Re: [Xen-users] No Install window for XP

[Art Fore <art.fore@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 10:03 -0800, Mir Shafiqul Islam wrote:
> Hi, just getting started with Xen and need some help in getting the 
> installation for XP going. I have read through several howto and 
> messages and still can't figure out why am I not getting the install 
> window pop up. I have been following instructions posted here 
> http://en.opensuse.org/Xen_Full_Virtualization_Example mainly.
> 
> Here is my setup.
> 
> 1. Dell Precision Workstation (Inten Xeon 4ghz with VT enabled in the BIOS)
> 2. OpenSuse 10.1 stock. kernel: 2.6.16.13-4-xen
> 3. Xen RPMS:
> xen-3.0.2_09656-4
> xen-libs-32bit-3.0.2_09656-4
> kernel-xen-2.6.16.13-4
> xen-doc-html-3.0.2_09656-4
> xen-tools-3.0.2_09656-4
> xen-doc-pdf-3.0.2_09656-4
> xen-doc-ps-3.0.2_09656-4
> ndiswrapper-kmp-xen-1.10_2.6.16.13_4-19
> xen-libs-3.0.2_09656-4
> xen-tools-ioemu-3.0.2_09656-4
> 
> Problem is I do not get the pop up install window for XP when the VM 
> tries to boot from cd. I do see in the xml dmesg that it is trying to 
> boot from cd. But no window. I am attaching my hvm file. Thanks a lot.
> 
> Mir
> 
> HVM Config
> -----------------
> import os, re
> arch = os.uname()[4]
> if re.search('64', arch):
>     arch_libdir = 'lib64'
> else:
>     arch_libdir = 'lib'
> 
> kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
> builder='hvm'
> memory = 128
> name = "xp"
> #vif = [ 'type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0' ]
> disk = [ 'file:/var/lib/xen/images/windisk.img,ioemu:hda,w' ]
> on_poweroff = 'destroy'
> on_reboot   = 'destroy'
> on_crash    = 'destroy'
> 
> 
> device_model = '/usr/' + arch_libdir + '/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
> cdrom='/dev/hda'
> boot='d'
> sdl=1
> vnc=1
> vncviewer=1
> ne2000=0 
> 
> 
> xm dmesg output
> ------------------------
> 
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) HVM Loader
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) Loading ROMBIOS ...
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) Loading Cirrus VGABIOS ...
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) Loading VMXAssist ...
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) VMX go ...
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) VMXAssist (May  2 2006)
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) Memory size 128 MB
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) E820 map:
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) 0000000000000000 - 000000000009F800 (RAM)
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) 000000000009F800 - 00000000000A0000 (Reserved)
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) 00000000000A0000 - 00000000000C0000 (Type 16)
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) 00000000000F0000 - 0000000000100000 (Reserved)
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) 0000000000100000 - 0000000007FFE000 (RAM)
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) 0000000007FFE000 - 0000000007FFF000 (Type 18)
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) 0000000007FFF000 - 0000000008000000 (Type 17)
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) 0000000008000000 - 0000000008003000 (ACPI NVS)
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) 0000000008003000 - 000000000800D000 (ACPI Data)
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) 00000000FEC00000 - 0000000100000000 (Type 16)
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4)
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) Start BIOS ...
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) Starting emulated 16-bit real-mode: ip=F000:FFF0
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4)  rombios.c,v 1.138 2005/05/07 15:55:26 vruppert Exp $
> (XEN) HVM_PIT: guest freq in cycles=149633274
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) Remapping master: ICW2 0x8 -> 0x20
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) Remapping slave: ICW2 0x70 -> 0x28
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) VGABios $Id: vgabios.c,v 1.61 2005/05/24 16:50:50 
> vruppert Exp $
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) HVMAssist BIOS, 1 cpu, $Revision: 1.138 $ $Date: 
> 2005/05/07 15:55:26 $
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4)
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) ata0-0: PCHS=8322/16/63 translation=lba LCHS=522/255/63
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) ata0 master: QEMU HARDDISK ATA-2 Hard-Disk (4096 MBytes)
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) ata0  slave: Unknown device
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) ata1 master: QEMU CD-ROM ATAPI-4 CD-Rom/DVD-Rom
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) ata1  slave: Unknown device
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4)
> (XEN) (GUEST: 4) Booting from CD-Rom...           

You have

sdl=1
vnc=1
vncviewer=1

you should have most likely

sdl=1
vnc=0
vncviewer=0

or 

sdl=0
vnc=1
vncviewer=1

Art



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