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Re: [Xen-users] Research -> do participate.....
anant wrote:
> This is what i read about SuSE/Novell that they are planning to support
> windows DomU sometime late quarter next yr. Which forced me to start this
> thread. So after going through all the responce that i got in this thread,
> there is no doubt left . Windows OS can be installed over XEN.
> I am having Fedora core 6 as a host and XEN 3.0.3 and after a lot of tries i
> was able to install SuSE 10 on top of XEN and that too i have to start using
> command in terminal. It doesnt start when i do it from VMM.
> Anyway , when i tried to install windows OS on top of it, immediately after
> setup completes VM disappear and then i cant even open it using command
> line. Only blank screen appears.
> I choosed FC6 and XEN 3.0.3 because XEN was included in the installation of
> FC6 and i dont have interent for that system to install it after host OS
> installation.
> May be there is some problem with this version.
> And about my processor..yeh it is fully virtualized intel VT PRO....as
> follows
>
> [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor : 0
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> cpu family : 6
> model : 15
> model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz
> stepping : 6
> cpu MHz : 2128.098
> cache size : 2048 KB
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> coma_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 10
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36
> clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni
> monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
> bogomips : 5322.02
>
> processor : 1
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> cpu family : 6
> model : 15
> model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz
> stepping : 6
> cpu MHz : 2128.098
> cache size : 2048 KB
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> coma_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 10
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36
> clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc up pni
> monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
> bogomips : 5322.02
>
> And memory info as follows....
> In total RAM is 1024MB but when i terminal shows like this after DOM0 starts
> up
>
> [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/meminfo
> MemTotal: 398720 kB
> MemFree: 11692 kB
> Buffers: 14064 kB
> Cached: 191996 kB
> SwapCached: 0 kB
> Active: 128492 kB
> Inactive: 158788 kB
> HighTotal: 0 kB
> HighFree: 0 kB
> LowTotal: 398720 kB
> LowFree: 11692 kB
> SwapTotal: 2097144 kB
> SwapFree: 2097144 kB
> Dirty: 8 kB
> Writeback: 0 kB
> AnonPages: 81264 kB
> Mapped: 35828 kB
> Slab: 18400 kB
> PageTables: 5564 kB
> NFS_Unstable: 0 kB
> Bounce: 0 kB
> CommitLimit: 2296504 kB
> Committed_AS: 368468 kB
> VmallocTotal: 450552 kB
> VmallocUsed: 6524 kB
> VmallocChunk: 443508 kB
>
> AND WHEN I START DOMU SuSE 10 as guest on top of it memory info is like
> this....
>
> [root@localhost ~]# xm create /etc/xen/linux_test
> Using config file "/etc/xen/linux_test".
> Started domain linux_test
>
> [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/meminfo
> MemTotal: 398720 kB
> MemFree: 3452 kB
> Buffers: 15288 kB
> Cached: 179664 kB
> SwapCached: 0 kB
> Active: 148100 kB
> Inactive: 146272 kB
> HighTotal: 0 kB
> HighFree: 0 kB
> LowTotal: 398720 kB
> LowFree: 3452 kB
> SwapTotal: 2097144 kB
> SwapFree: 2097144 kB
> Dirty: 92 kB
> Writeback: 0 kB
> AnonPages: 99472 kB
> Mapped: 38416 kB
> Slab: 18184 kB
> PageTables: 6824 kB
> NFS_Unstable: 0 kB
> Bounce: 0 kB
> CommitLimit: 2296504 kB
> Committed_AS: 418320 kB
> VmallocTotal: 450552 kB
> VmallocUsed: 6640 kB
> VmallocChunk: 443508 kB
>
> I dont think its because of memory as i try with one VM at a time ...so SuSE
> was successful but not windows .
>
> Now what do you guys say about my system hardware and all....is it allright
> to have win xp on top of xen or not.
> If there is no problem with the processor then i might try this time with
> some different host and xen version.
> Is there any other version of linux which incude XEN with its installation.
Well, SuSE Linux has had Xen included since 9.3, and we're at SuSE
Linux 10.2 now. I've seen it work very well on SuSE Enterprise 10
(including live migration, very nifty:), but I haven't tried it
myself yet.
/Lars
> This time i wanna try with that OS which is already been tested.
> If there is no other OS which include XEN then is there any other way to
> have XEN if you dont have internet connection like by copying xen on cd or
> something.....
> If not then i might arrange internet for that sys....
> I desperately need that win xp on top of xen.....So do help me out by
> sharing your knowledge friends...
> Thanks a lot to all of you for replying....
> Tschuess..
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