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[Xen-users] Re: strange hvm install issue


  • To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • From: Randall Smith <randall@xxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:17:40 -0500
  • Delivery-date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:20:09 -0700
  • List-id: Xen user discussion <xen-users.lists.xensource.com>

Here is xm dmesg for a dapper install attempt. It froze up while formatting the file system.

Randall

(XEN) (GUEST: 1) HVM Loader
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) Loading ROMBIOS ...
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) Loading Cirrus VGABIOS ...
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) SVM go ...
(XEN) (GUEST: 1)  rombios.c,v 1.138 2005/05/07 15:55:26 vruppert Exp $
(XEN) HVM_PIT: guest freq in cycles=100516715
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) VGABios $Id: vgabios.c,v 1.61 2005/05/24 16:50:50 vruppert Exp $ (XEN) (GUEST: 1) HVMAssist BIOS, 1 cpu, $Revision: 1.138 $ $Date: 2005/05/07 15:55:26 $
(XEN) (GUEST: 1)
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) ata0-0: PCHS=8322/16/63 translation=lba LCHS=522/255/63
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) ata0 master: QEMU HARDDISK ATA-2 Hard-Disk (4096 MBytes)
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) ata0  slave: Unknown device
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) ata1 master: QEMU CD-ROM ATAPI-4 CD-Rom/DVD-Rom
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) ata1  slave: Unknown device
(XEN) (GUEST: 1)
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) Booting from CD-Rom...
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) int13_harddisk: function 15, unmapped device for ELDL=81
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) *** int 15h function AX=EC00, BX=0002 not yet supported!
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) KBD: unsupported int 16h function 03
(XEN) (GUEST: 1) int13_harddisk: function 15, unmapped device for ELDL=81
(XEN) HVM_PIT: guest freq in cycles=8041808
(XEN) HVM_PIT: guest freq in cycles=8041808


Randall

Randall Smith wrote:
I've been able to install and run winxp several times without issue, but I can't get a linux distro installed using HVM. Installations seem to bog down on disk operations like formatting an ext3 filesystem until the VM becomes unresponsive and I have to kill it with xm shutdown. My linux config is nearly identical to my winxp config. I have the same problems on xen testing and 3.0.2-1. My system is an AMD64 X2 running Debian Etch. I've tried to install Ubuntu Dapper and Debian Etch using HVM and run into the same problems. Any ideas as to what's happening are appreciated as I really want to get this to work.

Thanks.

Config Attached.

Randall


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#  -*- mode: python; -*-
#============================================================================
# Python configuration setup for 'xm create'.
# This script sets the parameters used when a domain is created using 'xm 
create'.
# You use a separate script for each domain you want to create, or # you can set the parameters for the domain on the xm command line.
#============================================================================

import os, re
arch = os.uname()[4]
if re.search('64', arch):
    arch_libdir = 'lib64'
else:
    arch_libdir = 'lib'

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Kernel image file.
kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"

# The domain build function. HVM domain uses 'hvm'.
builder='hvm'

# Initial memory allocation (in megabytes) for the new domain.
#
# WARNING: Creating a domain with insufficient memory may cause out of
#          memory errors. The domain needs enough memory to boot kernel
#          and modules. Allocating less than 32MBs is not recommended.
memory = 512

# A name for your domain. All domains must have different names.
name = "etch"

# 128-bit UUID for the domain.  The default behavior is to generate a new UUID
# on each call to 'xm create'.
#uuid = "06ed00fe-1162-4fc4-b5d8-11993ee4a8b9"

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# the number of cpus guest platform has, default=1
#vcpus=1

# enable/disable HVM guest PAE, default=0 (disabled)
#pae=0

# enable/disable HVM guest ACPI, default=0 (disabled)
#acpi=0

# enable/disable HVM guest APIC, default=0 (disabled)
#apic=0

# List of which CPUS this domain is allowed to use, default Xen picks
#cpus = ""         # leave to Xen to pick
#cpus = "0"        # all vcpus run on CPU0
#cpus = "0-3,5,^1" # run on cpus 0,2,3,5

# Optionally define mac and/or bridge for the network interfaces.
# Random MACs are assigned if not given.
#vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:00:00:11, bridge=xenbr0, model=ne2k_pci' ]
# type=ioemu specify the NIC is an ioemu device not netfront
vif = [ 'type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0' ]

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Define the disk devices you want the domain to have access to, and
# what you want them accessible as.
# Each disk entry is of the form phy:UNAME,DEV,MODE
# where UNAME is the device, DEV is the device name the domain will see,
# and MODE is r for read-only, w for read-write.

#disk = [ 'phy:hda1,hda1,r' ]
#disk = [ 'file:/var/images/min-el3-i386.img,hda,w', ',hdc:cdrom,r' ]
disk    = ['phy:/dev/vg1/mswater,ioemu:hda,w', ]
cdrom='/home/randall/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso'

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Configure the behaviour when a domain exits.  There are three 'reasons'
# for a domain to stop: poweroff, reboot, and crash.  For each of these you
# may specify:
#
#   "destroy",        meaning that the domain is cleaned up as normal;
#   "restart",        meaning that a new domain is started in place of the old
#                     one;
#   "preserve",       meaning that no clean-up is done until the domain is
#                     manually destroyed (using xm destroy, for example); or
#   "rename-restart", meaning that the old domain is not cleaned up, but is
#                     renamed and a new domain started in its place.
#
# The default is
#
#   on_poweroff = 'destroy'
#   on_reboot   = 'restart'
#   on_crash    = 'restart'
#
# For backwards compatibility we also support the deprecated option restart
#
# restart = 'onreboot' means on_poweroff = 'destroy'
#                            on_reboot   = 'restart'
#                            on_crash    = 'destroy'
#
# restart = 'always'   means on_poweroff = 'restart'
#                            on_reboot   = 'restart'
#                            on_crash    = 'restart'
#
# restart = 'never'    means on_poweroff = 'destroy'
#                            on_reboot   = 'destroy'
#                            on_crash    = 'destroy'

#on_poweroff = 'destroy'
#on_reboot   = 'restart'
#on_crash    = 'restart'

#============================================================================

# New stuff
device_model = '/usr/' + arch_libdir + '/xen/bin/qemu-dm'

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# boot on floppy (a), hard disk (c) or CD-ROM (d) #boot=[a|c|d]
boot='d'
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#  write to temporary files instead of disk image files
#snapshot=1
snapshot=0

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# enable SDL library for graphics, default = 0
sdl=1

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# enable VNC library for graphics, default = 1
vnc=0

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# set VNC display number, default = domid
#vncdisplay=1

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# try to find an unused port for the VNC server, default = 1
#vncunused=1

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# enable spawning vncviewer for domain's console
# (only valid when vnc=1), default = 0
#vncconsole=0

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# no graphics, use serial port
#nographic=0

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# enable stdvga, default = 0 (use cirrus logic device model)
stdvga=0

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# serial port re-direct to pty deivce, /dev/pts/n # then xm console or minicom can connect
serial='pty'


#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#   enable sound card support, [sb16|es1370|all|..,..], default none
#soundhw='sb16'


#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#    set the real time clock to local time [default=0 i.e. set to utc]
localtime=0


#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#    start in full screen
#full-screen=1

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#   Enable USB support (specific devices specified at runtime through the
#                       monitor window)
#usb=1

#   Enable USB mouse support (only enable one of the following, `mouse' for
#                             PS/2 protocol relative mouse, `tablet' for
#                             absolute mouse)
#usbdevice='mouse'
#usbdevice='tablet'


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