Andrew Elwell
2007-Nov-07 16:19 UTC
[Xen-users] Dell Optiplex 740 / Xen 3.1 / Ubuntu Gutsy woes [fixed]
Hi Folks,
Posting this incase it helps others:
I''ve been battling for *days* to get xen installed on Ubuntu gutsy
(amd64) on a nice new Dell Optiplex 740
CPU looked fine:
processor : 1
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36
clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext
3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm cr8_legacy
domain-0 seemed to install OK, debootstrap of gutsy *seemed* ok too,
just never got as far as a login prompt on console or any sign of
network activity
I eventually gave up on Xen and tried KVM - which threw an error
message at the modprobe kvm_amd
kvm: disabled by bios
(there is no BIOS option relating to virtualisation)
Updated bios from 1.1.3 to 1.2.2 and lo... all my xen goodness works[1]
Tada!
[1] well, sorta. Networking seems a bit Wierd - see separate mail
Andrew
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Mitch
2007-Nov-07 23:34 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Dell Optiplex 740 / Xen 3.1 / Ubuntu Gutsy woes [fixed]
Do you mind me asking is your AMD supports virtualisation? type: xm dmesg | grep VMX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Elwell" <andrew.elwell@gmail.com> To: <xen-users@lists.xensource.com> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 1:19 AM Subject: [Xen-users] Dell Optiplex 740 / Xen 3.1 / Ubuntu Gutsy woes [fixed]> Hi Folks, > > Posting this incase it helps others: > > I''ve been battling for *days* to get xen installed on Ubuntu gutsy > (amd64) on a nice new Dell Optiplex 740 > > CPU looked fine: > > processor : 1 > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ > flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36 > clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext > 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm cr8_legacy > > > domain-0 seemed to install OK, debootstrap of gutsy *seemed* ok too, > just never got as far as a login prompt on console or any sign of > network activity > > I eventually gave up on Xen and tried KVM - which threw an error > message at the modprobe kvm_amd > > kvm: disabled by bios > > (there is no BIOS option relating to virtualisation) > > Updated bios from 1.1.3 to 1.2.2 and lo... all my xen goodness works[1] > > > Tada! > > > [1] well, sorta. Networking seems a bit Wierd - see separate mail > > > Andrew > > _______________________________________________ > 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
Peter Tersløv Forsberg
2007-Nov-08 01:36 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Dell Optiplex 740 / Xen 3.1 / Ubuntu Gutsy woes [fixed]
On Nov 8, 2007 12:34 AM, Mitch <mitchkelly@westnet.com.au> wrote:> Do you mind me asking is your AMD supports virtualisation? type: xm dmesg | > grep VMXSince the processor is an AMD, he should actually do a xm dmesg | grep -i svm, which probably would reveal, that he has support for HVM (see the original post for the processor flags; svm is listed among them.) regards Peter> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew Elwell" <andrew.elwell@gmail.com> > To: <xen-users@lists.xensource.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 1:19 AM > Subject: [Xen-users] Dell Optiplex 740 / Xen 3.1 / Ubuntu Gutsy woes [fixed] > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > Posting this incase it helps others: > > > > I''ve been battling for *days* to get xen installed on Ubuntu gutsy > > (amd64) on a nice new Dell Optiplex 740 > > > > CPU looked fine: > > > > processor : 1 > > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > > model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ > > flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36 > > clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext > > 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm cr8_legacy > > > > > > domain-0 seemed to install OK, debootstrap of gutsy *seemed* ok too, > > just never got as far as a login prompt on console or any sign of > > network activity > > > > I eventually gave up on Xen and tried KVM - which threw an error > > message at the modprobe kvm_amd > > > > kvm: disabled by bios > > > > (there is no BIOS option relating to virtualisation) > > > > Updated bios from 1.1.3 to 1.2.2 and lo... all my xen goodness works[1] > > > > > > Tada! > > > > > > [1] well, sorta. Networking seems a bit Wierd - see separate mail > > > > > > Andrew > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
Andrew Elwell
2007-Nov-08 08:10 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Dell Optiplex 740 / Xen 3.1 / Ubuntu Gutsy woes [fixed]
> Since the processor is an AMD, he should actually do a xm dmesg | grep > -i svm, which probably would reveal, that he has support for HVM (see > the original post for the processor flags; svm is listed among them.)Yep - Thats what was really stumping me - I had already checked that the HW was apparently ''hardware compliant'' with svm _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users