Re: [Xen-users] Solaris 10 with xen 3.2 or previous

[Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>]

Álvaro,

I've done test  (2 vcpus) at Xen 3.3.1-RC3(RC4) CentOS 5.2 Dom0
with no problems :-
  http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/113963/index.html
But, on SATA drive attached to Intel ICH9R (AHCI mode setup in BIOS)
1. Your notation on Debian:-

 disk=['file:/var/xen/domains/pacopico/disk.img,ioemu:hda,w',
         'file:/root/sol-10-u6-ga1-x86-dvd.iso,hdc:cdrom,r']

S10 10/08 does have PV drivers implemented, try :-

disk=['file:/var/xen/domains/pacopico/disk.img,hda,w',
         'file:/root/sol-10-u6-ga1-x86-dvd.iso,hdc:cdrom,r']

2. 

Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID handles your Dom0 . I do remember
discussion at help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx very similar to your complaints
Solution was to switch from RAID to SCSI (emulation) in BIOS settings
when install on bare metal (!). Actually, it was SAS controller.
Just a guess :-
Try switch to SCSI in BIOS to avoid RAID.
I would expect RAID BIOS settings to cause a problem

3. Try to install any other HVM DomU (WinXP,Linux).
   What's gonna happen ? Is RAID a problem for non-Solaris HVM ?

 

--- On Thu, 1/15/09, Álvaro Vega García <avega@xxxxxx> wrote:

From: Álvaro Vega García <avega@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Solaris 10 with xen 3.2 or previous
To: "bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx" <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, January 15, 2009, 7:14 AM

Hi Boris,
Many thanks for your comment!
Anyway, I just have moved to Xen 3.3.1 (from sources over 2.6.18-xen
debian kernel) and now the installation boot process crashes[1] at disk
detection stage when I use this configuration:

   disk=['file:/var/xen/domains/pacopico/disk.img,ioemu:hda,w',
         'file:/root/sol-10-u6-ga1-x86-dvd.iso,hdc:cdrom,r']

But when using this other configuration:
   disk=['file:/var/xen/domains/pacopico/disk.img,ioemu:sda,w',
         'file:/root/sol-10-u6-ga1-x86-dvd.iso,hdc:cdrom,r']

the Solaris 10 boot installation process works fine, but doesn't find
any hard disk to perform the installation.

So my problem now, if I'm not wrong, is how to disable SCSI detection of
Solaris. Or is there any way to offer only an IDE disk to a guest?

My dom0 is using a "Dell PowerEdge Expandable
 RAID" and by the moment
I
don't worried about performance issues.

What was your disk configuration?

Thanks,
Álvaro

[1]:
Configuring devices:

panic[cpu0]/thread=cff51de0: BAD TRAP: type=e (#pf Page fault)
rp=cff51d0c addr=c ocurred in module xdf due to NULL pointer dereference

sched: #pf Page fault
Bad kernel fault at addr=0xc
...
syncing file systems...

On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 12:00 +0100, Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> Details may be viewed at:-
> http://bderzhavets.blogspot.com/2008/04/install-hvm-freebsd-7.html
> 
> --- On Thu, 1/15/09, Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>         From: Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>
>         Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Solaris 10 with xen 3.2 or previous
>         To: "xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
>         <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "ALVARO
 VEGA
GARCIA"
>         <avega@xxxxxx>
>         Date: Thursday, January 15, 2009, 5:37 AM
>         
>         Xen 3.2 port has to be done with vmxassist=n
>         
>         I mean :-
>         # cd xen-3.2.1
>         # make world vmxassist=n
>         # make install
>         By default it is "y"
>         You install is supposed to hang up.
>         
>         
>         --- On Wed, 1/14/09, ALVARO VEGA GARCIA <avega@xxxxxx>
wrote:
>                 From: ALVARO VEGA GARCIA <avega@xxxxxx>
>                 Subject: [Xen-users] Solaris 10 with xen 3.2 or
>                 previous
>                 To: "xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
>                 <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>                 Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 1:40 PM
>                 
>                
 Hi,
>                 Was anyone able to run Solaris 10 10/08 as guest under a
HVM domU Debian Etch
>                 (xen 3.0.3-1) or current Debian Lenny (xen 3.2-1)?
>                 In my case Solaris installation stops after boot kernel ;
I can't see
>                 anyhing after grub
>                  screen.
>                 
>                 I know that it is possible using Xen 3.3 (see [1]) but
>                  I don't know if it
>                 possible with a previous Xen version
>                 
>                 Thanks,
>                 Álvaro
>                 
>                 [1]
http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2008-10/msg00068.html
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