Re: [Xen-users] Dell Optiplex 740 / Xen 3.1 / Ubuntu Gutsy woes [fixed]

["Mitch" <mitchkelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Do you mind me asking is your AMD supports virtualisation? type: xm dmesg | 
grep VMX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Elwell" <andrew.elwell@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 1:19 AM
Subject: [Xen-users] Dell Optiplex 740 / Xen 3.1 / Ubuntu Gutsy woes [fixed]


> Hi Folks,
>
> Posting this incase it helps others:
>
> I've been battling for *days* to get xen installed on Ubuntu gutsy
> (amd64) on a nice new Dell Optiplex 740
>
> CPU looked fine:
>
> processor       : 1
> vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
> model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
> flags           : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36
> clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext
> 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm cr8_legacy
>
>
> domain-0 seemed to install OK, debootstrap of gutsy *seemed* ok too,
> just never got as far as a login prompt on console or any sign of
> network activity
>
> I eventually gave up on Xen and tried KVM - which threw an error
> message at the modprobe kvm_amd
>
>    kvm: disabled by bios
>
> (there is no BIOS option relating to virtualisation)
>
> Updated bios from 1.1.3 to 1.2.2 and lo...  all my xen goodness works[1]
>
>
> Tada!
>
>
> [1] well, sorta. Networking seems a bit Wierd - see separate mail
>
>
> Andrew
>
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