I'm trying to install a fully virtualised FreeBSD 6.2 amd64 guest (using processors with the svm flag) but have hit a problem with it immediately crashing right after its boot loader.
According to a post I saw on a Xen list, the solution is to indicate a NIC model in the vif definition, like so vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:73:a3:5b, bridge=xenbr0, model=ne2k_pci' ] However, it doesn't seem to be possible to configure this bit of the vif definition using either the GUI virtual machine manager or virt-install. I've tried creating the config file beforehand, but it just gets overwritten. Is there a method that I can boot from ISO image on the filesystem to install the guest just by using xm create f6264 I've found some howtos for install Windows guests using something like this, but when I try to follow these either using disk = [ 'file:/var/lib/xen/images/f6264.img,hda,w', 'file:/tmp/6.2- RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ] or cdrom = '/tmp/6.2-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso' it doesn't work. When I'm in X and I execute "xm create f6264" I get some kind of console window which flashes some text up which is almost too quick to read anything. What I was able to catch was something about an unbootable disk and I also remember seeing "plex86". Can anyone suggest a method that might allow me to install a fully- virtualised guest using the vif parameter that I need? Here's the auto-generated xen config file that I edited and have been trying to use: #============== # Automatically generated xen config file name = "f6264" builder = "hvm" memory = "256" #disk = [ 'file:/var/lib/xen/images/f6264.img,hda,w', 'file:/tmp/6.2- RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ] disk = [ 'file:/var/lib/xen/images/f6264.img,hda,w' ] vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:73:a3:5b, bridge=xenbr0, model=ne2k_pci' ] uuid = "4354ca4a-ab1d-2531-4375-b2bfa5414a94" device_model = "/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm" kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" #vnc=1 #vncunused=1 apic=1 acpi=1 pae=1 vcpus=1 serial = "pty" # enable serial console on_reboot = 'restart' on_crash = 'restart' cdrom = '/tmp/6.2-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso' _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
