Xen users - Oct 2007 - Minix doesn''t boot on XEN HVM but works with Qemu

Hi,

I tried to boot both Minix 2.0.4 and Minix 3.1.2 on a XEN HVM DomU.

In both cases the system will not boot. The last messages which appears
on the screen is

Hit a key as follows:

    1   Regular Minix 3 ...
    2   Small Minix 3 ...

I used the following configuration.

kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
builder=''hvm''
memory = 128
name = "Minix"
disk = [
''file:/root/xenconf/minix_312/minix.disk,ioemu:hda,w'',
''file:/root/xenconf/minix_312/IDE-3.1.2a.iso,ioemu:hdb:cdrom,r'']
vif = [ ''type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0'' ]
device_model = ''/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm''
boot=''d''
sdl=1
vnc=0

With Qemu I can boot both versions of Minix without any problems.

[root@localhost minix_312]# qemu -m 128M -hda minix.disk -cdrom 
IDE-3.1.2a.iso -boot d
Could not open ''/dev/kqemu'' - QEMU acceleration layer not
activated

I thought the HVM domain is very similar to Qemu, however many images 
that run on Qemu don''t run on XEN.

I''m using Fedora 7 with the latest XEN Kernel.

Regards,
Andreas

_______________________________________________
Xen-users mailing list
Xen-users@lists.xensource.com
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users