[indiana-discuss] Indiana domU

[Marc Patino Gómez]

Hi again,

the issue persist.... I found other user with the same problem :

http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=45441

I tried on other Xen server and installation  stops at the same point.

Any help?

Thanks a lot,

Marc

Moinak Ghosh wrote:
> Marc Patino Gómez wrote:
>> Thanks for your answer,
>>
>> I also have tried to install as a HVM, but the installation program 
>> hangs and drops a shell prompt, its output is something like that
>>
>> WARNING: /pci at 0,0/pci-ide1,1/ide at 1,1/ide at 1 (ata1):
>>    timeout:reset bus, target=0 lun=0
>>
>> .... live-fs-root failed with exit status 95
>>
>> So.. If you can post me your configuration file... I think that I 
>> have a problem with the disk config line, if I put the following line:
>>
>> disk = [ 
>> 'file:/media/sdb4/in-preview.iso,6:cdrom,r','file:/media/sdb4/indiana.img,0,w' 
>> ]
>>
>> qemu don't see the disk and cdrom, so I used:
>>
>> disk = [ 
>> 'file:/media/sdb4/in-preview.iso,hdc:cdrom,r','file:/media/sdb4/indiana.img,hda,w' 
>> ]
>
>  Put this into a file  for eg. Indiana.py :
>
>  name = "Indiana"
>  vcpus = 1
>  memory = "800"
>
>  kernel = '/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader'
>  builder = 'hvm'
>  vif = [ 'type=ioemu' ]
>
>  disk = ['file:/media/sdb4/in-preview.iso,hda:cdrom,r']
>
>  sdl=0
>  vnc=1
>  vncconsole=1
>  boot='d'
>
>  on_shutdown = "destroy"
>  on_reboot = "restart"
>  on_crash = "destroy"
>
>  device_model = '/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
>
>  Now execute:
>
>  xm create Indiana.py
>
> Regards,
> Moinak.
>
>>
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Marc
>>
>>
>> Moinak Ghosh wrote:
>>> Marc Patino Gómez wrote:
>>>> Hi list,
>>>>
>>>> this is my first post to this list :)
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to install Indiana as a domU on a Linux dom0 Xen. I 
>>>> follow this link:
>>>>
>>>> http://wiki.tardis.ed.ac.uk/index.php/OpenSolaris_Xen_domU
>>>>
>>>> changing  the obvious things to adapt to Indiana release. Sadly, 
>>>> when I start the Indiana domU I got the following error:
>>>>
>>>> root at quark:/media/sdb4# xm create -c /etc/xen/indiana2-config.sxp
>>>> Using config file "/etc/xen/indiana2-config.sxp".
>>>> krtld: failed to open '/platform/i86xpv/kernel/amd64/unix'
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I search to solve this at google... The only clue that I found is 
>>>> this:
>>>>
>>>> http://blog.pebcak.de/plugin/tag/krtld
>>>>
>>>> so, it seems to be ramdisk issue....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any advice? Another way to install Indiana on my Xen box?
>>>>   
>>>
>>>   That article appears to enable installing a paravirtual domU. The 
>>> instructions apply
>>>   to a Solaris Express image and won't work for Indiana. You can 
>>> boot Indiana ISO
>>>   directly using an alternate configuration on an HVM domU (requires 
>>> hardware
>>>   support).  However unfortunately I was unable to get the GUI to 
>>> come up in Xen.
>>>   There appears to be some problem with the Cirrus Logic driver in 
>>> the FOX bits.
>>>   Xen emulates a Cirrus Logic display card.
>>>
>>>   I can forward you the Python configuration file if you still want 
>>> to experiment.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Moinak.
>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>
>>>> Marc
>>>>
>>>>
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