Re: [Xen-users] DomU Memory Limitations

[Aaron // LT <aaron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm using the standard xen kernel, would this be a problem?

Using xm info it still shows 4gb ram available.

Regards,
Aaron




Tom Brown wrote:

> kernel compiled for himem?
>
> -Tom
>
> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Aaron // LT wrote:
>
>  
>
> > I'm having problems when running a DomU it won't use more than 832MB
> > RAM, even though I assign it 1000+MB it still only shows 832MB when
> > using xm list.
> >
> > xm list output (domain xxxx is the culprit):
> >
> > [root log]# xm list
> > Name              Id  Mem(MB)  CPU  State  Time(s)  Console
> > Domain-0           0      370    0  r----    596.2
> > xxxxx        6      832    1  -b---      9.5    9606
> > yyyyy    1      383    1  -b---   5596.3    9601
> >
> > config file:
> >
> > kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11-xenU"
> > memory = 1024
> > name = "xxxxx"
> > nics=1
> > disk = [
> > 'file:/data/xen/imgs/xxxxx,sda1,w','file:/data/xen/swap/xxxxx,sda2,w' ]
> > root = "/dev/sda1 ro"
> >
> > I can't see anything obvious from the xend log, and when I try changing
> > the size to other numbers above 832MB it still stays the same.
> >
> > This is xen 2.0.7, Dual Opteron 246, 4GB RAM, 73gb scsi drives.
> >
> > Anybody have an idea what this might be and how to resolve it?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Aaron
> >
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