Re: xen-bootable DomU images for linux

[Chuck Zmudzinski <frchuckz%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 1/10/2023 6:52 PM, Brook Milligan wrote:
> > On Jan 10, 2023, at 1:16 PM, Chuck Zmudzinski <frchuckz%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> > 
> > I think vfb is only for PV guests, so try commenting out that line.
> > 
> > For hvm, I recommend setting:
> > vga = 'stdvga'
> > videoram = '16'
> > 
> > The default vga is cirrus, but I think it can only have 4 MB videoram.
> > With 16 MB videoram, you can do 1920x1080 resolution.
>
> Thanks to all the help, I’ve gotten most of this to work for both Debian and LinuxMint; I’ll  summarize once complete for the record.
>
> What has worked: booting install images,

I'm glad to hear Debian install images are working now in Xen HVMs. Last time I
tried it they would crash almost immediately after starting.

> connecting via vnc, installing the OS on a second disk image, booting the second image.  For Debian, all this works, and the second disk can be run as a PVH DomU.  For LinuxMint, all this works for HVM DomUs only.
>
> I have tried more or less the same configuration for the LinuxMint PV DomU as for the working Debian PV DomU:
>
> kernel='/xen/linuxmint-21.1-cinnamon-64bit-vmlinuz-5.15.0-56-generic'
> ramdisk='/xen/linuxmint-21.1-cinnamon-64bit-initrd.img-5.15.0-56-generic'
> type='pvh'
> memory = 2048
> cpu_weight = 64
> name = "linuxmint-pv"
> vif = [ 'mac=aa:00:00:d1:00:09,bridge=bridge0' ]
> disk = [ 'file:/xen/linuxmint-21.1-cinnamon-64bit.img,ioemu:hda,w', ]
> root = "/dev/xvda1"
> vga = 'stdvga'
> videoram = '16'
> vfb = [ 'type=vnc,vnclisten=127.0.0.1’ ]
>
> This reports in the vnc window “This VM has no graphic display device.”  That message occurs with or without the vga+videoram statements and with or without the vfb statement.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks again for all the help.
>
> Cheers,
> Brook
>