Hello,
There seems to be a fair amount of traffic regarding motherboard
HVM compatibility for non-vendor systems. I for one would like a
consistent source of information.
So, I''ve put up a wiki page for HVM compatible motherboards. Please be
gentle this is my first wiki page.
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/HVM_Compatible_Motherboards
Please consider posting a success report to this thread and I will
compile the information and update the wiki. Alternatively feel free to
update the wiki (both style and info) directly. Please include as much
information (BIOS version MB revision) as you can, and quirks required
to get HVM working. DOM0 base system and DOMU guest systems would also
be nice.
Thanks
--
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Ben wrote:> Hello, > There seems to be a fair amount of traffic regarding motherboard > HVM compatibility for non-vendor systems. I for one would like a > consistent source of information. > So, I''ve put up a wiki page for HVM compatible motherboards. Please be > gentle this is my first wiki page. > > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/HVM_Compatible_Motherboards > > Please consider posting a success report to this thread and I will > compile the information and update the wiki. Alternatively feel free to > update the wiki (both style and info) directly. Please include as much > information (BIOS version MB revision) as you can, and quirks required > to get HVM working. DOM0 base system and DOMU guest systems would also > be nice. > > Thanks > -- > Ben > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 0650-2, 23/11/2006 > Tested on: 25/11/2006 12:10:54 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2006 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >Bravo, bravo, bravo. Thats something a was missing!!! As many people reported hvm-incompatibility for the Asus M2NPV-VM and M2NPV-MX boards. I guess they can be listed as broken. Of course they can be removed from there as soon as someone reports a success, and maybe a brief report on what he/she did to get it to work. A little remark on the P5LD2-VM you listed as AMD-hvm-compatible. That board is a socket 775 board for Intel processors. It also would be nice to include a short remark on the used processor and the bios version. Regards Andreas _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Andreas Fromm wrote:> > Bravo, bravo, bravo. > Thats something a was missing!!! > > As many people reported hvm-incompatibility for the Asus M2NPV-VM and > M2NPV-MX boards. I guess they can be listed as broken. Of course they > can be removed from there as soon as someone reports a success, and > maybe a brief report on what he/she did to get it to work. > > A little remark on the P5LD2-VM you listed as AMD-hvm-compatible. That > board is a socket 775 board for Intel processors. It also would be > nice to include a short remark on the used processor and the bios > version. > > Regards > > Andreas > >Andreas, Thanks, I have updated the wiki. -- Ben --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0650-2, 23/11/2006 Tested on: 26/11/2006 6:14:02 AM avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2006 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Klaus Kudielka
2006-Nov-26 11:49 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] HVM success reports required for wiki
Hello,
I would like to add two HVM stories - one success and one failure.
In both cases HW and Xen/Domain0 software are identical:
MB: ASUS M2NPV-VM, BIOS 0504 (GeForce 6150 + nForce 430)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+
RAM: 2 x 512MB
Distro: FC6
Kernel: kernel-xen-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6
Xen: xen-3.0.3-0.1.rc3
***SUCCESS***
Guest OS: Windows 2000 Professional SP1
Config: acpi=0, apic=0
Remark1: 30GB logical volume works, 40GB+ logical volume fails
(BIOS reports negative size)
Remark2: Windows screen resolution only up to 1024x768
***FAILURE***
Guest OS: Windows XP Home SP2
Config: acpi=1, apic=1
Remark1: Famous blank screen after CD install, at first boot from
virtual hard disk
***NOTE***
At least this is a proof that HVM works on an M2NPV-VM, in principle.
(There have been others as well on this list,
e.g. <006c01c710cc$cf4c85e0$9800a8c0@main>)
But the blank screen problem with Windows XP guests remains to be a
hard one. If somebody solves this, PLEASE tell.
***DETAILS***
---grub.conf entry---
title Fedora Core (2.6.18-1.2849.fc6xen)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /xen.gz-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 dom0_mem=524288
module /vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6xen ro root=/dev/Linux/root rhgb quiet
module /initrd-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6xen.img
---guest01.hvm---
arch_libdir = ''lib64''
kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
builder=''hvm''
memory = 384
shadow_memory = 16
name = "guest01"
vcpus=1
pae=0
acpi=0
apic=0
vif = [ ''type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:00:00:11, bridge=xenbr0,
model=ne2k_pci'' ]
disk = [ ''phy:/dev/mapper/Guests-guest01,ioemu:hda,w'',
''file:/d/3/windows/windows_2000_professional_sp1_de.iso,hdc:cdrom,r''
]
on_poweroff = ''preserve''
on_reboot = ''restart''
on_crash = ''preserve''
device_model = ''/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm''
boot="d"
sdl=1
vnc=0
vncdisplay=1
vncconsole=1
stdvga=0
serial=''pty''
---
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Strange, I''m on my 3rd machine based on the M2NPV-MX and not a single HVM issue that wasn''t of my own making (like I hadn''t installed all dependencies prior to compiling) I''ve only got one of the machines in my possession still so here goes with its vital statistics: BIOS 0303 Board revision (not too sure but here''s the part number 90-MIB0J0-G0EAYZ) cpu AMD 3200 (AM2) Dom0 Distro Ubuntu 6.06 (standard desktop install) Xen version 3.0.2-2 (from both source and binaries) DomUs OK WinXPpro / Win2K / IPCOP (2.4 kernel) DomU fail Win98se (but I didn''t exactly make a concerted effort on this) I didn''t have to do anything clever to make it work beyond doing the dependencies and running the installer. matt Andreas Fromm wrote:> Ben wrote: >> Hello, >> There seems to be a fair amount of traffic regarding motherboard >> HVM compatibility for non-vendor systems. I for one would like a >> consistent source of information. So, I''ve put up a wiki page >> for HVM compatible motherboards. Please be >> gentle this is my first wiki page. >> >> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/HVM_Compatible_Motherboards >> >> Please consider posting a success report to this thread and I will >> compile the information and update the wiki. Alternatively feel free to >> update the wiki (both style and info) directly. Please include as much >> information (BIOS version MB revision) as you can, and quirks required >> to get HVM working. DOM0 base system and DOMU guest systems would also >> be nice. >> >> Thanks >> -- >> Ben >> >> >> --- >> avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. >> Virus Database (VPS): 0650-2, 23/11/2006 >> Tested on: 25/11/2006 12:10:54 PM >> avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2006 ALWIL Software. >> http://www.avast.com >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xen-users mailing list >> Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >> > > Bravo, bravo, bravo. > Thats something a was missing!!! > > As many people reported hvm-incompatibility for the Asus M2NPV-VM and > M2NPV-MX boards. I guess they can be listed as broken. Of course they > can be removed from there as soon as someone reports a success, and > maybe a brief report on what he/she did to get it to work. > > A little remark on the P5LD2-VM you listed as AMD-hvm-compatible. That > board is a socket 775 board for Intel processors. It also would be > nice to include a short remark on the used processor and the bios > version. > > Regards > > Andreas > > _______________________________________________ > 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
Andreas Fromm wrote:> matt wrote: >> Strange, I''m on my 3rd machine based on the M2NPV-MX and not a single >> HVM issue that wasn''t of my own making (like I hadn''t installed all >> dependencies prior to compiling) >> >> I''ve only got one of the machines in my possession still so here goes >> with its vital statistics: >> >> BIOS 0303 >> Board revision (not too sure but here''s the part number >> 90-MIB0J0-G0EAYZ) >> cpu AMD 3200 (AM2) >> Dom0 Distro Ubuntu 6.06 (standard desktop install) >> Xen version 3.0.2-2 (from both source and binaries) >> DomUs OK WinXPpro / Win2K / IPCOP (2.4 kernel) >> DomU fail Win98se (but I didn''t exactly make a concerted >> effort on this) >> >> I didn''t have to do anything clever to make it work beyond doing the >> dependencies and running the installer. >> >> matt > Oh, thats nice to hear that the Board does work in principle. Maybe > it''s just a problem of the bios then. I had to install the 0502 > (current version) to be able to access my SATA hard disk. I already > thought of that possibility, but I couldn''t downgrade the bios. > > Could you post the relevant data of the config.file for your > hvm-domains (XP and IPcop) to try with exact the same parameters, please? > > BTW. Does the frequency scaling work on your System? I know that it > won''t Work under XEN, but it doesn''t work with a normal Kernel either > on my System. > > Regards > > Andreas > >Actually I just nuked my whole OS with Xen 3.0.2 and restarted with 3.0.3 so I don''t have the config files for XP any more but I didn''t do anything clever in them. Now I''m on 3.0.3 I don''t seem to be able to get XP to run (it crashes the domain at the "Starting Windows" part of the installer, but I haven''t spent much time on this) I have got HVMs of Ubuntu and IPCOP working though. The config files for them are just the example HVM config with the name and disc sections changed. By frequency scaling do you mean Cool and Quiet? To be honest I''ve never even thought to look since I generally run folding at home which defeats its purpose. matt _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Klaus Kudielka
2006-Dec-10 15:08 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] HVM success reports required for wiki
After digging through the mailing list archives, I finally succeeded
getting also Windows XP to work under xen 3.0.3 on an ASUS M2NPV-VM.
Summary:
=======
MB: ASUS M2NPV-VM, BIOS 0504 (GeForce 6150 + nForce 430)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+
RAM: 2 x 512MB
Distro: FC6
Kernel: kernel-xen-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6
Xen: xen-3.0.3-0.1.rc3
Guest OS: Windows XP Home SP2 EN
Installation notes:
==================
1. I had to use qemu (yum install qemu) for the first-stage CD install,
otherwise the cursor keys required in the next step didn''t work.
2. When Windows asked to press F6 for additional drivers,
I had to press F5 and to select "Standard PC".
Otherwise I consistently got the following errors:
a) acpi=apic=0: VM hangs during "Starting Windows"
b) acpi=apic=1: VM hangs with blank screen at first boot from HD
3. Qemu needed a long time to copy the first set of files. When qemu
finally re-booted its VM, I terminated it with Ctrl-C and began booting
the Xen HVM from the virtual harddisk.
This way I got past both the "Starting Windows" and the "blank
screen"
hangs, and the remaining installation (on Xen HVM) continued smoothly.
The stame story obviously happened to other people as well:
http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2006-06/msg00452.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2006-November/msg00026.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2006-November/msg00056.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2006-November/msg00158.html
I also want to add that I consistently faced both hangs, regardless
whether I used the FC6 xen packages, xen-3.0.3 binary tarball, or
xen-3.0.3 compiled from source.
Conclusions:
===========
* ASUS M2NPV-VM works perfectly with HVM
* Windows XP (at least SP2) hardware auto-detection gets seriously
confused by Xen HVM
* Cursor keys don''t work on Xen HVM after pressing F5
* Many people have suffered from the same problem, so this should
go into the FAQ
Best regards, Klaus
On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 12:49:30PM +0100, Klaus Kudielka
wrote:> Hello,
>
> I would like to add two HVM stories - one success and one failure.
>
> In both cases HW and Xen/Domain0 software are identical:
>
> MB: ASUS M2NPV-VM, BIOS 0504 (GeForce 6150 + nForce 430)
> CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+
> RAM: 2 x 512MB
>
> Distro: FC6
> Kernel: kernel-xen-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6
> Xen: xen-3.0.3-0.1.rc3
>
> ***SUCCESS***
>
> Guest OS: Windows 2000 Professional SP1
> Config: acpi=0, apic=0
> Remark1: 30GB logical volume works, 40GB+ logical volume fails
> (BIOS reports negative size)
> Remark2: Windows screen resolution only up to 1024x768
>
> ***FAILURE***
>
> Guest OS: Windows XP Home SP2
> Config: acpi=1, apic=1
> Remark1: Famous blank screen after CD install, at first boot from
> virtual hard disk
>
> ***NOTE***
>
> At least this is a proof that HVM works on an M2NPV-VM, in principle.
> (There have been others as well on this list,
> e.g. <006c01c710cc$cf4c85e0$9800a8c0@main>)
>
> But the blank screen problem with Windows XP guests remains to be a
> hard one. If somebody solves this, PLEASE tell.
>
> ***DETAILS***
>
> ---grub.conf entry---
>
> title Fedora Core (2.6.18-1.2849.fc6xen)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /xen.gz-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 dom0_mem=524288
> module /vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6xen ro root=/dev/Linux/root rhgb
quiet
> module /initrd-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6xen.img
>
> ---guest01.hvm---
>
> arch_libdir = ''lib64''
>
> kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
> builder=''hvm''
> memory = 384
> shadow_memory = 16
> name = "guest01"
>
> vcpus=1
> pae=0
> acpi=0
> apic=0
>
> vif = [ ''type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:00:00:11, bridge=xenbr0,
model=ne2k_pci'' ]
> disk = [ ''phy:/dev/mapper/Guests-guest01,ioemu:hda,w'',
>
''file:/d/3/windows/windows_2000_professional_sp1_de.iso,hdc:cdrom,r''
]
>
> on_poweroff = ''preserve''
> on_reboot = ''restart''
> on_crash = ''preserve''
>
> device_model = ''/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm''
>
> boot="d"
> sdl=1
> vnc=0
> vncdisplay=1
> vncconsole=1
>
> stdvga=0
> serial=''pty''
>
> ---
>
> Regards, Klaus
>
> _______________________________________________
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> * Many people have suffered from the same problem, so this should > go into the FAQyes PLEASE put it in the FAQ! Even finding which keys to press takes a bit of work. (Nice summary Klaus, thanks! I''ve managed to run through the same process on an asus board.) -Tom _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Franco Spinelli
2006-Dec-10 21:09 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] HVM success reports required for wiki
Klaus Kudielka ha scritto:> After digging through the mailing list archives, I finally succeeded > getting also Windows XP to work under xen 3.0.3 on an ASUS M2NPV-VM. > > Summary: > =======> > MB: ASUS M2NPV-VM, BIOS 0504 (GeForce 6150 + nForce 430) > CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ > RAM: 2 x 512MB > > Distro: FC6 > Kernel: kernel-xen-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 > Xen: xen-3.0.3-0.1.rc3 > Guest OS: Windows XP Home SP2 EN > > Installation notes: > ==================> > 1. I had to use qemu (yum install qemu) for the first-stage CD install, > otherwise the cursor keys required in the next step didn''t work. > 2. When Windows asked to press F6 for additional drivers, > I had to press F5 and to select "Standard PC". > Otherwise I consistently got the following errors: > a) acpi=apic=0: VM hangs during "Starting Windows" > b) acpi=apic=1: VM hangs with blank screen at first boot from HD > 3. Qemu needed a long time to copy the first set of files. When qemu > finally re-booted its VM, I terminated it with Ctrl-C and began booting > the Xen HVM from the virtual harddisk. > > This way I got past both the "Starting Windows" and the "blank screen" > hangs, and the remaining installation (on Xen HVM) continued smoothly. > The stame story obviously happened to other people as well: > > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2006-06/msg00452.html > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2006-November/msg00026.html > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2006-November/msg00056.html > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2006-November/msg00158.html > > I also want to add that I consistently faced both hangs, regardless > whether I used the FC6 xen packages, xen-3.0.3 binary tarball, or > xen-3.0.3 compiled from source. > > Conclusions: > ===========> > * ASUS M2NPV-VM works perfectly with HVM > * Windows XP (at least SP2) hardware auto-detection gets seriously > confused by Xen HVM > * Cursor keys don''t work on Xen HVM after pressing F5 > * Many people have suffered from the same problem, so this should > go into the FAQ > > Best regards, Klaus >I confirm successfull installation for both 32 and 64 bit version of Ubuntu Edgy, using Xen from Ubuntu Edgy repository, on my ASUS M2NPV-VM, and XP SP2 image CD. I have another ASUS MB, a P5LD2-VM DH, based on Intel chipset and with a Core 2 Duo CPU. Using same OS (Ubuntu Edgy) and same XP SP2 image CD, on this MB I can get XP up and running without any problem. Installation go smoothly from start to completition. So, XP hardaware auto-detection get seriously confused by Xen HVM only for some MB (and ASUS M2NPV-VM is one of this) and with AMD CPU. Regards Franco _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Franco Spinelli wrote:> Klaus Kudielka ha scritto: >> After digging through the mailing list archives, I finally succeeded >> getting also Windows XP to work under xen 3.0.3 on an ASUS M2NPV-VM. >> >> Summary: >> =======>> >> MB: ASUS M2NPV-VM, BIOS 0504 (GeForce 6150 + nForce 430) >> CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ >> RAM: 2 x 512MB >> >> Distro: FC6 >> Kernel: kernel-xen-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 >> Xen: xen-3.0.3-0.1.rc3 >> Guest OS: Windows XP Home SP2 EN >> >> Installation notes: >> ==================>> >> 1. I had to use qemu (yum install qemu) for the first-stage CD install, >> otherwise the cursor keys required in the next step didn''t work. >> 2. When Windows asked to press F6 for additional drivers, >> I had to press F5 and to select "Standard PC". >> Otherwise I consistently got the following errors: >> a) acpi=apic=0: VM hangs during "Starting Windows" >> b) acpi=apic=1: VM hangs with blank screen at first boot from HD >> 3. Qemu needed a long time to copy the first set of files. When qemu >> finally re-booted its VM, I terminated it with Ctrl-C and began >> booting >> the Xen HVM from the virtual harddisk. >> >> This way I got past both the "Starting Windows" and the "blank screen" >> hangs, and the remaining installation (on Xen HVM) continued smoothly. >> The stame story obviously happened to other people as well: >> >> http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2006-06/msg00452.html >> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2006-November/msg00026.html >> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2006-November/msg00056.html >> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2006-November/msg00158.html >> >> I also want to add that I consistently faced both hangs, regardless >> whether I used the FC6 xen packages, xen-3.0.3 binary tarball, or >> xen-3.0.3 compiled from source. >> >> Conclusions: >> ===========>> >> * ASUS M2NPV-VM works perfectly with HVM >> * Windows XP (at least SP2) hardware auto-detection gets seriously >> confused by Xen HVM >> * Cursor keys don''t work on Xen HVM after pressing F5 >> * Many people have suffered from the same problem, so this should >> go into the FAQ >> >> Best regards, Klaus >> > > I confirm successfull installation for both 32 and 64 bit version of > Ubuntu Edgy, using Xen from Ubuntu Edgy repository, on my ASUS > M2NPV-VM, and XP SP2 image CD. > > I have another ASUS MB, a P5LD2-VM DH, based on Intel chipset and with > a Core 2 Duo CPU. > > Using same OS (Ubuntu Edgy) and same XP SP2 image CD, on this MB I can > get XP up and running without any problem. Installation go smoothly > from start to completition. > > So, XP hardaware auto-detection get seriously confused by Xen HVM only > for some MB (and ASUS M2NPV-VM is one of this) and with AMD CPU. > > Regards > > Franco >Klaus & Franco, thanks for the great information. I will update the wiki soon. Which BIOS version are you both using for the motherboards (including Intel)? -- Ben --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0655-1, 08/12/2006 Tested on: 11/12/2006 12:48:05 PM avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2006 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Franco Spinelli wrote:> Klaus Kudielka ha scritto: >> After digging through the mailing list archives, I finally succeeded >> getting also Windows XP to work under xen 3.0.3 on an ASUS M2NPV-VM. >> >> Summary: >> =======>> >> MB: ASUS M2NPV-VM, BIOS 0504 (GeForce 6150 + nForce 430) >> CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ >> RAM: 2 x 512MB >> >> Distro: FC6 >> Kernel: kernel-xen-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 >> Xen: xen-3.0.3-0.1.rc3 >> Guest OS: Windows XP Home SP2 EN >> >> Installation notes: >> ==================>> >> 1. I had to use qemu (yum install qemu) for the first-stage CD install, >> otherwise the cursor keys required in the next step didn''t work. >> 2. When Windows asked to press F6 for additional drivers, >> I had to press F5 and to select "Standard PC". >> Otherwise I consistently got the following errors: >> a) acpi=apic=0: VM hangs during "Starting Windows" >> b) acpi=apic=1: VM hangs with blank screen at first boot from HD >> 3. Qemu needed a long time to copy the first set of files. When qemu >> finally re-booted its VM, I terminated it with Ctrl-C and began >> booting >> the Xen HVM from the virtual harddisk. >> >> This way I got past both the "Starting Windows" and the "blank screen" >> hangs, and the remaining installation (on Xen HVM) continued smoothly. >> The stame story obviously happened to other people as well: >> >> http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2006-06/msg00452.html >> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2006-November/msg00026.html >> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2006-November/msg00056.html >> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2006-November/msg00158.html >> >> I also want to add that I consistently faced both hangs, regardless >> whether I used the FC6 xen packages, xen-3.0.3 binary tarball, or >> xen-3.0.3 compiled from source. >> >> Conclusions: >> ===========>> >> * ASUS M2NPV-VM works perfectly with HVM >> * Windows XP (at least SP2) hardware auto-detection gets seriously >> confused by Xen HVM >> * Cursor keys don''t work on Xen HVM after pressing F5 >> * Many people have suffered from the same problem, so this should >> go into the FAQ >> >> Best regards, Klaus >> > > I confirm successfull installation for both 32 and 64 bit version of > Ubuntu Edgy, using Xen from Ubuntu Edgy repository, on my ASUS > M2NPV-VM, and XP SP2 image CD. > > I have another ASUS MB, a P5LD2-VM DH, based on Intel chipset and with > a Core 2 Duo CPU. > > Using same OS (Ubuntu Edgy) and same XP SP2 image CD, on this MB I can > get XP up and running without any problem. Installation go smoothly > from start to completition. > > So, XP hardaware auto-detection get seriously confused by Xen HVM only > for some MB (and ASUS M2NPV-VM is one of this) and with AMD CPU. > > Regards > > Franco >Klaus & Franco, thanks for the great information. I will update the wiki soon. Which BIOS version are you both using for the motherboards (including Intel)? -- Ben --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0655-1, 08/12/2006 Tested on: 11/12/2006 1:15:37 PM avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2006 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Franco Spinelli
2006-Dec-12 18:26 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] HVM success reports required for wiki
Ben Sargeant ha scritto:> Klaus & Franco, thanks for the great information. I will update the > wiki soon. Which BIOS version are you both using for the motherboards > (including Intel)? > > -- > BenFor all test: Ubuntu Edgy and Xen from Ubuntu repository For ASUS M2NPV-VM: BIOS 0504 CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 1 Gb RAM SATA disk 100 Gb For ASUS P5LD2-VM DH: BIOS 0505 (Amibios 9/13/2006) CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 6400 1 Gb RAM SATA disk 80 Gb Regards Franco Spinelli _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Scott McKenzie
2006-Dec-14 14:40 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] HVM success reports required for wiki
I''ve got Windows SBS 2003 R2 up and running on an Asus M2NPV-MX.
I followed Klaus Kudielka''s instructions (thank-you Klaus!) and
installed the OS using qemu initially then booted it with Xen after the
installation completed.
Here''s my h/w and s/w details:
MB: Asus M2NPV-MX with BIOS version 0502
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
RAM: 2x1GB
Distro: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Kernel: 2.6.16.29-xen
Xen: 3.0.3
Guest OS: Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2
And here is my xen config:
import os, re
arch = os.uname()[4]
if re.search(''64'', arch):
arch_libdir = ''lib64''
else:
arch_libdir = ''lib''
kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
builder=''hvm''
memory = 512
shadow_memory = 8
name = "sbs2003"
vif = [ ''type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0, model=ne2k_pci'' ]
disk = [ ''file:/vserver/sbs2003.img,ioemu:hda,w'',
''phy:/dev/hdb,hdc:cdrom,r'' ]
device_model = ''/usr/'' + arch_libdir +
''/xen/bin/qemu-dm''
boot="c"
vnc=1
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I''ve got Centos Server 4.4 up and running. This bodes well for
Fedora/RedHat/CentOS. (The MAC of eth0 keeps on changing so there is a
new hardward detect, but I think that this can be fixed according to the
documentation.)
Here''s my h/w and s/w details:
MB: Asus N4L-VM DH with BIOS version 0802
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile (T5600)
RAM: 2x.5GB
Distro: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Kernel: 2.6.16.29-xen0
Xen: 3.0.3 (built from source)
Guest OS: Centos Server 4.4
And here is my xen config:
import os, re
arch = os.uname()[4]
if re.search(''64'', arch):
arch_libdir = ''lib64''
else:
arch_libdir = ''lib''
kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
builder=''hvm''
memory = 126
shadow_memory = 8
name = "centos"
vcpus=1
cpus = "0-1"
vif = [ ''type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0'' ]
disk = [ ''phy:/dev/sdb7,hda,w'',
''file:/var/iso/CentOS-4.4.ServerCD-i386.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'']
on_poweroff = ''destroy''
on_reboot = ''restart''
on_crash = ''destroy''
device_model = ''/usr/'' + arch_libdir +
''/xen/bin/qemu-dm''
boot=''c''
ne2000=0
sdl=1
vnc=0
stdvga=0
serial=''pty''
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Recent failures to install from CDROM image. Debian 3.1 install using debian-31r4-i386-netinstall.iso. The boot to the ISO image works, but it was impossible to format an ext3 partition for install -- there was an error. ReiserFS ans ext2 was worked. After I got past the partitions and began the base install, debootstrap failed -- there was some incorrect parameter sent to umount some usb device or something. I could never get Debian netinstal.iso to work. I think I will bite bullet and get the DVD images (2) to see if this will work. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users