Hi Aaron, I have the same issue actually. Did you succeed to boot and run Xen with your Mac-Mini ? If yes, how did you do and Which distro do you use ? Thanks for your help. Best regards, Aaron Dewell <aaron.dewell <at> gmail.com> writes:> > > Hi all, > > I''ve been running into some troubles getting the hypervisor to load on aMac Mini (2012). I''ve tried (mostly> out of boredom): Debian Wheezy, Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04 (amd64+mac). It''scurrently on the last one, which> was also the most pain-free install on the system. > > However, when I install Xen (from packages), then try to boot it fromGRUB2 (which works otherwise), it> fails. The last message I see (apart from "loading" ones defined ingrub.cfg) is "WARNING: No console will> be available to OS". I wouldn''t care about the console (the Mini is in arack, headless), but it also never> requests a DHCP address as it does without the HV. I assume that apartfrom the console issue, nothing else> is successful either, though if it was partially working, I''d have noidea due to the lack of a console.> > My next step was going to be to get the source, compile it and tryXen.efi (since an EFI executable does not> appear to come with any of the Ubuntu packages). Binaries are easier, sothat''s what I tried first, but that> appears to be the next step unless someone has another suggestion? > > Thanks! I appreciate any and all advice, > > Aaron >-- Alexis de BRUYN
Hi guys, If it''s any help - We are successfully running XenServer 6 on a pair of Mac Minis. Being as XenServer is essentially a pre-packaged up version of CentOS 5 with a Xen HV etc, what you guys are doing should be possible with the right config. This is the kernel version: Linux vh04 2.6.32.12-0.7.1.xs6.0.2.542.170665xen #1 SMP Tue Jan 17 15:14:24 EST 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux If you''re interested in trying XenServer (or XCP) on your Mac Minis, I jotted down these helpful notes on our wiki: - Reference: Single boot from a Mac Mini<http://rackerhacker.com/2011/01/26/single-boot-linux-on-an-intel-mac-mini/> - Hold down the left Alt key to get the Mac boot menu - Boot from the XenServer CD and install like normal, you can use the whole hard drive like normal as well - Boot from the Refit <http://refit.sourceforge.net/> CD and choose the 2nd option (something about partition) to synchronize your GPT/MBR - Boot from a Apple OS X CD or use the Internet Recovery option - Launch a terminal window from the installer - Run "bless --device /dev/disk0s1 --setBoot --legacy --verbose" - Reboot Cheers, Andrew On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Alexis de BRUYN < alexis.mailinglist@de-bruyn.fr> wrote:> Hi Aaron, > > I have the same issue actually. Did you succeed to boot and run Xen with > your Mac-Mini ? If yes, how did you do and Which distro do you use ? > Thanks for your help. > > Best regards, > > Aaron Dewell <aaron.dewell <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I''ve been running into some troubles getting the hypervisor to load on a > Mac Mini (2012). I''ve tried (mostly > > out of boredom): Debian Wheezy, Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04 (amd64+mac). It''s > currently on the last one, which > > was also the most pain-free install on the system. > > > > However, when I install Xen (from packages), then try to boot it from > GRUB2 (which works otherwise), it > > fails. The last message I see (apart from "loading" ones defined in > grub.cfg) is "WARNING: No console will > > be available to OS". I wouldn''t care about the console (the Mini is in a > rack, headless), but it also never > > requests a DHCP address as it does without the HV. I assume that apart > from the console issue, nothing else > > is successful either, though if it was partially working, I''d have no > idea > due to the lack of a console. > > > > My next step was going to be to get the source, compile it and try > Xen.efi > (since an EFI executable does not > > appear to come with any of the Ubuntu packages). Binaries are easier, so > that''s what I tried first, but that > > appears to be the next step unless someone has another suggestion? > > > > Thanks! I appreciate any and all advice, > > > > Aaron > > > > -- > Alexis de BRUYN > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xen.org > http://lists.xen.org/xen-users >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
Thank you Andrew for the instructions, I will try that. Regards, On 13.06.2013 14:48, Andrew Eross wrote:> Hi guys, > > If it''s any help - > > We are successfully running XenServer 6 on a pair of Mac Minis. > > Being as XenServer is essentially a pre-packaged up version of CentOS 5 > with a Xen HV etc, what you guys are doing should be possible with the > right config. > > This is the kernel version: > Linux vh04 2.6.32.12-0.7.1.xs6.0.2.542.170665xen #1 SMP Tue Jan 17 > 15:14:24 EST 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > If you''re interested in trying XenServer (or XCP) on your Mac Minis, I > jotted down these helpful notes on our wiki: > > * Reference: Single boot from a Mac Mini > <http://rackerhacker.com/2011/01/26/single-boot-linux-on-an-intel-mac-mini/> > * Hold down the left Alt key to get the Mac boot menu > * Boot from the XenServer CD and install like normal, you can use > the whole hard drive like normal as well > * Boot from the Refit <http://refit.sourceforge.net/> CD and choose > the 2nd option (something about partition) to synchronize your GPT/MBR > * Boot from a Apple OS X CD or use the Internet Recovery option > * Launch a terminal window from the installer > * Run "bless --device /dev/disk0s1 --setBoot --legacy --verbose" > * Reboot > > > Cheers, > Andrew > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Alexis de BRUYN > <alexis.mailinglist@de-bruyn.fr <mailto:alexis.mailinglist@de-bruyn.fr>> > wrote: > > Hi Aaron, > > I have the same issue actually. Did you succeed to boot and run Xen with > your Mac-Mini ? If yes, how did you do and Which distro do you use ? > Thanks for your help. > > Best regards, > > Aaron Dewell <aaron.dewell <at> gmail.com <http://gmail.com>> writes: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I''ve been running into some troubles getting the hypervisor to > load on a > Mac Mini (2012). I''ve tried (mostly > > out of boredom): Debian Wheezy, Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04 > (amd64+mac). It''s > currently on the last one, which > > was also the most pain-free install on the system. > > > > However, when I install Xen (from packages), then try to boot it from > GRUB2 (which works otherwise), it > > fails. The last message I see (apart from "loading" ones defined in > grub.cfg) is "WARNING: No console will > > be available to OS". I wouldn''t care about the console (the Mini > is in a > rack, headless), but it also never > > requests a DHCP address as it does without the HV. I assume that > apart > from the console issue, nothing else > > is successful either, though if it was partially working, I''d have no > idea > due to the lack of a console. > > > > My next step was going to be to get the source, compile it and try > Xen.efi > (since an EFI executable does not > > appear to come with any of the Ubuntu packages). Binaries are > easier, so > that''s what I tried first, but that > > appears to be the next step unless someone has another suggestion? > > > > Thanks! I appreciate any and all advice, > > > > Aaron > > > > -- > Alexis de BRUYN > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xen.org <mailto:Xen-users@lists.xen.org> > http://lists.xen.org/xen-users > >-- Alexis de BRUYN