RE: [Xen-users] Cannot complete WinXP installation under Xen

["Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>]

So it's Dom0 or Xen kernel that hangs, rather than the DomU, from what you say...

 

You need a "crossover serial cable", aka "Laplink" or "null-modem" cable with suitable size (9 or 25-pin) connector on either ends - commonly today it's 9-pin female cable into a male connector on the motherboard. If you have a laptop as "recipient", it will work fine to use a USB-to-Serial converter as well.

 

You need a terminal program, minicomm is one for Linux. For windows it will work to use HyperTerminal that comes with Windows, but I prefer something called TeraTerm which is freely downloadable on the 'net.

 

You need to configure Xen with:

comX=115200,8n1 console=comX  (X should be replaced with the number of your serial port 1 or 2 is the common variants).

 

You may want to add sync_console too to ensure that the very last of the output is sent to the serial port.

 

Logging the serial output into a file is a good idea, as you may find that the "important" stuff is stored a little bit above what you can see on the terminal window...

 

--

Mats

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From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Art Fore
Sent: 24 October 2006 02:47
To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Cannot complete WinXP installation under Xen

Problem with xm dmesg is the machine is locked up with no control via keyboard or mouse. As far as connecting another computer to the serial port, how would you do this and what program would one use?

Art

On 10/23/06, Petersson, Mats <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] On Behalf Of Art Fore
> Sent: 23 October 2006 12:38
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-users] Cannot complete WinXP installation under Xen
>
> Have not reeived any responses to my eail, so guess no one
> knows anything about it. Have posted also on Suse list, again
> no responses. Does anyone know where I can get some help with
> this problem?

I don't know how much help it will actually be, but you may want to (if
possible) connect another machine to the serial port on the machine in
question, and see if something useful comes out.

It looks to me like the hvm_shutdown catches the domain dieing, so it's
probably something to do with that...

"xm dmesg" may also tell us something - as long as the machine stays up,
that's as good as a serial port.


--
Mats
>
> Art
>
> \
>
> Running Suse 10.1 Xen kernel and trying to install win XP. (Machine is
> amd64 X2 dual core mother board.)I first followed this howto
> http://en.opensuse.org/Xen_Full_Virtualization_Example
>
> However, qemu does not recognize the harddisk or cdrom.
>
> So I went to Yast,System, Xen virtural machinemanagement.
>
> I set up the machine,full virtualization, it starts up with CD install
> of WinXP. Go through it, it gets up to about 1/3rd of the Registering
> Components, which is the last thing. It them hangs the machine, both
> mouse and keyboard. It was doing this about 2/3rds through the driver
> installation, then I changed the nvidia to nv drivers in xorg.conf.
>
> I was reading about maxmem_kb, but have not found out how to set that.
> Machne has 2GBytes ram and I alocated 512 MByte to the
> virtual machine.
> I get a line in messages about maxmem-kb =17GByte, so thought that may
> be the problem. Anyhow here is the info from the
> /var/log/xend-debug.log
> interface tun0 does not exist!
> interface tun0 does not exist!
> interface tun0 does not exist!
> interface tun0 does not exist!
> interface tun0 does not exist!
>
> anf from the /var/log/xend.log I get:
>
> [2006-10-21 15:24:03 xend.XendDomainInfo] WARNING (XendDomainInfo:823)
> Domain has crashed: name=winxp id=3.
> [2006-10-21 15:24:03 xend.XendDomainInfo] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1364)
> XendDomainInfo.destroyDomain (3)
> [2006-10-21 15:24:03 xend] DEBUG (image:416) hvm shutdown watch
> unregistered
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend.XendDomainInfo] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:180)
> XendDomainInfo.create(['domain', ['domid', 3], ['uuid',
> '4d9f050b-c0e3-044c-5c5d-2cf092918dd4'], ['ssidref', 0], ['vcpus', 1],
> ['vcpu_avail', 1], ['cpu_weight', 1.0], ['memory', 512], ['maxmem',
> 512], ['name', 'winxp'], ['on_poweroff', 'destroy'], ['on_reboot',
> 'restart'], ['on_crash', 'restart'], ['image', ['hvm', ['kernel',
> '/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader'], ['device_model',
> '/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm'], ['vcpus', 1], ['cdrom', '/dev/hda'],
> ['boot', 'c'], ['sdl', 1], ['display', ': 0.0'], ['xauthority',
> '/tmp/xauth.XXXX6XRC0v']]], ['device', ['vif', ['backend', 0],
> ['script', 'vif-bridge'], ['mac', '00:16:3e:91:c4:57'], ['type',
> 'ioemu']]], ['device', ['vbd', ['backend', 0], ['dev', 'ioemu:hdd'],
> ['uname', 'file:/windows/WinXP/winxp/hdd'], ['mode', 'w']]], ['state',
> '----c-'], ['shutdown_reason', 'crash'], ['cpu_time',
> 195.89091289500001], ['online_vcpus', 1], ['up_time',
> '864.157013178 '],
> ['start_time', '1161414579.62'], ['store_mfn', 478921]])
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend.XendDomainInfo] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:286)
> parseConfig: config is ['domain', ['domid', 3], ['uuid',
> '4d9f050b-c0e3-044c-5c5d-2cf092918dd4'], ['ssidref', 0], ['vcpus', 1],
> ['vcpu_avail', 1], ['cpu_weight', 1.0], ['memory', 512], ['maxmem',
> 512], ['name', 'winxp'], ['on_poweroff', 'destroy'], ['on_reboot',
> 'restart'], ['on_crash', 'restart'], ['image', ['hvm', ['kernel',
> '/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader'], ['device_model',
> '/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm'], ['vcpus', 1], ['cdrom', '/dev/hda'],
> ['boot', 'c'], ['sdl', 1], ['display', ':0.0'], ['xauthority',
> '/tmp/xauth.XXXX6XRC0v']]], ['device', ['vif', ['backend', 0],
> ['script', 'vif-bridge'], ['mac', '00:16:3e:91:c4:57'], ['type',
> 'ioemu']]], ['device', ['vbd', ['backend', 0], ['dev', 'ioemu:hdd'],
> ['uname', 'file:/windows/WinXP/winxp/hdd'], ['mode', 'w']]], ['state',
> '----c-'], ['shutdown_reason', 'crash'], ['cpu_time',
> 195.89091289500001], ['online_vcpus', 1], ['up_time',
> '864.157013178'],
> ['start_time', '1161414579.62'], ['store_mfn', 478921]]
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend.XendDomainInfo] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:382)
> parseConfig: result is {'ssidref': 0, 'uuid':
> '4d9f050b-c0e3-044c-5c5d-2cf092918dd4', 'on_crash': 'restart',
> 'on_reboot': 'restart', 'localtime': None, 'image': ['hvm', ['kernel',
> '/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader'], ['device_model',
> '/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm'], ['vcpus', 1], ['cdrom', '/dev/hda'],
> ['boot', 'c'], ['sdl', 1], ['display', ':0.0'], ['xauthority',
> '/tmp/xauth.XXXX6XRC0v']], 'on_poweroff': 'destroy', 'cpus': None,
> 'name': 'winxp', 'backend': [], 'cpu': None, 'vcpus': 1, 'cpu_weight':
> 1.0, 'vcpu_avail': 1, 'memory': 512, 'device': [('vif', ['vif',
> ['backend', 0], ['script', 'vif-bridge'], ['mac',
> '00:16:3e:91:c4:57'],
> ['type', 'ioemu']]), ('vbd', ['vbd', ['backend', 0], ['dev',
> 'ioemu:hdd'], ['uname', 'file:/windows/WinXP/winxp/hdd'], ['mode',
> 'w']])], 'bootloader': None, 'root': None, 'bootentry': None,
> 'maxmem':
> 512}
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend.XendDomainInfo] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1189)
> XendDomainInfo.construct: None 0
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend.XendDomainInfo] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1221)
> XendDomainInfo.initDomain : 4 1.0
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (image:269) args: cdrom,
> val: /dev/hda
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (image:269) args: boot, val: c
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (image:269) args: fda, val: None
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (image:269) args: fdb, val: None
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (image:269) args:
> nic-ne2000, val: None
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (image:269) args: enable-audio, val:
> None
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (image:269) args: localtime,
> val: None
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (image:269) args: serial, val: None
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (image:269) args: std-vga, val: None
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (image:269) args: isa, val: None
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (image:269) args: vcpus, val: 1
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (balloon:143) Balloon:
> 169192 KiB free;
> 370228 to scrub; need 537808; retries: 20.
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (balloon:151) Balloon: waiting on
> scrubbing
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (balloon:137) Balloon:
> 539420 KiB free;
> need 537808; done.
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] INFO (image:136) buildDomain os=hvm dom=4
> vcpus=1
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (image:227) dom            = 4
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (image:228) image
> = /usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (image:229) store_evtchn   = 1
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (image:230) memsize        = 512
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (image:231) vcpus          = 1
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (image:232) pae            = 0
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (image:233) acpi           = 0
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (image:234) apic           = 0
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (image:404) hvm shutdown watch
> registered
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (DevController:103) DevController:
> writing {'state': '1', 'backend-id': '0', 'backend':
> '/local/domain/0/backend/vif/4/0'} to /local/domain/4/device/vif/0.
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (DevController:105) DevController:
> writing {'domain': 'winxp', 'handle': '0', 'script':
> '/etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge', 'state': '1', 'frontend':
> '/local/domain/4/device/vif/0', 'mac': '00:16:3e:91:c4:57',
> 'frontend-id': '4', 'type': 'ioemu'} to
> /local/domain/0/backend/vif/4/0.
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (blkif:24) exception looking
> up device
> number for hdd: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/dev/hdd'
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (DevController:103) DevController:
> writing {'state': '1', 'backend-id': '0', 'backend':
> '/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/4/5696'}
> to /local/domain/4/device/vbd/5696.
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (DevController:105) DevController:
> writing {'domain': 'winxp', 'frontend':
> '/local/domain/4/device/vbd/5696', 'dev': 'ioemu:hdd', 'state': '1',
> 'params': '/windows/WinXP/winxp/hdd', 'mode': 'w', 'frontend-id': '4',
> 'type': 'file'} to /local/domain/0/backend/vbd/4/5696.
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] INFO (image:358) spawning device
> models: /usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm ['/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm',
> '-d', '4',
> '-m', '512', '-cdrom', '/dev/hda', '-boot', 'c', '-vcpus', '1',
> '-domain-name', 'winxp', '-macaddr', '00:16:3e:91:c4:57', '-bridge',
> 'xenbr0', '-hdd', '/windows/WinXP/winxp/hdd', '-nics', '1']
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] INFO (image:360) device model pid: 7404
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend.XendDomainInfo] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:675)
> Storing VM details: {'ssidref': '0', 'uuid':
> '4d9f050b-c0e3-044c-5c5d-2cf092918dd4', 'on_reboot': 'restart',
> 'start_time': ' 1161415444.46', 'on_poweroff': 'destroy', 'name':
> 'winxp', 'vcpus': '1', 'vcpu_avail': '1', 'memory': '512', 'on_crash':
> 'restart', 'image': '(hvm (kernel /usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader)
> (device_model /usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm) (vcpus 1) (cdrom
> /dev/hda) (boot
> c) (sdl 1) (display :0.0) (xauthority /tmp/xauth.XXXX6XRC0v))',
> 'maxmem': '512'}
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend.XendDomainInfo] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:700)
> Storing domain details: {'console/port': '2', 'name': 'winxp',
> 'console/limit': '1048576', 'vm':
> '/vm/4d9f050b-c0e3-044c-5c5d-2cf092918dd4', 'domid': '4',
> 'cpu/0/availability': 'online', 'memory/target': '524288',
> 'store/ring-ref': '118472', 'store/port': '1'}
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend] DEBUG (image:427) hvm_shutdown fired,
> shutdown reason=None
> [2006-10-21 15:24:04 xend.XendDomainInfo] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:881)
> XendDomainInfo.handleShutdownWatch
>
> Has anyone any suggestions on fixing this?
>
> Art
>
> Also cannot install Win2k, Win98, and Knoppix. Trying to do
> Suse 10.0 takes about a minute per package, so I gave up.
>
> I guess some people have gotten it to work with this
> motherboard (K9n neo). Would sure like to know the secret.
>
> Art
>
>
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