Hi all, is it possible to install NetWare as a DomU ? Anybody tried it out ? thx This message posted from opensolaris.org
Boris Girsch wrote:> Hi all, > > is it possible to install NetWare as a DomU ? Anybody tried it out ? > > thx > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > xen-discuss mailing list > xen-discuss@opensolaris.org >It should work, since it''s DOS-based afaik, theoretically more simple to emulate granted you still have HVM under xVM. But there are no guest drivers. Ka,es
Op dinsdag 05 februari 2008 schreef James Cornell:> It should work, since it''s DOS-based afaik, theoretically more simple to > emulate granted you still have HVM under xVM. But there are no guest > drivers.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
I tried it with this config file in a Dom0 running Solaris snv_81: bash-3.2# cd /pool/xen-images/netware/ bash-3.2# ls netware.img NW65OSSP7.iso test1.xfg XENBLK.HAM XENNET.CAD netware_install.cfg test1.cfg test.cfg XENMP.PSM XNLOADER.SYS bash-3.2# cat netware_install.cfg kernel = "/pool/xen-images/netware/XNLOADER.SYS" vcpus = 1 memory = "512" name = "netware" vif = [ '''' ] disk = [ ''file:/pool/xen-images/netware/NW65OSSP7.iso,xvda,r'', ''file:/pool/xen-images/netware/netware.img,xvdb,w'' ] vfb=[ "type=sdl" ] .. and it did not work : bash-3.2# xm create -c netware_install.cfg Using config file "./netware_install.cfg". Started domain netware Preparing to install NetWare ... Press any key to interrupt bash-3.2# It also does not work without the vfb entry. The error message in xend-debug is: bash-3.2# more xend-debug.log ERROR Internal error: Couldn''t map p2m_frame_list_list (errno 14) (14 = Bad address) ERROR Internal error: Couldn''t map p2m_frame_list_list (errno 14) (14 = Bad address) bash-3.2# I don''t know what this error message means. regards Bernd This message posted from opensolaris.org
On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 06:50:19AM -0800, Bernd Schemmer wrote:> It also does not work without the vfb entry. > > The error message in xend-debug is: > > bash-3.2# more xend-debug.log > > ERROR Internal error: Couldn''t map p2m_frame_list_list (errno 14) (14 = Bad address) > ERROR Internal error: Couldn''t map p2m_frame_list_list (errno 14) (14 = Bad address) > bash-3.2# > > I don''t know what this error message means.It means the guest crashed, but it was too early to get a core file for the guest correctly. regards john
Hi, I tried to install a Netware DomU with the DVD NW65SP7_OVL_DVD.iso today. The results are the same (The DomU crashes a few seconds after it started). Then I installed a Netware DomU under a Linux Dom0 (using Xen 3.1) and tried to boot that DomU in a Solaris Dom0 - again the Netware DomU crashes Looks like Netware needs a Dom0 with Xen 3.1 or newer regards Bernd Onno Molenkamp wrote:> Op dinsdag 05 februari 2008 schreef James Cornell: > >> It should work, since it''s DOS-based afaik, theoretically more simple to >> emulate granted you still have HVM under xVM. But there are no guest >> drivers. >> > > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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
Hi, fyi: Netware 6.5 SP7 can be installed in a DomU running in Solaris Dom0 with snv85. But at least in my tests the Netware DomU crashes frequently regards Bernd Boris Girsch wrote:> Hi all, > > is it possible to install NetWare as a DomU ? Anybody tried it out ? > > 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
thx a lot ! I will try it again. We have here a lot of netware gurus, maybe we can make netware run stable in xen on OpenSolaris. All our successes I will post here. This message posted from opensolaris.org
Bernd, would you please give a list of steps you took to get NetWare 6.5.7 running as a DomU? I think I''ve tried every option under the various SunOS offerings, but based on your statement I guess I need to make a last effort before biting the bullet and installing SUSE, which actually explicitly supports this NetWare idea, on the nice new x2200. Nothing against the Linux camp personally, but I''m really trying not to fork our all-Solaris server environment here. This message posted from opensolaris.org
Jacob,>>Bernd, would you please give a list of steps you took to get NetWare 6.5.7 running as a DomU?the instructions I used to install a Netware DomU in a Solaris Dom0 are here: http://home.arcor.de/bnsmb/public/htdocs/Xen_and_Solaris.html#Netware_6.5 Please take care of the notes in the instructions -- in my tests Netware was not stable in a DomU. But I did test this with a Solaris snv_85 Dom0 - it may be better with the current OpenSolaris Release regards Bernd Jacob Ritorto wrote:> Bernd, would you please give a list of steps you took to get NetWare 6.5.7 running as a DomU? I think I''ve tried every option under the various SunOS offerings, but based on your statement I guess I need to make a last effort before biting the bullet and installing SUSE, which actually explicitly supports this NetWare idea, on the nice new x2200. Nothing against the Linux camp personally, but I''m really trying not to fork our all-Solaris server environment here. > > > 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