Re: [Xen-users] Can't Create Guest on FC5 System

["Adam Keck" <ghostis@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

  If I recall correctly, Dom0 needs something like 64 MB of dedicated
RAM to operate, so allocating the full amount of physical RAM to the
VM will not work.


-Adam


On 8/25/06, XenResu <xenresu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You need more RAM.  Seems to me that the amount of RAM used by dom0+domU(s)
> needs to be < the amount of physical RAM on the machine.  Try reducing the
> dom0 or domU RAM.  You'll probably need to run in text mode if you aren't
> already.
>
>
> On 8/25/06, Huntress Gary B NPRI <HuntressGB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This is my first attempt with xen and I'm following along with the
> quickstart guide from
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraXenQuickstartFC5.
> >
> > I have a fresh FC5 install that is fully updated.  The box is a generic
> dell with 512MB and plenty of disk space. xend is running ok and xm list
> reports
> >
> > Name                              ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State
>  Time(s)
> > Domain-0                           0      256     2
> r-----  1393.4
> >
> > When I issue
> >
> > xenguest-install.py -n xentest -f /tmp/xentest -s 8 -r 256  -l
> http://localhost/fc5tree
> >
> > it fails with the following in /var/log/xend.log
> >
> > VmError: I need 257 MiB, but dom0_min_mem is 256 and shrinking to 256 MiB
> would leave only 236 MiB free.
> >
> > Did I miss a step in the install process?  Is /tmp/xentest supposed to
> already exist?   Or do I need more physical RAM?
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Gary Huntress
> > Code 4113
> > Naval Undersea Warfare Center
> > Newport, RI  02841
> > 1-800-669-6892 x28990
> >
> >
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--
-Adam

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