Re: [Xen-users] Can't boot hypervisor on VIA Samuel 2

[Stephan Pfeffer <lists@xxxxxxxxx>]

Peter Abrahamsen schrieb:
> Good day,
> 
> I have a low-ish power system running a VIA Samuel 2, which I'd like to
> have running Xen.
> 
> I've tried the Debian packages, and compiling 3.0.2 from source, both
> with the same result: when grub hands off to xen.gz, the whole system is
> rebooted without printing anything. It just flickers the screen a bit,
> although that might be the reboot itself.
> 

I think the Samuel2 is not 100% i686 compatible.
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenFaq#head-c7146b8230839fadca76906177ebf4af18825c38
http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/BugReport2005x03x23x203016

> I don't think I've done anything particularly strange. I installed it
> all with the make rules. My system is a somewhat-current Debian testing
> dist. My CPU:
> 
>>>
> processor       : 0
> vendor_id       : CentaurHauls
> cpu family      : 6
> model           : 7
> model name      : VIA Samuel 2
> stepping        : 3
> cpu MHz         : 533.453
> <<
> 
> With 192MB of RAM.
> 
> My grub entry:
> 
>>>
> title           Xen
> root            (hd0,1)
> kernel          /xen.gz noreboot
> module /vmlinuz-2.6-xen0 root=/dev/hda1 ro
> module /initrd-2.6-xen0
> savedefault
> boot
> <<
> 
> I'm happy to provide any other information. Any light that can be shed,
> be it just a debugging step or something, would be very appreciated.
> 
> Thanks, Peter
> 
> 

Stephan Pfeffer

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Xen-users mailing list
> Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users


_______________________________________________
Xen-users mailing list
Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users