R: [Xen-users] Debian 4.0 packaged Xen and running an unmodified Linux guest

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--- Lun 9/2/09, Imran Chaudhry <imran.chaudhry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:

> Da: Imran Chaudhry <imran.chaudhry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Oggetto: [Xen-users] Debian 4.0 packaged Xen and running an unmodified Linux 
> guest
> A: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Data: Lunedì 9 febbraio 2009, 18:50
> Hi all, 
> 
> I have a Xen VMM based on version 3.0.3-1 running happily
> on Debian 4.0
> "Etch". It is running several Debian domUs just
> fine.
> 
> What I would like to do is install and run a custom Linux
> distro, which
> I have as an ISO file, as an unmodified guest.
> 
> I've seen several HOWTOs for instructions but it seems
> I am missing
> several components such as the "device_model"
> file /xen/bin/qemu-dm and
> the kernel "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader". I am
> unsure where to source
> these from.
> 
> Has anyone done this with just the Debian Etch Xen
> packages? I'm happy
> for someone to tell me to hop onto the cluebus and read the
> docs but a
> pointer to which docs would be useful :)
> 
> This chap here appears to have has done it by compiling his
> own Xen but
> I would like to stick with the repository packages if I
> can:
> http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~sarunas/xen_304_hvm_etch.html
> 
> Our Xen install info:
> 
> # xm info
> host                   : xencore
> release                : 2.6.18-4-xen-amd64
> version                : #1 SMP Fri May 4 02:40:51 UTC 2007
> machine                : x86_64
> nr_cpus                : 4
> nr_nodes               : 1
> sockets_per_node       : 1
> cores_per_socket       : 4
> threads_per_core       : 1
> cpu_mhz                : 2133
> hw_caps                :
> bfebfbff:20100800:00000000:00000140:0000e3bd:00000000:00000001
> total_memory           : 4095
> free_memory            : 256
> xen_major              : 3
> xen_minor              : 0
> xen_extra              : .3-1
> xen_caps               : xen-3.0-x86_64 hvm-3.0-x86_32
> hvm-3.0-x86_32p
> hvm-3.0-x86_64
> xen_pagesize           : 4096
> platform_params        : virt_start=0xffff800000000000
> xen_changeset          : Tue Oct 17 22:09:52 2006 +0100 
> cc_compiler            : gcc version 4.1.2 20061115
> (prerelease) (Debian
> 4.1.1-21)
> cc_compile_by          : skx
> cc_compile_domain      : debian.org
> cc_compile_date        : Mon Oct 22 21:30:18 UTC 2007
> xend_config_format     : 2
> 
> One other thing worth mentioning, the Xen dom0 kernel is
> "2.6.18-4-xen-amd64" and the system CPU is
> "model name   : Intel(R)
> Xeon(R) CPU           X3210  @ 2.13GHz" but does
> support the "vmx" flag.
> So a mix of AMD and Intel - is this anything to worry
> about?
> 
> Many thanks!

First: enable virtualization extension support on bios.
Not all kernels show you this flag when you boot Xen when you enable it on bios.

http://valent-blog.eu



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