Re: Solaris HVM domU on NetBSD domO i386 ?

[Christoph Egger <Christoph_Egger%gmx.de@localhost>]

In Xen 3.3, i386 non-PAE PV domUs are not supported,
but i386 non-PAE HVM domUs are.

Christoph


Sébastien BOCAHU - zecrazytux wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to run Solaris as a HVM (Intel VT) domU on my laptop, running
> NetBSD -current i386.
> 
> I'm using Xen 3.1.4 to virtualize windows xp and it does work very well (HVM 
> of
> course).
> 
> I tried to boot Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris (altougth I would prefer in short 
> term be
> able to use Solaris for testing) under Xen but It hangs after grub...
> 
> (black screen, a dash in top left)
> nothing in the console... (xm console)
> 
> I also tried qemu: I could sucessfully install Solaris 10 (in console mode) 
> but
> I couldn't boot it after installation (hang, then, reboot)
> 
> Is there know issues concerning solaris & xen on NetBSD ?
> 
> I've read somewhere that there could be some issues with Xen < 3.1.2 that were
> fixed with Xen 3.2. 
> 
> Although xentools33 are said "only for: linux & netbsd amd64 or i386" I read 
> on
> the list that Xen 3.3 needs PAE support, so that we need x86_64 to use this
> version of Xen, and compelled to stay back to 3.1.4 with i386...
> 
> Any hints ?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> -- my config file:
> 
> kernel = "/usr/pkg/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
> builder='hvm'
> memory = 965 
> shadow_memory = 8
> pae=0
> name = "solaris"
> vcpus = 2 
> vif = [ 'mac=00:16:3e:00:00:16, bridge=bridge0, type=ioemu' ]
> device_model = '/usr/pkg/libexec/qemu-dm'
> #disk = [
> 'file:/home/zecrazytux/softwares/virtual_machines/solaris/solaris.img,ioemu:hda,w','file:/home/zecrazytux/softwares/isos/solaris.iso,ioemu:hdc:cdrom,r'
> ]
> disk = [
> 'file:/home/zecrazytux/softwares/virtual_machines/solaris/solaris.img,ioemu:hda,w'
> ]
> #boot='d'
> extra = 'xencons=tty'
> serial='pty'
> vnc = 1 
> #vncviewer=1
> #vncdisplay = 0 
> #vncunused = 0
> #vncpasswd=""
> #vnclisten='127.0.0.1'
> #usb=1
> vncconsole=1
> #usbdevice='tablet'
> #usbdevice='mouse'
> keymap='fr'
> 
>