Ben Anderson
2006-Aug-06 19:18 UTC
[Xen-users] [newbie] Error: Not an HVM capable platform...
Hi, I''ve run linux off an on for several years. Recently I''ve been using windows (simply for ease), but have gotten so fed up with stability and what not. I had read good things about xen, so I installed suse and was hoping to not give up the 10% of things that I need windows for. I''ve still got windows on a partition and was wondering if I could boot that, but wanted to start easy. So I followed these directions: http://en.opensuse.org/Xen_Full_Virtualization_Example (sort of) actually I installed xen through yast and then rebooted with the xen - linux option in grub (the directions don''t mention this, but I think its implied?) Anyways here''s the output I''m getting when I try this: andersonbd1-suse:/etc/xen/vm # xm create myxm.hvm Using config file "myxm.hvm". Error: Not an HVM capable platform, we stop creating The only searches I did for this error recommended enabling VT in your bios. I checked my BIOS configuration options and didn''t see anything like VT. Any insight would be great (even if you could just point me to documentation or something). Thanks, Ben _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
McFadden, Gordon
2006-Aug-06 19:32 UTC
RE: [Xen-users] [newbie] Error: Not an HVM capable platform...
Can you tell me what processor you are running? It may be that the processor is not VT enabled. Cheers, Gord -- Gordon McFadden System Architect Channel Platform Group Intel Corporation ph: +1 503 264 4309 gordon.mcfadden@intel.com -----Original Message----- From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Ben Anderson Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 12:18 PM To: Xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: [Xen-users] [newbie] Error: Not an HVM capable platform... Hi, I''ve run linux off an on for several years. Recently I''ve been using windows (simply for ease), but have gotten so fed up with stability and what not. I had read good things about xen, so I installed suse and was hoping to not give up the 10% of things that I need windows for. I''ve still got windows on a partition and was wondering if I could boot that, but wanted to start easy. So I followed these directions: http://en.opensuse.org/Xen_Full_Virtualization_Example (sort of) actually I installed xen through yast and then rebooted with the xen - linux option in grub (the directions don''t mention this, but I think its implied?) Anyways here''s the output I''m getting when I try this: andersonbd1-suse:/etc/xen/vm # xm create myxm.hvm Using config file "myxm.hvm". Error: Not an HVM capable platform, we stop creating The only searches I did for this error recommended enabling VT in your bios. I checked my BIOS configuration options and didn''t see anything like VT. Any insight would be great (even if you could just point me to documentation or something). Thanks, Ben _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Ben Anderson
2006-Aug-06 19:59 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] [newbie] Error: Not an HVM capable platform...
Thanks for the response, Gordon. I logged into Dell''s site and got this info: PROCESSOR, 80546, 3.0, 1M, PENTIUM 4 PRESCOTT DT, 800, D0 Is that enough info to tell? Thanks, Ben On 8/6/06, McFadden, Gordon <gordon_mcfadden@intel.com> wrote:> Can you tell me what processor you are running? It may be that the > processor is not VT enabled. > > Cheers, > > Gord > > -- > Gordon McFadden > System Architect > Channel Platform Group > Intel Corporation > ph: +1 503 264 4309 > gordon.mcfadden@intel.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Ben Anderson > Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 12:18 PM > To: Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > Subject: [Xen-users] [newbie] Error: Not an HVM capable platform... > > Hi, > I''ve run linux off an on for several years. Recently I''ve been using > windows (simply for ease), but have gotten so fed up with stability > and what not. I had read good things about xen, so I installed suse > and was hoping to not give up the 10% of things that I need windows > for. I''ve still got windows on a partition and was wondering if I > could boot that, but wanted to start easy. So I followed these > directions: > http://en.opensuse.org/Xen_Full_Virtualization_Example > (sort of) > actually I installed xen through yast and then rebooted with the xen - > linux option in grub (the directions don''t mention this, but I think > its implied?) > > Anyways here''s the output I''m getting when I try this: > andersonbd1-suse:/etc/xen/vm # xm create myxm.hvm > Using config file "myxm.hvm". > Error: Not an HVM capable platform, we stop creating > > The only searches I did for this error recommended enabling VT in your > bios. I checked my BIOS configuration options and didn''t see anything > like VT. > > Any insight would be great (even if you could just point me to > documentation or something). > > Thanks, > Ben > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
McFadden, Gordon
2006-Aug-06 20:45 UTC
RE: [Xen-users] [newbie] Error: Not an HVM capable platform...
Hi Ben Indeed this processor does not have the VT instruction set. See http://www.dealtime.com/xPF-Intel_BOXED_PENTIUM_4_3_0GHZ_32BIT_1MB_MP_BO XED_PENTIUM_4_3_0GHZ_32BIT_1MB_MP for a good description of your processor. This is still a pretty robust processor that supports HT so you should still be able to implement a s/w version of Xen with acceptable results. Cheers, Gord -- Gordon McFadden System Architect Channel Platform Group Intel Corporation ph: +1 503 264 4309 gordon.mcfadden@intel.com -----Original Message----- From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Ben Anderson Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 1:00 PM To: Xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: Re: [Xen-users] [newbie] Error: Not an HVM capable platform... Thanks for the response, Gordon. I logged into Dell''s site and got this info: PROCESSOR, 80546, 3.0, 1M, PENTIUM 4 PRESCOTT DT, 800, D0 Is that enough info to tell? Thanks, Ben On 8/6/06, McFadden, Gordon <gordon_mcfadden@intel.com> wrote:> Can you tell me what processor you are running? It may be that the > processor is not VT enabled. > > Cheers, > > Gord > > -- > Gordon McFadden > System Architect > Channel Platform Group > Intel Corporation > ph: +1 503 264 4309 > gordon.mcfadden@intel.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of BenAnderson> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 12:18 PM > To: Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > Subject: [Xen-users] [newbie] Error: Not an HVM capable platform... > > Hi, > I''ve run linux off an on for several years. Recently I''ve been using > windows (simply for ease), but have gotten so fed up with stability > and what not. I had read good things about xen, so I installed suse > and was hoping to not give up the 10% of things that I need windows > for. I''ve still got windows on a partition and was wondering if I > could boot that, but wanted to start easy. So I followed these > directions: > http://en.opensuse.org/Xen_Full_Virtualization_Example > (sort of) > actually I installed xen through yast and then rebooted with the xen - > linux option in grub (the directions don''t mention this, but I think > its implied?) > > Anyways here''s the output I''m getting when I try this: > andersonbd1-suse:/etc/xen/vm # xm create myxm.hvm > Using config file "myxm.hvm". > Error: Not an HVM capable platform, we stop creating > > The only searches I did for this error recommended enabling VT in your > bios. I checked my BIOS configuration options and didn''t see anything > like VT. > > Any insight would be great (even if you could just point me to > documentation or something). > > Thanks, > Ben > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Javier Guerra
2006-Aug-07 00:01 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] [newbie] Error: Not an HVM capable platform...
On Sunday 06 August 2006 3:45 pm, McFadden, Gordon wrote:> This is still a pretty robust processor that supports HT so you should > still be able to implement a s/w version of Xen with acceptable results.he wanted to run windows; unfortunately without an HVM-capable platform Xen won''t do that. i''d try with VMWare or QEmu. both have higher performance overhead, but no problem for occasional use. (not for gaming, of course) -- Javier _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users