Juergen Keil wrote: > 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:
In general, yes, but it's not fully automatic in a couple of situations: 1. Live Upgrade needed some changes to add the menu.lst entry, and this wasn't completed until build 80. (Reminder: Always upgrade the SUNWlu* packages before doing the live upgrade itself). In this case, you can use 'bootadm list-menu' to find the boot menu, open it up, and manually add the entry as shown below (you'll probably also need a root command). 2. As previously mentioned, bfu will not add the xVM packages. How to do so is covered below. After adding the packages, run 'bootadm -m upgrade' to add the menu entry. Or, open /boot/grub/menu.lst and manually copy in the entry. -Ryan > > 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] _______________________________________________ xen-discuss mailing list [email protected]
