Hi, I''d like to have a Solaris 10 (06/06) DomU in my Xen server. I''ve been reading some list messages about Solaris installation and it seems to be two alternatives: 1. Installation of prepared OpenSolaris b44 DomU image. This is not what I am looking for, I''d like to install standard Solaris 10 distribution. 2. Installation of standard Solaris 10 with QEMU following this guide (http://users.telenet.be/mylinux/Instalation_of_Solaris10_x86_on_linuxhost.html) Anyone with a sucessful story installing Solaris 10 as HVM DomU? Any special step needed in the installation or configuration file for the guest? Thanks. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
2007/4/13, Angel Lopez <angel@futur3.com>:> Hi, > > I''d like to have a Solaris 10 (06/06) DomU in my Xen server. I''ve been > reading some list messages about Solaris installation and it seems to be > two alternatives: > > 1. Installation of prepared OpenSolaris b44 DomU image. This is not what I > am looking for, I''d like to install standard Solaris 10 distribution. > > 2. Installation of standard Solaris 10 with QEMU following this guide > (http://users.telenet.be/mylinux/Instalation_of_Solaris10_x86_on_linuxhost.html) > > Anyone with a sucessful story installing Solaris 10 as HVM DomU? Any > special step needed in the installation or configuration file for the > guest? > > Thanks. > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >Hi You can check this link: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/xen/How-To-8-15-06/install/ Roberto -- Ing. Roberto Pereyra ContenidosOnline http://www.contenidosonline.com.ar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Angel Lopez wrote:> Hi, > > I''d like to have a Solaris 10 (06/06) DomU in my Xen server. I''ve > been reading some list messages about Solaris installation and it > seems to be two alternatives: > > 1. Installation of prepared OpenSolaris b44 DomU image. This is not > what I am looking for, I''d like to install standard Solaris 10 > distribution. > > 2. Installation of standard Solaris 10 with QEMU following this guide >(http://users.telenet.be/mylinux/Instalation_of_Solaris10_x86_on_linuxhost.h tml)> > Anyone with a sucessful story installing Solaris 10 as HVM DomU? Any > special step needed in the installation or configuration file for the > guest?No success here yet, but I''m trying to get both of these approaches working. I''m running an FC6 dom0. Here''s my "progress" so far: Approach 1 (paravirtualized) seems to work fairly well out of the box with Linux as a dom0 and using Linux-xen, even though they say you need to use the modified Solaris-xen. However, networking doesn''t work yet; I''m guessing the modified OpenSolaris doesn''t have drivers for the virtual NIC provided by Xen to the VM. I may need to ask about that on the OpenSolaris mailing list. Approach 2 (HVM) is going less well so far. After much patience I''ve been able to install Solaris 10 onto an empty disk image using qemu (it''s very very slow and the Solaris 10 install process doesn''t match their documentation and is in fact broken in one part). It will run in qemu but again the network doesn''t work with either the default qemu virtual NIC or the realtek qemu virtual NIC. Furthermore, when I try to boot the image using Xen I get nowhere, with an error about my qemu image''s format. And even if I could get the qemu image to boot using Xen, it''s unlikely the network would be up, giving me no way to interface with it. Maybe I could figure out how to have Solaris put a console on the serial port, but I''m a Solaris newbie so it''s going very slowly. I have had success with HVMs for WinXP, Win2003, and FC6, so I think my machine and Xen version are up to the task if I could get Solaris to behave. Have you been working on this problem and had any more success than me? Do you have any advice for me? Would you like any more detail about what I''ve done so far? Does anyone else on this list care about Solaris domU''s on a Linux dom0? :) Steve Brueckner, ATC-NY _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Steve Brueckner wrote:> Angel Lopez wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I''d like to have a Solaris 10 (06/06) DomU in my Xen server. I''ve >> been reading some list messages about Solaris installation and it >> seems to be two alternatives: >> >> 1. Installation of prepared OpenSolaris b44 DomU image. This is not >> what I am looking for, I''d like to install standard Solaris 10 >> distribution. >> >> 2. Installation of standard Solaris 10 with QEMU following this guide >> >(http://users.telenet.be/mylinux/Instalation_of_Solaris10_x86_on_linuxhost.h> tml) >> >> Anyone with a sucessful story installing Solaris 10 as HVM DomU? Any >> special step needed in the installation or configuration file for the >> guest? > > Approach 1 (paravirtualized) seems to work fairly well out of the box > with Linux as a dom0 and using Linux-xen, even though they say you > need to use the modified Solaris-xen. However, networking doesn''t > work yet; I''m guessing the modified OpenSolaris doesn''t have drivers > for the virtual NIC provided by Xen to the VM. I may need to ask > about that on the OpenSolaris mailing list.I have an update on Approach 1. The prepared b44 domU image available at OpenSolaris only works on older (pre-PAE) versions of Xen. It won''t work with more recent versions available as packages for Fedora or Debian. However, I did get networking to work running the image on an old Xen 3.0.2-3 testing version. The Xen end works fine, I just had to learn some Solaris networking- foo to get it working from inside the VM. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> > Anyone with a sucessful story installing Solaris 10 as HVM DomU? Any > > special step needed in the installation or configuration file for the > > guest? > > No success here yet, but I''m trying to get both of these approaches > working. I''m running an FC6 dom0. Here''s my "progress" so far: > > Approach 1 (paravirtualized) seems to work fairly well out of the box with > Linux as a dom0 and using Linux-xen, even though they say you need to use > the modified Solaris-xen. However, networking doesn''t work yet; I''m > guessing the modified OpenSolaris doesn''t have drivers for the virtual NIC > provided by Xen to the VM. I may need to ask about that on the OpenSolaris > mailing list.Cool to see that you''ve got this working. What are you using as a disk image? SolarisExpress? I''ve been wanting to try out Nexenta at some stage, but haven''t got round to it yet.> Approach 2 (HVM) is going less well so far. After much patience I''ve been > able to install Solaris 10 onto an empty disk image using qemu (it''s very > very slow and the Solaris 10 install process doesn''t match their > documentation and is in fact broken in one part). It will run in qemu but > again the network doesn''t work with either the default qemu virtual NIC or > the realtek qemu virtual NIC. Furthermore, when I try to boot the image > using Xen I get nowhere, with an error about my qemu image''s format.What''s the error you''re seeing?> And > even if I could get the qemu image to boot using Xen, it''s unlikely the > network would be up, giving me no way to interface with it. Maybe I could > figure out how to have Solaris put a console on the serial port, but I''m a > Solaris newbie so it''s going very slowly.Well, to start with you could export the guest''s framebuffer over VNC. Once you''ve figured out getting the console on the serial port, you should be able to just use xm console to log in.> I have had success with HVMs for > WinXP, Win2003, and FC6, so I think my machine and Xen version are up to > the task if I could get Solaris to behave.What hardware is this? Intel VT-x or AMD-V? Cheers, Mark> Have you been working on this problem and had any more success than me? Do > you have any advice for me? Would you like any more detail about what I''ve > done so far? Does anyone else on this list care about Solaris domU''s on a > Linux dom0? :) > > Steve Brueckner, ATC-NY > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users-- Dave: Just a question. What use is a unicyle with no seat? And no pedals! Mark: To answer a question with a question: What use is a skateboard? Dave: Skateboards have wheels. Mark: My wheel has a wheel! _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
>> Approach 1 (paravirtualized) seems to work fairly well out of the box >> with Linux as a dom0 and using Linux-xen, even though they say you >> need to use the modified Solaris-xen. However, networking doesn''t >> work yet; I''m guessing the modified OpenSolaris doesn''t have drivers >> for the virtual NIC provided by Xen to the VM. I may need to ask >> about that on the OpenSolaris mailing list. > > Cool to see that you''ve got this working. What are you using as a > disk image? > SolarisExpress? I''ve been wanting to try out Nexenta at some stage, > but haven''t got round to it yet.I''m using an OpenSolaris image provided at the top of this page: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/xen/How-To-8-15-06/install/AugDomUs/ Unfortunately, it isn''t PAE-enabled, so it won''t work with the latest versions of Xen. Apparently Solaris-32 is now PAE-capable, so I''ve posted a message on the OpenSolaris board requesting an update to the image.>> Approach 2 (HVM) is going less well so far. After much patience I''ve >> been able to install Solaris 10 onto an empty disk image using qemu >> (it''s very very slow and the Solaris 10 install process doesn''t match >> their documentation and is in fact broken in one part). It will run >> in qemu but again the network doesn''t work with either the default >> qemu virtual NIC or the realtek qemu virtual NIC. Furthermore, when >> I try to boot the image using Xen I get nowhere, with an error about >> my qemu image''s format. > > What''s the error you''re seeing?Hmm, the error seems to no longer occur, probably user error. It looks like the domU is booting but still inaccessible.>> And even if I could get the qemu image to boot using Xen, it''s unlikely >> the network would be up, giving me no way to interface with it. >> Maybe I could figure out how to have Solaris put a console on the serial >> port, but I''m a Solaris newbie so it''s going very slowly. > > Well, to start with you could export the guest''s framebuffer over > VNC. Once you''ve figured out getting the console on the serial port, > you should be able to just use xm console to log in.I''ve been trying to get the framebuffer approach to work, with limited success. I can get the domU''s grub window to pop up, but once it starts to boot Solaris the console turns black and freezes. Googling around has shown very little explanation or documentation of how this virtual framebuffer stuff works, so I may be doing something wrong. I set the following in the config file: vfb=["type=vnc"] vnc=1 vncunused=1 vncdisplay=1 vncconsole=1 usbdevice=''tablet''>> I have had success with HVMs for >> WinXP, Win2003, and FC6, so I think my machine and Xen version are up >> to the task if I could get Solaris to behave. > > What hardware is this? Intel VT-x or AMD-V?Intel VT-x _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Hi all, On May 8, 2007, at 3:17 PM, Steve Brueckner wrote:>> Well, to start with you could export the guest''s framebuffer over >> VNC. Once you''ve figured out getting the console on the serial port, >> you should be able to just use xm console to log in. > > I''ve been trying to get the framebuffer approach to work, with limited > success. I can get the domU''s grub window to pop up, but once it > starts > to boot Solaris the console turns black and freezes.On Feb 3, 2007, at 4:01 AM, mfz_me@gmx.de wrote:> Hello, > > is there a way to get solaris running in a full virt domain? > > I'' ve tried an cdimage-base installation of solaris 10 06/06 and > 11/06. > After choosing the 1st entry of the grubmenu, a line of dots is > shown (kernel load?) > Thats all.These two appear to be the same problem or similar problems; in any case, assuming they are the same, I''m hitting it. I''m trying to install Solaris 10; I see a grub boot screen, then the line of dots mentioned in the second e-mail appears briefly, then the screen goes black with just a text cursor in the upper left corner of the screen. "xm top" indicates 100% CPU usage. Has anyone hit this problem, and found a workaround for it? People have suggested installing in qemu and then booting that install in Xen. Has anyone hit this problem, installed with qemu, and then successfully booted the installed OS in Xen? I''ve encountered similar problems on other OS''es, also trying to install them as HVM (Darwin, NetBSD, SUSE, I think a few more), where the install CD freezes very early in the boot process. I''m currently running several Windows VM''s, though, so I know my setup can do HVM. Any thoughts? Thanks, Adam _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users