Re: Error report from attempt to run an HVM instance

[Christoph Egger <Christoph_Egger@gmx.de>]

Michael Litchard wrote:
> Tried to run an HVM instance, here's the error report I got.
> 
[...]

> kernel = "/usr/pkg/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
> 
> builder='hvm'
> 
> # Initial memory allocation (in megabytes) for the new domain.
> memory = 256
> 
> # A name for your domain. All domains must have different names.
> name = "hvm-netbsd"
> 
> #Network interface. By default emules a realtek 8139. For a NetBSD guest you
> # have to disable re(4) and let rtk attach to use it.
> # ne2k_pci emulates a pci ne2000 clone; this his cpu-hungry in dom0
> # pcnet emulates a AMD PCnet-PCI controller; but it corrupts packets with
> # pcn(4) under NetBSD.
> #vif = [ 'mac=00:16:3e:00:00:13, bridge=bridge0, type=ioemu, model=ne2k_pci' ]
> #vif = [ 'mac=00:16:3e:00:00:13, bridge=bridge0, type=ioemu, model=pcnet' ]
> vif = [ 'mac=00:16:3e:00:00:13, bridge=bridge0, type=ioemu' ]
> 
> #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # device model to use: only qemu-dm available for now
> device_model = '/usr/pkg/libexec/qemu-dm'
> 
> # Define the disk devices you want the domain to have access to, and
> # what you want them accessible as.
> # Each disk entry is of the form phy:UNAME,DEV,MODE
> # where UNAME is the device, DEV is the device name the domain will see,
> # and MODE is r for read-only, w for read-write.
> # For hvm domains you can only use hda to hdd. You can set extra types
> # (e.g. cdrom)
> 
> disk = [ 'file:/sys/domains/domU3/amd64cd.iso,ioemu:hdc:cdrom,r' ]
> 
> disk = ['phy:/dev/wd0i,ioemu:hdb,w']

Replace these two disk lines by this:

disk = [ 'phy:/dev/wd0i,ioemu:hdb,w', 
'file:/sys/domains/domU3/amd64cd.iso,ioemu:hdc:cdrom,r' ]

Christoph