Garrett wrote: > Juergen Keil wrote: > > > It seems Garrett D'Amore (@sun) has the same Tecra M9 laptop[*]; > > maybe Garrett could provide an additional data point if a > > current Nevada build boots xVM/dom0 on his Tecra M9 ? > > > > I haven't tried xVM at all. This laptop has been in use running recent > OpenSolaris/Nevada bits for SDcard development. > > However, I can try to set up xVM if there is a need. (It would be > especially helpful if I had a pointer to how to do this... I've not > tried xVM at all yet.)
Hmm, recent SXCE builds (build 75 or newer) should have automatically installed the following GRUB boot entry: title Solaris xVM X86 kernel$ /boot/$ISADIR/xen.gz module$ /platform/i86xpv/kernel/$ISADIR/unix /platform/i86xpv/kernel/$ISADIR/unix module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive http://blogs.sun.com/levon/entry/opensolaris_xvm_now_available_in http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/on/flag-days/pages/2007091801/ So I thought testing it would be as simple as a reboot and selecting the "Solaris xVM X86" boot entry in the grub menu. I think that it's possible to simply add the missing Xen packages to an old Nevada build which has already been bfu'ed to post snv75 ONNV bits (e.g. grab the missing Xen packages from a nevada installation dvd): http://blogs.sun.com/sdaven/entry/moving_to_xen The hypervisor binary /boot/$ISADIR/xen.gz is from the package SUNWxvmr, and the dom0 kernel /platform/i86xpv/kernel/$ISADIR/unix should be part of ONNV >= build 75. > > Does the Tecra M9 still have a serial port? Looking at the Tecra M9 > > specs on Toshiba's website it seems so... Maybe you could try to > > setup a xen console on the serial port with something like this in > > grub's menu.lst file: > > > > Yep, its got a DB9. No idea whether its COM1 or something else though. > > > > > kernel$ /boot/$ISADIR/xen.gz com1=9600,8n1 console=com1 > > ... > > > > > > Maybe there are additional xen hypervisor error messages logged on the > > xen serial console? And it might be possible to break to dom0's kmdb > > (by tree times ctrl-A, and sending a "q" [IIRC]) via the xen serial port > > console? > > > > -- Garrett > > > > [*] > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/laptop-discuss/2007-October/008976.html _______________________________________________ xen-discuss mailing list [email protected]
