Re: Windows 10 HVM suddenly won't create

[cjdl01 <cjdl01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok...

Nevermind!  I found the magic combination "bootloader =" instead of  
"firmware_override =" and "builder =" instead of "type ="
That fixed my issue.

Hopefully, this will be useful to someone anyway.

-Chris


Quoting cjdl01 <cjdl01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hello.
>
> I have been using xen for a long time now.  I run it on Debian 9.x   
> I recently performed a routine update, and now my Windows 10 vm will  
> not start (HVM), my linux servers stared just fine, however (PV).
> I'm getting this error when I try to create the instance:
>
> xl create windows10.cfg
> Parsing config from vmsciowin10
> Neither kernel nor bootloader specified
>
> Which I suppose is true... a while back (on a previous update), I  
> found I had to change my "Kernel =" directive in the config to  
> "firmware_override =", so I no longer have a "kernel =" directive.  
> Naturally, I tried adding it, or changing my firmware_override back  
> to kernel, but it just give me a different error:
> xc: error: panic: xc_dom_core.c:702: xc_dom_find_loader: no loader  
> found: Invalid kernel
> libxl: error: libxl_dom.c:638:libxl__build_dom: xc_dom_parse_image  
> failed: No such file or directory
> libxl: error: libxl_create.c:1223:domcreate_rebuild_done: cannot  
> (re-)build domain: -3
> libxl: error: libxl.c:1575:libxl__destroy_domid: non-existant domain 8
> libxl: error: libxl.c:1534:domain_destroy_callback: unable to  
> destroy guest with domid 8
> libxl: error: libxl.c:1463:domain_destroy_cb: destruction of domain 8 failed
>
> I have changed nothing on this virtual machine's config in years.   
> It has started just fine during that time (until today).
> The files that were updated today are:
> apt
> apt-utils
> base-files
> bind9-host
> ca-certificates
> dbus
> debian-archive-keyring
> discover
> dpkg
> e2fslibs
> e2fsprogs
> file
> gettext-base
> gnupg
> gnupg-agent
> gpgv
> grub-common
> grub-pc
> grub-pc-bin
> grub-xen-bin
> grub-xen-host
> grub2-common
> hdparm
> libapt-inst2.0
> libapt-pkg5.0
> libarchive13
> libbind9-140
> libbluetooth3
> libbrlapi0.6
> libc-bin
> libc-l10n
> libc6
> libcaca0
> libcomerr2
> libcurl3-gnutls
> libdbus-1-3
> libdiscover2
> libdns-export162
> libdns162
> libexpat1
> libfreetype6
> libfuse2
> libgcrypt20
> libglib2.0-0
> libglib2.0-data
> libgnutls30
> libicu57
> libidn11
> libisc-export160
> libisc160
> libisccc140
> libisccfg140
> libjpeg62-turbo
> libldap-2.4-2
> libldap-common
> liblwres141
> libmagic-mgc
> libmagic1
> libnghttp2-14
> libpam-systemd
> libperl5.24
> libpng16-16
> libprocps6
> libpython2.7-minimal
> libpython2.7-stdlib
> libpython3.5-minimal
> libpython3.5-stdlib
> libsasl2-2
> libsasl2-modules
> libsasl2-modules-db
> libseccomp2
> libspice-server1
> libss2
> libssh2-1
> libssl1.0.2
> libssl1.1
> libsystemd0
> libtimedate-perl
> libudev1
> libx11-6
> libx11-data
> libx11-xcb1
> libxapian30
> libxen-4.8
> libxenstore3.0
> linux-image-amd64
> locales
> multiarch-support
> openssh-client
> openssh-server
> openssh-sftp-server
> openssl
> perl
> perl-base
> perl-modules-5.24
> procps
> python-apt-common
> python2.7
> python2.7-minimal
> python3-apt
> python3-reportbug
> python3.5
> python3.5-minimal
> qemu-system-common
> qemu-system-x86
> qemu-utils
> reportbug
> shared-mime-info
> systemd
> systemd-sysv
> tzdata
> udev
> usbutils
> vim
> vim-common
> vim-runtime
> vim-tiny
> wget
> xen-hypervisor-4.8-amd64
> xen-system-amd64
> xen-utils-4.8
> xen-utils-common
> xenstore-utils
> xtightvncviewer
> xxd
> firmware-linux-free
> irqbalance
> linux-image-4.9.0-13-amd64
>
> And Finally, my configuration for my windows 10 machine is as follows:
> name = "Windows10"
> kernel = "/usr/lib/xen-4.8/boot/hvmloader"
> #firmware_override = "/usr/lib/xen-4.8/boot/hvmloader"
> type='hvm'
> memory = 8192
> maxmem = 8192
> pae = '1'
> acpi = '1'
> apic = '1'
> viridian = '1'
> rtc_timeoffset = 0
> localtime = '1'
> on_poweroff = 'destroy'
> on_reboot = 'restart'
> on_crash = 'restart'
> sdl = '0'
> vcpus=4
> disk = [ 'phy:/dev/vg1/win10,ioemu:xvda,w' ]
> #disk = [ 'phy:/dev/vg1/win10,ioemu:xvda,w','phy:/dev/cdrom,xvdc:cdrom,r' ]
> vif = [ "mac=00:16:3E:99:99:99,bridge=xenbr0,model=e1000" ]
> acpi = 1
> boot="d"
> sdl=0
> serial='pty'
> vnc=1
> vnclisten=""
> usbdevice = 'tablet'
>
> I have checked, and /usr/lib/xen-4.8/boot/hvmloader absolutely  
> exists on the system.
> I'm thinking something must have changed regarding syntax... but  
> I've been searching for hours, and I cannot find anything that  
> references this... can someone please shed some light on this?
> Thank you very much for your help!
>
> -Chris