Re: [Xen-users] Help Starting a Guest OS from LiveCD

[Igor Chubin <igor@xxxxxxx>]

On Mi, MÃr 05, 2008 at 07:35:49 +0530, M P Sairam wrote:
> what should i change in ISO Image? I'm getting errors when i'm booting  

What an operating system is on your image?


> up with qemu. I dont know much about the drivers.

Can you tell what errors do you get?




>
> Igor Chubin wrote:
>> On Mi, MÃr 05, 2008 at 06:22:35 +0530, M P Sairam wrote:
>>   
>>> Do i need to upgrade my hardware???
>>>     
>>
>>
>>
>> You need a host system with a HVM-capable CPU and HVM-aware BIOS.
>>
>>
>> If your hardware does not support HVM, you may use qemu or switch to pv 
>> mode (needs modification of the LiveCD ISO).
>>
>> To use qemu just install it and run:
>>
>> qemu -cdrom livecd.iso
>>
>>
>>   
>>> Igor Chubin wrote:
>>>     
>>>> On Mi, MÃr 05, 2008 at 03:59:40 +0530, M P Sairam wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>    I'm a newbie to Xen.
>>>>>
>>>>>    I was using VMware until now to work on a guest OS which will 
>>>>> boot  from a live CD. How to boot the same CD in Xen, and how to 
>>>>> write a new  configuration file (vmx) file for this.
>>>>>             
>>>>
>>>> 1. Create config file /etc/xen/knoppix (you can use any different name)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> $ cat /etc/xen/knoppix
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> kernel = "hvmloader"
>>>> builder='hvm'
>>>> memory = 128
>>>> name = "knoppix"
>>>> vif = [ 'type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0' ]
>>>> disk = [ 'file:/path/to/your/knoppix.iso,hda:cdrom,r' ]
>>>> device_model = 'qemu-dm'
>>>> sdl=0
>>>> vnc=1
>>>> vncpasswd=''
>>>> stdvga=0
>>>> serial='pty'
>>>> boot='d'
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2. Start the domain 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> xm create knoppix
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 3. Attach to its vnc console:
>>>>
>>>> vncviewer 127.0.0.1:0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Note that bridge xenbr0 must exist!
>>>> If your virtual bridge's name differs from xenbr0, specify correct 
>>>> name in the config file.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Also you can google for any information related to Xen HVM domains.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>>    I'm working on a Intel P4 2.8GHz based Desktop PC with 2GB of 
>>>>> RAM. Do i need to change my configuration?
>>>>>
>>>>>    Please give me steps.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>> Sairam
>>>>>
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