo:1405) XendDomainInfo.destroy: domid=4 > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend.XendDomainInfo 3851] DEBUG > (XendDomainInfo:1413) XendDomainInfo.destroyDomain(4) > [2006-09-28 18:31:13 xend 3851] ERROR (SrvBase:87) Request create failed. > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/web/SrvBase.py", line 85, > in perform > return op_method(op, req) > File > "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/server/SrvDomainDir.py", line > 82, in op_create > raise XendError("Error creating domain: " + str(ex)) > XendError: Error creating domain: (9, ''Bad file descriptor'') > > thanks for your time > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All-new Yahoo! Mail > - > Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > Fedora-xen mailing list > Fedora-xen@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xenHi there, Take a look at /var/log/xend-debug.log; is there something that talks about trying to run a PAE domU on a non-PAE hypervisor? If so, you need to recompile your dom0 to use pae (when you compile, put pae=y on the command-line). All of the FC6 paravirt kernels are PAE, and these need to match. Chris Lalancette --------------------------------- Get your email and more, right on the new Yahoo.com
Terje J. Hanssen
2006-Sep-29 21:07 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Xen + Windows + Intel VT-x stability
> From: James Oakley <joakley@solutioninc.com> > > On Thursday 28 September 2006 5:12 pm, Terje J. Hanssen wrote: >> >> > I''m currently running openSUSE 10.1 (and 10.2 alpha4) and >> > WinXP in multiboot on a Dell Xeon based workstation, > For HVM, I''d recommend 10.2.alpha4. > If you open Yast, and go to the "System" then "Virtual Machine Management > (Xen)" it will take you through the process of installing a guest. For > Windows, you will want to select "Full Virtualization." > To see if full virtualization is supported, do an "xm dmesg" and grep > according to processor: > AMD: Look for "SVM" > Intel: Look for "VMX" (I think. The only indication on my core 2 duo > is "VMXMON is done") > I have had WinXP running on both AMD and Intel processors. > >Yes, I just started out with 10.2 alpha4, because it was recommended better with regards to test Xen. But I ran into serious issues with the 10.2 alpha4 itself, first the chaotic USB mouse bug making the installation difficult with the keyboard only. Afterwards, the mouse problem was possile to fix on i386 using a suggested work-around, but it didn''t help on my x86_64 Xeon machine. I even re-installed 10.2a4 with a PS/2 mouse instead, but the Gnome panel and Nautilus crashed the whole time after login. Neither any "other application" would launch from the Gnome menu, although 10.2a4 worked better using KDE. All in all I found 10.2 alpha4 quite unusable to go further with yet. Therefore I''ve decided to wait on the first 10.2 beta and in the meantime go back to 10.1 again. Rgds, Terje J. Hanssen _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Friday 29 September 2006 6:07 pm, Terje J. Hanssen wrote:> Yes, I just started out with 10.2 alpha4, because it was recommended > better with regards to test Xen. But I ran into serious issues with the > 10.2 alpha4 itself, first the chaotic USB mouse bug making the > installation difficult with the keyboard only. Afterwards, the mouse > problem was possile to fix on i386 using a suggested work-around, but it > didn''t help on my x86_64 Xeon machine. I even re-installed 10.2a4 with a > PS/2 mouse instead, but the Gnome panel and Nautilus crashed the whole > time after login. Neither any "other application" would launch from the > Gnome menu, although 10.2a4 worked better using KDE. All in all I found > 10.2 alpha4 quite unusable to go further with yet. Therefore I''ve > decided to wait on the first 10.2 beta and in the meantime go back to > 10.1 again.Yeah, GNOME is a major upgrade for 10.2. I use KDE, which works better. I had trouble with HVM on 10.1. I filed reports at Novell''s bugzilla, but I don''t think the specific issues I had were fixed for that version. 10.2alpha4 uses Xen unstable, which is actually very stable. Alpha5 will be released on October 5, so you could try that, or you could do what I did on one of my servers: Install 10.1 and install the kernel-* and xen-* packages from factory. You can get the factory packages from ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source/suse -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This e-mail is CONFIDENTIAL and contains information intended only for the person(s) named. Any other distribution, copying or disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me immediately at 902 420 0077 or reply by e-mail to the sender and destroy the original communication. Thank You. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Terje J. Hanssen
2006-Sep-30 11:31 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Xen + Windows + Intel VT-x stability
James Oakley <joakley@solutioninc.com> wrote:> On Friday 29 September 2006 6:07 pm, Terje J. Hanssen wrote: >>> Yes, I just started out with 10.2 alpha4, because it was recommended >>> better with regards to test Xen. But I ran into serious issues with the >>> 10.2 alpha4 itself, first the chaotic USB mouse bug making the >>> installation difficult with the keyboard only. Afterwards, the mouse >>> problem was possile to fix on i386 using a suggested work-around, but it >>> didn''t help on my x86_64 Xeon machine. I even re-installed 10.2a4 with a >>> PS/2 mouse instead, but the Gnome panel and Nautilus crashed the whole >>> time after login. Neither any "other application" would launch from the >>> Gnome menu, although 10.2a4 worked better using KDE. All in all I found >>> 10.2 alpha4 quite unusable to go further with yet. Therefore I''ve >>> decided to wait on the first 10.2 beta and in the meantime go back to >>> 10.1 again. > > Yeah, GNOME is a major upgrade for 10.2. I use KDE, which works better. > > I had trouble with HVM on 10.1. I filed reports at Novell''s bugzilla, but I > don''t think the specific issues I had were fixed for that version. 10.2alpha4 > uses Xen unstable, which is actually very stable. > > Alpha5 will be released on October 5, so you could try that, or you could do > what I did on one of my servers: Install 10.1 and install the kernel-* and > xen-* packages from factory. > > You can get the factory packages from > ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source/suse >Yes, I''ll look at also the upcoming 10.2 alpha5 which I forgot. What I really had hoped, was that there should be available suggestions which packages to download and upgrade from the SL-OSS-factory to fix the most serious bugs discovered on released 10.2 alpha (and next beta) iso''s. Rgds, Terje J. Hanssen _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Hi, everyone> For HVM, I''d recommend 10.2.alpha4.Yes, I completely agree! I''m looking forward to 10.2 being released. So I would need no more to write a complicated hvm file... By the way, I made some report on "Is virtualized Windows really usable in practice?" topic. http://cropcrusher.web.infoseek.co.jp/shufuden/winxen/index.html I did not uploaded this report directly (making a link, though) on openSUSE wiki because it''s not so directly related to SUSE itself. The above document itself was created using Openoffice.org 2.0 on Windows VM. I spent 3 hours for it but most of times were killed with thinking up English sentence, not by performance problems of Windows VM. Noniko _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Terje J. Hanssen
2006-Sep-30 14:55 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Xen + Windows + Intel VT-x stability
noniko wrote:> Hi, everyone > >> For HVM, I''d recommend 10.2.alpha4. > > Yes, I completely agree! I''m looking forward to 10.2 being released. > So I would need no more to write a complicated hvm file... > > By the way, I made some report on "Is virtualized Windows really > usable in practice?" topic. > > http://cropcrusher.web.infoseek.co.jp/shufuden/winxen/index.html > > I did not uploaded this report directly (making a link, though) on > openSUSE wiki because it''s not so directly related to SUSE itself. > > The above document itself was created using Openoffice.org 2.0 on > Windows VM. I spent 3 hours for it but most of times were killed with > thinking up English sentence, not by performance problems of Windows VM. > >Thank you very much for sharing your nice report. I will of course suggest it on my Linux forum. Terje J. Hanssen _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users