OpenBSD as DomU works using hardware virtualization for me. There's the occasional lockup that I haven't looked into too much. You can launch vncviewer to get a console. My working config is at the bottom.
John On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 11:55:05PM +0100, Julien Cabillot wrote: > It's work but I had really bad performances with the network (timeout on > the interface re). > Dmesg: http://www.openbsd-france.org/ml/archives/msg02494.html > I found that setting the vif interface to 'model=ne2k_pci' helps with the timeouts. > > On jeu, 2008-02-07 at 00:29 +0200, NetOne - Doichin Dokov wrote: > > I'm looking to replace a Linux domU with a BSD one, preferably OpenBSD. > > Anyone any success running stable OpenBSD (FreeBSD would also suffice) > > as domU in a Xen system? If so, willing to share config / how-to / > > experience? > > > > Kind regards, > > Doichin > Here's a working Xen config: ================================================================= import os, re arch = os.uname()[4] if re.search('64', arch): arch_libdir = 'lib64' else: arch_libdir = 'lib' kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" builder='hvm' memory = 256 name = "obsd" pae=0 vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:7d:be:ef, model=ne2k_pci' ] disk = [ 'file:/disk/homer.disk,hda,w','file:/disk/obsd42_amd64.iso,ioemu:hdc:cdrom,r' ] device_model = '/usr/' + arch_libdir + '/xen/bin/qemu-dm' boot='cd' sdl=0 vnc=1 vncviewer=0 nographic=0 stdvga=0 serial='pty' ne2000=1 audio=0 localtime=1 =================================================================
