Re: Windows XenU creation

[Mats Petersson <mats@planetcatfish.com>]

At 17:18 30/07/2007, shacky wrote:
>Hi.
>When I try to create a new Windows XenU I get these error:
>
>guineapig:/etc/xen# xm create win1.cfg
>Using config file "./win1.cfg".
>VNC= 1
>Unexpected error: exceptions.OSError
>
>Please report to xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
>Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/sbin/xm", line 10, in ?
>     main.main(sys.argv)
>   File "//usr/lib64/python/xen/xm/main.py", line 2453, in main
>     _, rc = _run_cmd(cmd, cmd_name, args)
>   File "//usr/lib64/python/xen/xm/main.py", line 2477, in _run_cmd
>     return True, cmd(args)
>   File "<string>", line 1, in <lambda>
>   File "//usr/lib64/python/xen/xm/main.py", line 1266, in xm_importcommand
>     cmd.main([command] + args)
>   File "//usr/lib64/python/xen/xm/create.py", line 1309, in main
>     dom = make_domain(opts, config)
>   File "//usr/lib64/python/xen/xm/create.py", line 1054, in make_domain
>     os.kill(vncpid, signal.SIGKILL)
>OSError: [Errno 3] No such process
>
>I'm using Xen 3.1.0 on a Dual Opteron 2212. The AMD-V technology is
>enabled by BIOS.
>
>This is the win1.cfg file:
>
>kernel  = '/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader'
>builder = 'hvm'
>memory  = '512'
>device_modem = '/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
>root    = '/dev/sda1 ro'
>disk    = [ 'phy:vserver/win1-disk,sda1,w',
>'file:/home/mattia/win2003stdita.iso,ioemu:hda:cdrom,r' ]
>name    = 'win1'
>vif  = [ 'ip=192.168.1.55' ]
>boot = 'd'
>vnc=1
>vncviewer=1
>sdl=0
>on_poweroff = 'destroy'
>on_reboot   = 'restart'
>on_crash    = 'restart'
>
>All other Linux virtual machines works without any problems.

I still don't think the HVM BIOS supports booting from SCSI/SATA 
drives. Try using "hda" instead of "sda" (and of course change your 
"hda" for the CDROM to perhaps "hdb").

You don't need a "root" in HVM domains.

You also can't set the IP address in a HVM domain, you need to do 
that inside windows using the control-panel (I find it easiest to use 
DHCP - but that depends on if you have a suitably configured 
DHCP-server or not).

--
Mats


>Where is the problem?
>
>Thank you very much!
>Bye.
>
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