Hi all, I installed build 81 on my HP ML310 G4 and booted with xvm kernel. Created nw.raw with "qemu-img create /netware/nw.raw 4G" and uploaded iso-images with scp. when I execute # virt-install -n netware --nographics --paravirt -f /netware/nw.raw -l /netware/nw.iso -r 1024 virt-install says ERROR: Could not find an installable distribution the install location I also tried http://wikis.sun.com/display/BigAdmin/xVM+installing+a+Solaris+PV+domU but it does not help. can somebody please point me to my mistakes ? Let me know if you need some more information thx This message posted from opensolaris.org
> Hi all, > > I installed build 81 on my HP ML310 G4 and booted > with xvm kernel. Created nw.raw with "qemu-img create > /netware/nw.raw 4G" and uploaded iso-images with > scp. > > when I execute > > # virt-install -n netware --nographics --paravirt -f > /netware/nw.raw -l /netware/nw.iso -r 1024Regarding NW view:- http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=51081&tstart=0 NetWare 6.5 SP7 can run paravirtualized on Xen, with the xnloader.sys bootloader and the included xennet.cad, xenblk.ham and xenmp.psm modules for device support. I haven''t tried it on OpenSolaris yet, but it installs fine (without HVM) on a Linux Dom0. Just specify xnloader.sys as kernel and make sure the installation ISO is accessible as a block device and it should work. Onno> > virt-install says > > ERROR: Could not find an installable distribution > the install location > > I also tried > http://wikis.sun.com/display/BigAdmin/xVM+installing+a > +Solaris+PV+domU > but it does not help.Not sure what you what want . If just SNV81 DomU at SNV81 Dom0, then this is step by step instruction with snapshots ,including deployment DomU to ZFS filesystem:- http://librenix.com/?inode=11665> can somebody please point me to my mistakes ? Let me > know if you need some more information > > thxThis message posted from opensolaris.org
On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 04:30:39AM -0800, Boris Girsch wrote:> # virt-install -n netware --nographics --paravirt -f /netware/nw.raw -l /netware/nw.iso -r 1024If Netware truly has PV support in the version you''re using, you need to find out what kernel/ramdisk to use. virt-install doesn''t "understand" Netware. Alternatively you can do an HVM install (--hvm) if you have the right hardware regards john
Hi, I don''t think you can install netware with virt-install. Instead you should use xm create with an approbiate config file. I tried it with this config file: kernel = "/pool/xen/netware/XNLOADER.SYS" vcpus = 1 memory = "384" name = "netware" vif = [ '''' ] disk = [ ''fie:/pool/xen/netware/NW65OSSP7.iso,xvda,r'', ''file:/pool/xen/netware/netware.img,xvdb,w'' ] The netware kernel boots but then the DomU stops. IMHO the entries for the disk image and the ISO image are wrong but I do not (yet) know the correct device names for netware. I''m still lookiing for a working config file for a DomU running netware. regards Bernd Boris Girsch wrote:> Hi all, > > I installed build 81 on my HP ML310 G4 and booted with xvm kernel. Created nw.raw with "qemu-img create /netware/nw.raw 4G" and uploaded iso-images with scp. > > when I execute > > # virt-install -n netware --nographics --paravirt -f /netware/nw.raw -l /netware/nw.iso -r 1024 > > virt-install says > > ERROR: Could not find an installable distribution the install location > > I also tried http://wikis.sun.com/display/BigAdmin/xVM+installing+a+Solaris+PV+domU > but it does not help. > > can somebody please point me to my mistakes ? Let me know if you need some more information > > thx > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > xen-discuss mailing list > xen-discuss@opensolaris.org > >-- Bernd Schemmer, Frankfurt am Main, Germany http://home.arcor.de/bnsmb/index.html M s temprano que tarde el mundo cambiar . Fidel Castro
Boris Derzhavets wrote:>> Hi all,> NetWare 6.5 SP7 can run paravirtualized on Xen, with the xnloader.sys > bootloader and the included xennet.cad, xenblk.ham and xenmp.psm modules> for device support. I haven''t tried it on OpenSolaris yet, but it installs fine> (without HVM) on a Linux Dom0. Just specify xnloader.sys as kernel and make > sure the installation ISO is accessible as a block device and it should work. > OnnoWhat''s the output of xm list -l <your netware domU> on your linux dom0? Thanks, MRJ
In general, creating PV guests for Linuxes, Solaris distros requires particular distro to have Xen-enabled kernel , which would able running at DomU, properly communicate with Xen Hypervisor running at Linux or Solaris Dom0. So, the first test for SNV (build 66,75A and higher ) is to paravirtualize itself or build between 75A and 81 , but different from installed at Dom0 . Fedora 7(8) DomUs maybe also created at SNV81 Dom0 without problems. Creating NW DomU at SNV81 Dom0 is not trivial task ,please, view link above in regards of NW DomU at Linux Dom0. This message posted from opensolaris.org
> > > Boris Derzhavets wrote: > >> Hi all, > > > NetWare 6.5 SP7 can run paravirtualized on Xen, > with the xnloader.sys > > bootloader and the included xennet.cad, xenblk.ham > and xenmp.psm modules > > for device support. I haven''t tried it on > OpenSolaris yet, but it installs fine > (without HVM) on a Linux Dom0. Just specify > xnloader.sys as kernel and make > sure the installation ISO is accessible as a block > device and it should work. > Onno > > What''s the output of xm list -l <your netware domU> > on your > linux dom0?I just provided a link from the same page of xen-discuss forum and quote from this link. Personally, i am not interested in Novell NetWare products virtualization. Thanks. -b.> Thanks, > > MRJ > > _______________________________________________ > xen-discuss mailing list > xen-discuss@opensolaris.orgThis message posted from opensolaris.org
virthost:~ # xm list -l
(domain
(domid 0)
(on_crash restart)
(memory 1506)
(uuid 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000)
(bootloader_args )
(name Domain-0)
(maxmem 1893)
(on_reboot restart)
(on_poweroff destroy)
(vcpus 2)
(bootloader )
(shadow_memory 0)
(cpu_weight 256)
(cpu_cap 0)
(features )
(on_xend_start ignore)
(on_xend_stop ignore)
(cpu_time 430.218009611)
(online_vcpus 2)
(image (linux (kernel )))
(status 2)
(memory_dynamic_min 1506)
(memory_dynamic_max 0)
(state r-----)
)
(domain
(domid 1)
(on_crash destroy)
(memory 512)
(uuid 2cbfdeec-efa3-d89f-b541-a34cb27636e4)
(bootloader_args )
(name oes2nw)
(maxmem 512)
(on_reboot destroy)
(on_poweroff destroy)
(vcpus 1)
(bootloader )
(shadow_memory 0)
(cpu_weight 256)
(cpu_cap 0)
(features )
(on_xend_start ignore)
(on_xend_stop ignore)
(start_time 1202490090.6)
(cpu_time 368.750646981)
(online_vcpus 1)
(image (linux (kernel /tmp/netware.fmxI0F) (args '' '')
(localtime 1)))
(status 2)
(memory_dynamic_min 512)
(memory_dynamic_max 512)
(state r-----)
(store_mfn 152912)
(console_mfn 152911)
(device
(vif
(mac 00:16:3e:7c:4a:b7)
(script vif-bridge)
(uuid 2f7688bf-b0e4-3e5d-6f9d-5657ba5e40bb)
(backend 0)
)
)
(device
(vbd
(uuid d2fd8eff-e1b1-8050-6a58-2835546346f9)
(dev xvda:disk)
(uname file:/var/lib/xen/images/oes2nw/disk0)
(mode w)
(type disk)
(backend 0)
)
)
(device
(vbd
(uuid ff512623-68b4-0ed9-aa05-e38423321066)
(dev xvdb:disk)
(uname file:/root/NW65SP7_OVL_DVD.iso)
(mode r)
(type disk)
(backend 0)
)
)
(device (vkbd (backend 0)))
(device
(vfb
(vncunused 1)
(uuid b623c39a-6a37-bd4e-8d4d-f59e12161709)
(location localhost:5900)
(type vnc)
(display localhost:10.0)
(xauthority /root/.Xauthority)
)
)
(device
(console
(protocol vt100)
(location 2)
(uuid 1b20eb35-69de-76d5-fe3b-e4c621c7c104)
)
)
)
virthost:~ #
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