Xen devel - Sep 2012 - System reboots while installing a guest Windows

Hi,

For doing a project, I am using xen (version 3.1.0) from source code. When
I want to install the guest system (using i.e. xm create w2k3.hvm), my
whole system reboots and nothing else happens. I do not know how to find
out what is wrong with my xen installation.

I will appreciate if some one helps me to solve this problem.

Thank you,
-Adrian


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On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 05:26:49PM -0800, adrian adams
wrote:
>    Hi,
Hello,
>    For doing a project, I am using xen (version 3.1.0) from source code. 
>
Why such an old version of Xen? Even if you needed Xen 3.1.x, 
why not use the latest release in 3.1.x branch? 
3.1.0 is the initial release, not the latest in 3.1.x branch.

Consider using Xen 4.1.3, or the soon to be released 4.2.0.
>    When I want to  install the guest  system (using i.e.  xm create
w2k3.hvm),  my
>    whole system reboots and nothing else happens.  I do not know how to 
find
>    out what is wrong with my xen installation.
>    I will appreciate if some one helps me to solve this problem.
>
Which dom0 kernel are you using? 

You need to set up a serial console, so you can capture and log the full
boot time messages for troubleshooting..

-- Pasi

Are you really using Xen 3.1.0. You should upgrade to a newer version if so.


On 14/09/2012 02:26, "adrian adams" <adrian.adams00@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> For doing a project, I am using xen (version 3.1.0) from source code. When
I
> want to install the guest system (using i.e. xm create w2k3.hvm), my whole
> system reboots and nothing else happens. I do not know how to find out what
is
> wrong with my xen installation.
> 
> I will appreciate if some one helps me to solve this problem.
> 
> Thank you,
> -Adrian
> 
> 
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I need to use ether http://ether.gtisc.gatech.edu/source.html
I used debian Lenny and the same kernel version in the link.

Thank you,
-Adrian
On Friday, September 14, 2012, Keir Fraser wrote:
>  Are you really using Xen 3.1.0. You should upgrade to a newer version if
> so.
>
>
> On 14/09/2012 02:26, "adrian adams"
<adrian.adams00@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> For doing a project, I am using xen (version 3.1.0) from source code.
> When I want to install the guest system (using i.e. xm create w2k3.hvm), my
> whole system reboots and nothing else happens. I do not know how to find
> out what is wrong with my xen installation.
>
> I will appreciate if some one helps me to solve this problem.
>
> Thank you,
> -Adrian
>
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Please don''t top post.

On Fri, 2012-09-14 at 16:35 +0100, adrian adams wrote:
> I need to use ether http://ether.gtisc.gatech.edu/source.html
> I used debian Lenny and the same kernel version in the link.
I think if ether is going to require such an ancient version of Xen then
it is only fair that they pickup the burden of supporting their users.

http://ether.gtisc.gatech.edu/contact.html suggests that
http://groups.google.com/group/ether-devel is the place to go.

I don''t think it is reasonable to expect the Xen.org community to
support old releases indefinitely. Sorry.

Ian.