I am trying to install WinXP in a DomU on my new machine.
My tests are made with:
Hardware : MB Asus M2NPV-VM with Nvidia chipset and 1 Gb RAM
AMD Athlon X2 processor (dual core - SVM capable)
Software : Ubuntu 6.06 and Ubuntu 6.10 both for i386 and for AMD64
Xen : last binary tarball 3.0.3 for 32 bit SMP and for 64 bit SMP
I am able to install xen and boot xen kernel. Xen kernel show SVM as enabled
When I start xp virtual machine (no network, for test only), with this
configuration:
kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
builder=''hvm''
memory = 256
name = "winXP"
acpi=1
apic=1
disk=[''file:/media/hda2/tmp/xp.img,ioemu:hda,w'',''file:/media/hda2/tmp/cd_xp.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'']
boot="d"
sdl=1
vnc=0
serial=''pty''
XP install start but I can''t use any function key (F5 or F6). Install
procede to disk formatting and copy files.
After this XP install need to reboot machine. After reboot I get a blank
screen and an idle Domu, after (apparently) 2 screen resize.
xm list show -b---- status
Test made with acpi and apic on or off, with 32 bit or 64 bit versions
give all same result.
Also moving image file on Sata or IDE disk don''t change anything.
Windows XP installed directly on this machine is correctly working as is
correctly working Ubuntu Linux and Dom0 linux
Is my MB unsupported by current Xen version?
Regards
Franco
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Franco Spinelli wrote:> I am trying to install WinXP in a DomU on my new machine. > > My tests are made with: > > Hardware : MB Asus M2NPV-VM with Nvidia chipset and 1 Gb RAM > AMD Athlon X2 processor (dual core - SVM capable) > Software : Ubuntu 6.06 and Ubuntu 6.10 both for i386 and for AMD64 > > Xen : last binary tarball 3.0.3 for 32 bit SMP and for 64 bit SMP > > I am able to install xen and boot xen kernel. Xen kernel show SVM as > enabled > When I start xp virtual machine (no network, for test only), with this > configuration: > > kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" > builder=''hvm'' > memory = 256 > name = "winXP" > acpi=1 > apic=1 > disk=[''file:/media/hda2/tmp/xp.img,ioemu:hda,w'',''file:/media/hda2/tmp/cd_xp.iso,hdc:cdrom,r''] > > boot="d" > sdl=1 > vnc=0 > serial=''pty'' > > XP install start but I can''t use any function key (F5 or F6). Install > procede to disk formatting and copy files. > After this XP install need to reboot machine. After reboot I get a > blank screen and an idle Domu, after (apparently) 2 screen resize. > > xm list show -b---- status > > Test made with acpi and apic on or off, with 32 bit or 64 bit versions > give all same result. > Also moving image file on Sata or IDE disk don''t change anything. > > Windows XP installed directly on this machine is correctly working as > is correctly working Ubuntu Linux and Dom0 linux > > Is my MB unsupported by current Xen version? > > Regards > > Franco > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-usersHi, I have the M2NPV-MX (same chipset but without the Firewire port and it doesn''t ship with the TV-Out card) and haven''t had any luck getting hvms started either. On my case, I never get any SDL window nor can I connect through vnc. My domu hangs idle immediately. Erwan Mas has also wrote about problem with this MB. Maybe you can check his post: http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2006-10/msg00754.html and see what we can do. Greetings Andreas _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
I am trying to install WinXP in a DomU on my new machine.
My tests are made with:
Hardware : MB Asus M2NPV-VM with Nvidia chipset and 1 Gb RAM
AMD Athlon X2 processor (dual core - SVM capable)
Software : Ubuntu 6.06,Ubuntu 6.10 both for i386 and for AMD64
and FC6 for i386
Xen : last binary tarball 3.0.3 for 32 bit SMP and for 64 bit SMP
I am able to install xen and boot xen kernel. Xen kernel show SVM as enabled
When I start xp virtual machine (no network, for test only), with this
configuration:
kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
builder=''hvm''
memory = 256
name = "winXP"
acpi=1
apic=1
disk=[''file:/media/hda2/tmp/xp.img,ioemu:hda,w'',''file:/media/hda2/tmp/cd_xp.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'']
boot="d"
sdl=1
vnc=0
serial=''pty''
XP install start but I can''t use any function key (F5 or F6). Install
procede to disk formatting and copy files.
After this XP install need to reboot machine. After reboot I get a blank
screen and an idle Domu, after (apparently) 2 screen resize.
xm list show -b---- status
Test made with acpi and apic on or off, with 32 bit or 64 bit versions
give all same result.
Also moving image file on Sata or IDE disk don''t change anything.
Windows XP installed directly on this machine is correctly working as is
correctly working Ubuntu Linux and Dom0 linux
Mounting image file see a NTFS disk with files copied onto by XP install
step.
Is my MB unsupported by current Xen version?
Regards
Franco
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Another step in my test on my new M2NPV-VM MB for Xen install.
I have installed XP on a virtual disk (a file) using qemu. Install go to
the end correctly and I can boot XP, login and use it.
Now I boot a Xen kernel, installed from 3.0.3 binary tarball, start Domu
with XP disk and XP don''t start. Screen go blank after 2 resize and all
is freeze in Domu.
So, i suppose, current Xen version is not able to use SVM capability of
my MB/Processor.
My test box is:
Hardware : MB Asus M2NPV-VM with Nvidia chipset and 1 Gb RAM
AMD Athlon X2 processor (dual core - SVM capable)
Software : Ubuntu 6.06,Ubuntu 6.10 both for i386 and for AMD64
and FC6 for i386
Xen : last binary tarball 3.0.3 for 32 bit SMP and for 64 bit SMP
Regards
Franco
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> > So, i suppose, current Xen version is not able to use SVM capabilityof> my MB/Processor. > > My test box is: > > Hardware : MB Asus M2NPV-VM with Nvidia chipset and 1 Gb RAM > AMD Athlon X2 processor (dual core - SVM capable) > Software : Ubuntu 6.06,Ubuntu 6.10 both for i386 and for AMD64 > and FC6 for i386 > > Xen : last binary tarball 3.0.3 for 32 bit SMP and for 64 bit SMP >It might be useful to keep a record of hardware known to work and hardware with issues as it may help people working with Xen. Our system has been running without issue paravirtualized and HVM. Our working test box is: Hardware : MB Asus P5LD2-VM R2.0 with Intel 945G chipset and 1 GB RAM Intel Core2 Duo 6600 (ACPI 2.0, and ACPI/APIC enabled) ATA and SATA drives were used individual and SATA RAID Intel 1Gb built-in NIC, Intel built-in video Software : Debian 3.1 Guests : FC6, Debian 3.1, Gentoo 2006.1 Windows XP/2003 Xen : 3.0.3 for 32 bit SMP _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users