Andreas Hollmann
2007-Oct-05 15:21 UTC
[Xen-users] Minix doesn''t boot on XEN HVM but works with Qemu
Hi, I tried to boot both Minix 2.0.4 and Minix 3.1.2 on a XEN HVM DomU. In both cases the system will not boot. The last messages which appears on the screen is Hit a key as follows: 1 Regular Minix 3 ... 2 Small Minix 3 ... I used the following configuration. kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" builder=''hvm'' memory = 128 name = "Minix" disk = [ ''file:/root/xenconf/minix_312/minix.disk,ioemu:hda,w'', ''file:/root/xenconf/minix_312/IDE-3.1.2a.iso,ioemu:hdb:cdrom,r''] vif = [ ''type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0'' ] device_model = ''/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm'' boot=''d'' sdl=1 vnc=0 With Qemu I can boot both versions of Minix without any problems. [root@localhost minix_312]# qemu -m 128M -hda minix.disk -cdrom IDE-3.1.2a.iso -boot d Could not open ''/dev/kqemu'' - QEMU acceleration layer not activated I thought the HVM domain is very similar to Qemu, however many images that run on Qemu don''t run on XEN. I''m using Fedora 7 with the latest XEN Kernel. Regards, Andreas _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users