> Perhaps someone has ideas on this topic, a recent
> attempt to play with Xen was a reather unlucky event,
> all what I will be able to demonstrate on that system
> is a PV ONNV domU which
> ikely will not be very attractive to the audience :(
>
> W: U40M2, 2 x 2 core AMD revF procs, 8GB MEM, Phonix
> BIOS 1.5 (latest)
> 1 x 200GB internal SATA drive
> : dom0 ONNV build 82, latest VirtManager from
> Opensolaris.org
>
> ttempts:
>
> ) PV (non-graphics) domU - ONNV build 82 (source =
> iso image ondisk)
>
> installation into a ZPOOL/ZVOL - success
Had you to modify /etc/system at DomU side to get proper networking between
SNV82 DomU and SNV82 Dom0 ?
> installation into a raw partition /dev/dsk - failed
> with panic in SATA driver
>
> - installation into a file (mkfile) - failed
> suddenly I/O stopped during Solaris Installation,
> domU still listed in VirtManager but domU frozen no
> more I/O on the system
>
> ) HVW FreeBSD 6.3 (source = iso image ondisk)
>
> installation into a ZPOOL/ZVOL, raw device /dev/dsk
> - failed,
> FreeBSD kernel boots then suddenly I/O stopped,
> domU
> still listet in VirtManager but domU frozen, no
> more I/O on the system
>
> 3) HVM Windows 98 (source = iso image on disk)
HVM Windows 2003,XP (32 bit) would work fine.
>
> installation into a ZPOOL/ZVOL, raw partition
> /dev/dsk
> and file (mkfile) and 'qemu-img' image _all_
> failed,
> Windows 86 boots up, Installation starts, as soon
> as I/O happens
> suddenly I/O stopped, domU still listed in
> Virtmanager but domU
> frozen no more I/O on the system
>
> 4) HVM Windows XP 64 (source = iso image on disk)
>
> installation into a ZPOOL/ZVOL, get the blue
> 'windows setup' screen
> and the I/O suddenly stopped, domU still visible in
> VirtManager but
> no more I/O happens, domU appears frozen
>
> 5) HVM OpenSuse 10.3 Linux (source = iso image on
> disk, on cd)
>
> installation into a ZPOOL/ZVOL, raw device /dev/dsk
> - failed,
View:-
http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2008-01/msg00699.html
It's known bug.
> Linux boots all installation clicks can been made,
> installation starts
> and then suddenly I/O stopped, domU
> still listet in VirtManager but domU frozen, no more
> I/O on the system
>
> in the middle we also faced a 'black-screen of death'
> ie. system
> spontaniously rebooted without notice or dump I
> believe during some steps in 5)
>
> o to sump-up, it seems that everytime an installation
> attempted
> to start I/O to the pseudo-domU disk of whatever
> nature, I/O
> just stopped and the domU's gone out to luch while
> the dom0 is up
> (apart from the panic and reboot cases)
>
> e even tried to put the target onto a 2nd internal
> SATA disk, without
> any avail, same unlucky results.
>
> 'd really appreciate any hints or explanations....
>
> thanks
> frankB
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