Re: [Xen-users] Installer hanging HVM Solaris 11 or OpenIndiana 151a

[Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>]

David Erickson wrote:
> Hi-
> I'm wondering if anyone has had success installing Solaris 11 or
> OpenIndiana 151a on an HVM VM? 

Why are you trying to use HVM? From what I've read both Solaris 11 [1]
and OpenIndiana [2] have PV support. I've never tried it though, so I
have no idea in what shape is the Solaris/OI PV support. You could also
try to use HVM PV if you are interested in using HVM for some reason.

[1]
http://www.gnulinux.mu/2010/11/15/oracle-solaris-11-express-you-may-not-use-the-programs-for-your-own-internal-business-purposes/#comment-51
[2] http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Creating+OpenIndiana+EC2+image

> I'm not doing anything fancy, but as
> soon as the kernel starts to load it just hangs on "Probing for device
> nodes ..." (or resets when I try to pass through my m1015 HBA).  I've
> tried both the live and text only installers for Solaris, no
> difference.  I'm using Ubuntu 12.04, with Xen 4.1.2.  Here is my
> config file:
> 
> kernel="/usr/lib/xen-4.1/boot/hvmloader"
> builder='hvm'
> memory = 4096
> vcpus=4
> name = "solaris"
> vif = ['bridge=xenbr0']
> disk = 
> ['phy:/dev/xen/solaris,hda,w','file:/home/user/sol-11-1111-text-x86.iso,hdc:cdrom,r']
> device_model = 'qemu-dm'
> boot="d"
> serial='pty'
> vnc=1
> vnclisten="0.0.0.0"
> vncdisplay=1
> vncpasswd=""
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> David
> 
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