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Re: [Xen-users] Setup WinXP with HVM and qemu image

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Setup WinXP with HVM and qemu image
From: Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 23:15:26 +0100
Cc: Geert Janssens <info@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Try

vncviewer localhost::5910

Any luck then?

Cheers,
Mark

On Thursday 31 May 2007, Geert Janssens wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to accomplish the following:
> - The hardware is a recent HP workstation xw6400 with a dual core Xeon
> processor. HVM is enabled in bios. 2Gb Ram available.
> - Dom0 is Centos 5, x86 (on xen 3.0.3 with redhat's modifications)
> - I would like to migrate a Qemu Windows XP installation to a xen hvm
>
> I figured this should not be too hard, because full virtualisation uses the
> same (or allmost the same?) device model as qemu and under qemu, my Windows
> XP installation is working fine.
>
> I have created a config file (see below), and started the guest domain with
> xm create /etc/xen/WinXP.hvm
>
> xm then tells me that the domain was started succesfully, and xm list does
> show it:
> [root@localhost ~]# xm list
> Name                                      ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State   Time(s)
> Domain-0                                   0     1488     2 r-----    185.5
> WindowsXP                                  6      517     1 ------      0.0
>
> However, I can't find a way to connect to it via vnc. I tried
> vncviewer localhost:10
>
> But this returns immediatly with
> VNC Viewer Free Edition 4.1.2 for X - built Mar 14 2007 22:51:02
> Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.
> See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC.
>
> Thu May 31 22:53:15 2007
>  main:        unable to connect to host: Connection refused (111)
>
> What is happening here ?
>
> Below is my Guest domain's config. I have set the options to match the
> original qemu config as close as possible.
> #  -*- mode: python; -*-
> #==========================================================================
>== # Python configuration setup for 'xm create'.
> # This script sets the parameters used when a domain is created using 'xm
> create'.
> # You use a separate script for each domain you want to create, or
> # you can set the parameters for the domain on the xm command line.
> #==========================================================================
>== import os, re
> arch = os.uname()[4]
> if re.search('64', arch):
>     arch_libdir = 'lib64'
> else:
>     arch_libdir = 'lib'
> kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
> builder='hvm'
> memory = 512
> shadow_memory = 8
> name = "WindowsXP"
> vcpus=2
> #pae=0
> #acpi=0
> #apic=0
> vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=00:18:32:6c:00:ba, bridge=xenbr0' ]
> disk = [ 'file:/var/images/winxp.qcow,hda,w', ',hdc:cdrom,r' ]
> device_model = '/usr/' + arch_libdir + '/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
> sdl=0
> vnc=1
> vncdisplay=10
> vncconsole=0
> vncpasswd=''
> stdvga=1
> serial='pty'
> soundhw='sb16'
> usb=1
> usbdevice='tablet'
> keymap='be'
>
>
> Geert
>
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