Thanks. I used your config file to try a paravirt install of SXDE 01/08 onto a Fedora 8 Dom0 and, amazingly, it seems to work.
I used the x86 ISO from http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/solaris-express/get.jsp, and specified an LVM location in the disk line. There were a couple of minor problems: 1 - I initially specced 512MB memory, and the installer hung up at the 'java' line; it was Ok on 1GB 2 - I haven't got 'qlbr0' - what's that? I used 'xenbr0' instead, and it seems to be Ok 3 - The installer couldn't contact my DHCP server, so I assumed that this was related to qlbr0/xenbr0 and that networking was broken. However, networking appears to be Ok on the installed domain. The config file is curious, though. How can it work with no bootloader *and* no kernel? I tried specifying pygrub, but the Linux xm refused to load the Solaris grub entries. Without the bootloader line, xm appears to use pygrub anyway, but seems to use a kernel stored in the Dom0 /var/run/xend/boot directory. Evan ------------------------------------------------- # -*- mode: python; -*- name = "SXDE-64-001" memory = 1024 vif = ['mac=00:0f:b5:ae:4f:34,bridge=xenbr0'] # post-installation: disk = [ 'phy:/dev/VG_Guests/SXDE-64-001,0,w' ] # install time: #disk = ['file:/dumps/ISO/SXDE/sol-nv-b79b-x86-dvd.iso,6:cdrom,r', # 'phy:/dev/VG_Guests/SXDE-64-001,0,w' ] #bootloader = 'pygrub' #kernel = '/boot/platform/i86xpv/kernel/amd64/unix' #ramdisk = '/boot/amd64/x86.miniroot' #extra = '/platform/i86xpv/kernel/amd64/unix - nowin -B install_media=cdrom' # sdl doesn't work, but this is Ok sdl = 1 _______________________________________________ xen-discuss mailing list xen-discuss@opensolaris.org
