xen discuss - Dec 2008 - xvm not working on 2008.11 snv_101b_rc2

Hi,

Does anyone use xvm on indiana 2008.11?

I did "pkg image-update" on my old instalation (snv_98), and I got
snv_101b_rc2. Without xvm, it boots correctly*
However, when booting xvm kernel, it "hangs" after displaying
"Hostname:" (before mounting zfs filesystems).
xvm on snv_98 works correctly.

Any ideas on how to fix this problem?

* after disabling qlc, but that''s another story

On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 11:20 +0700, Fajar A. Nugraha
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone use xvm on indiana 2008.11?
> 
I have had some success with 2008.11 (see below) after experiencing
problems booting xvm kernels in SXCE since about snv_99 (101 and 103
definitely didn''t work on my hardware).
> I did "pkg image-update" on my old instalation (snv_98), and I
got
> snv_101b_rc2. Without xvm, it boots correctly*
> However, when booting xvm kernel, it "hangs" after displaying
> "Hostname:" (before mounting zfs filesystems).
> xvm on snv_98 works correctly.
> 
After replacing the motherboard (a bad bios update bricked the old one)
I can boot a 64 bit xvm kernel under 2008.11, however booting a 32 bit
xvm kernel hangs after enumerating USB devices. Booting a 32 bit non-xvm
kernel works fine.

The old motherboard had a NVIDIA nForce 680i chipset (Asus P5N32-E SLI),
new one uses the Intel P45 chipset (Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3). Same CPU
(Core 2 Quad) in both cases.

regards
Julian