Re: [Xen-users] Install XP on sata XEN

Todd Deshane
2008-09-03T04:05:50Z

Hi,

>
> For example right now my domU won''t boot off the hard disk.  I
experimented
> by removing the hard drive from the disk line.  The result was the same.
So
> now I do not know if the bios can''t see my hard drive or it just
can''t boot
> my hard drive.  A simple list of detected sata drives would save me loads
of
> time.

For HVM guests, there is quite a bit of information logged to
/var/log/xen/qemu* logs.

Do you see anything there that might help?

Also, could you post your domU config file, and as suggested by Jerry Amundson:
log file entries, stdout messages, etc? These really do help in
debugging the situation.

Also, you didn''t mention your version of Xen, how it was installed,
your kernel versions etc.

A quick comment on your general comments on Xen: Xen already has a lot
of attention from
a lot of people. The distros, and other big third parties have taken
Xen under their wing and
there are a lot of really professional software on and around Xen.

I would recommend taking a look at the xen.org site, which is
currently under re-design, but
will still give you a better sense of where Xen is and, where it has
been, and where it is going.

Hope that helps,
Cheers,
Todd

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