Here is xm dmesg for a dapper install attempt. It froze up while
formatting the file system.
Randall
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) HVM Loader
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) Loading ROMBIOS ...
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) Loading Cirrus VGABIOS ...
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) SVM go ...
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) rombios.c,v 1.138 2005/05/07 15:55:26 vruppert Exp $
(XEN) HVM_PIT: guest freq in cycles=100516715
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) VGABios $Id: vgabios.c,v 1.61 2005/05/24 16:50:50
vruppert Exp $
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) HVMAssist BIOS, 1 cpu, $Revision: 1.138 $ $Date:
2005/05/07 15:55:26 $
(XEN) (GUEST: 1)
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) ata0-0: PCHS=8322/16/63 translation=lba LCHS=522/255/63
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) ata0 master: QEMU HARDDISK ATA-2 Hard-Disk (4096 MBytes)
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) ata0 slave: Unknown device
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) ata1 master: QEMU CD-ROM ATAPI-4 CD-Rom/DVD-Rom
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) ata1 slave: Unknown device
(XEN) (GUEST: 1)
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) Booting from CD-Rom...
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) int13_harddisk: function 15, unmapped device for ELDL=81
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) *** int 15h function AX=EC00, BX=0002 not yet supported!
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) KBD: unsupported int 16h function 03
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) int13_harddisk: function 15, unmapped device for ELDL=81
(XEN) HVM_PIT: guest freq in cycles=8041808
(XEN) HVM_PIT: guest freq in cycles=8041808
Randall
Randall Smith wrote:> I''ve been able to install and run winxp several times without
issue, but
> I can''t get a linux distro installed using HVM. Installations
seem to
> bog down on disk operations like formatting an ext3 filesystem until the
> VM becomes unresponsive and I have to kill it with xm shutdown. My
> linux config is nearly identical to my winxp config. I have the same
> problems on xen testing and 3.0.2-1. My system is an AMD64 X2 running
> Debian Etch. I''ve tried to install Ubuntu Dapper and Debian Etch
using
> HVM and run into the same problems. Any ideas as to what''s
happening
> are appreciated as I really want to get this to work.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Config Attached.
>
> Randall
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> # -*- mode: python; -*-
>
#===========================================================================>
# Python configuration setup for ''xm create''.
> # This script sets the parameters used when a domain is created using
''xm create''.
> # You use a separate script for each domain you want to create, or
> # you can set the parameters for the domain on the xm command line.
>
#===========================================================================>
> import os, re
> arch = os.uname()[4]
> if re.search(''64'', arch):
> arch_libdir = ''lib64''
> else:
> arch_libdir = ''lib''
>
>
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # Kernel image file.
> kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
>
> # The domain build function. HVM domain uses ''hvm''.
> builder=''hvm''
>
> # Initial memory allocation (in megabytes) for the new domain.
> #
> # WARNING: Creating a domain with insufficient memory may cause out of
> # memory errors. The domain needs enough memory to boot kernel
> # and modules. Allocating less than 32MBs is not recommended.
> memory = 512
>
> # A name for your domain. All domains must have different names.
> name = "etch"
>
> # 128-bit UUID for the domain. The default behavior is to generate a new
UUID
> # on each call to ''xm create''.
> #uuid = "06ed00fe-1162-4fc4-b5d8-11993ee4a8b9"
>
>
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # the number of cpus guest platform has, default=1
> #vcpus=1
>
> # enable/disable HVM guest PAE, default=0 (disabled)
> #pae=0
>
> # enable/disable HVM guest ACPI, default=0 (disabled)
> #acpi=0
>
> # enable/disable HVM guest APIC, default=0 (disabled)
> #apic=0
>
> # List of which CPUS this domain is allowed to use, default Xen picks
> #cpus = "" # leave to Xen to pick
> #cpus = "0" # all vcpus run on CPU0
> #cpus = "0-3,5,^1" # run on cpus 0,2,3,5
>
> # Optionally define mac and/or bridge for the network interfaces.
> # Random MACs are assigned if not given.
> #vif = [ ''type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:00:00:11, bridge=xenbr0,
model=ne2k_pci'' ]
> # type=ioemu specify the NIC is an ioemu device not netfront
> vif = [ ''type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0'' ]
>
>
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # Define the disk devices you want the domain to have access to, and
> # what you want them accessible as.
> # Each disk entry is of the form phy:UNAME,DEV,MODE
> # where UNAME is the device, DEV is the device name the domain will see,
> # and MODE is r for read-only, w for read-write.
>
> #disk = [ ''phy:hda1,hda1,r'' ]
> #disk = [ ''file:/var/images/min-el3-i386.img,hda,w'',
'',hdc:cdrom,r'' ]
> disk = [''phy:/dev/vg1/mswater,ioemu:hda,w'', ]
> cdrom=''/home/randall/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso''
>
>
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # Configure the behaviour when a domain exits. There are three
''reasons''
> # for a domain to stop: poweroff, reboot, and crash. For each of these you
> # may specify:
> #
> # "destroy", meaning that the domain is cleaned up as
normal;
> # "restart", meaning that a new domain is started in
place of the old
> # one;
> # "preserve", meaning that no clean-up is done until the
domain is
> # manually destroyed (using xm destroy, for example);
or
> # "rename-restart", meaning that the old domain is not cleaned
up, but is
> # renamed and a new domain started in its place.
> #
> # The default is
> #
> # on_poweroff = ''destroy''
> # on_reboot = ''restart''
> # on_crash = ''restart''
> #
> # For backwards compatibility we also support the deprecated option restart
> #
> # restart = ''onreboot'' means on_poweroff =
''destroy''
> # on_reboot = ''restart''
> # on_crash = ''destroy''
> #
> # restart = ''always'' means on_poweroff =
''restart''
> # on_reboot = ''restart''
> # on_crash = ''restart''
> #
> # restart = ''never'' means on_poweroff =
''destroy''
> # on_reboot = ''destroy''
> # on_crash = ''destroy''
>
> #on_poweroff = ''destroy''
> #on_reboot = ''restart''
> #on_crash = ''restart''
>
>
#===========================================================================>
> # New stuff
> device_model = ''/usr/'' + arch_libdir +
''/xen/bin/qemu-dm''
>
>
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # boot on floppy (a), hard disk (c) or CD-ROM (d)
> #boot=[a|c|d]
> boot=''d''
>
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # write to temporary files instead of disk image files
> #snapshot=1
> snapshot=0
>
>
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # enable SDL library for graphics, default = 0
> sdl=1
>
>
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # enable VNC library for graphics, default = 1
> vnc=0
>
>
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # set VNC display number, default = domid
> #vncdisplay=1
>
>
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # try to find an unused port for the VNC server, default = 1
> #vncunused=1
>
>
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # enable spawning vncviewer for domain''s console
> # (only valid when vnc=1), default = 0
> #vncconsole=0
>
>
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # no graphics, use serial port
> #nographic=0
>
>
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # enable stdvga, default = 0 (use cirrus logic device model)
> stdvga=0
>
>
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # serial port re-direct to pty deivce, /dev/pts/n
> # then xm console or minicom can connect
> serial=''pty''
>
>
>
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # enable sound card support, [sb16|es1370|all|..,..], default none
> #soundhw=''sb16''
>
>
>
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # set the real time clock to local time [default=0 i.e. set to utc]
> localtime=0
>
>
>
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # start in full screen
> #full-screen=1
>
>
>
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # Enable USB support (specific devices specified at runtime through the
> # monitor window)
> #usb=1
>
> # Enable USB mouse support (only enable one of the following,
`mouse'' for
> # PS/2 protocol relative mouse, `tablet'' for
> # absolute mouse)
> #usbdevice=''mouse''
> #usbdevice=''tablet''
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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