Re: [Xen-users] Unmodified guests on Dell 380

["Serge Dubrouski" <sergeyfd@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes I did try to use "linux text". It crashes VNC window when I try to
install  FC4 and it works with CentOS. But CentOS freezes later on
anyway.

On 5/30/06, Petersson, Mats <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > Serge Dubrouski
> > Sent: 30 May 2006 19:32
> > To: Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Unmodified guests on Dell 380
> >
> > The only unmodified OS that I was able to install into DomU
> > on Dell 380 is Windows XP. :-) All Linuxes (I tried FC4 and
> > CentOS) hang at the installation time or at the boot time
> > after installation. Dom0 OS is CentOS 4.3, Xen 3.0.2.
>
> Have either of you tried installing with "no graphics" (however you tell
> that to the installer - I don't actually know). From what I understand,
> there's some problems with some graphical installers, because they do
> "weird things" (like big real-mode and such - which is hard on VT
> because they don't have big-real mode - never mind that HVM is brokened
> in that it checks for "realmode" and then uses the segment value as a
> base address, and if it's NOT realmode, uses a zero-based segment always
> - which isn't always right). I'm not SURE if this solves anything, but
> I'd give it a try if you haven't...
>
> --
> Mats
> >
> > On 5/30/06, Luke <secureboot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I'm trying to install and boot any VM guest from any
> > installation CD
> > > on a Dell 380, which seems to be reported as working in some of the
> > > VT-X status emails on this list. VMX is turned on in the BIOS. I'm
> > > using the config file attached here. My dom0 is running
> > Ubuntu dapper,
> > > with bin86 and bcc installed, as well as libvncserver-dev.
> > > I've moved tls out of the way. I have an unformatted lvm partition,
> > > and an image of both an openBSD 3.9 boot image and an ubuntu 6.06
> > > beta2 cd (changing things appropriately in the config file for the
> > > path of both images). I was under the impression that if
> > I'm booting
> > > and installing from a cdrom, I don't have to format the
> > disk partition
> > > ahead of time. I have 3 disk lines in the config file (one is the
> > > default). When I use the one with ioemu, the domain starts,
> > with the
> > > attached output in xend.log, and nothing in xm dmesg. When I run xm
> > > list, the domain still lists 0.0 cpu time used, and I can't connect
> > > via vnc. When I use the disk line without ioemu, the domain
> > starts and
> > > uses cpu time (as reported by xm), but the vnc output is
> > totally and
> > > completely garbled, and my mouse cursor is just a dot in
> > the window.
> > > The openBSD install starts okay with text, but freezes at the point
> > > where I'm asked to Install, Upgrade, etc. I also can't start the
> > > domains with the -c option, so that i can get information about the
> > > startup of the domains from a terminal, but i understand
> > that this is
> > > normal. What could be happening here? Is some other piece of
> > > information needed to debug this? Or does HVM support just not
> > > practically work at all yet?
> > >
> > >
> > >
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