Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 16:03:50 -0700 From: Kevin Schmidt <kps@ucsb.edu> To: Freddie Cash <fjwcash+freebsd@gmail.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xen Status : FreeBSD-current as Dom/U. Message-ID: <200711031603.52584.kps@ucsb.edu> In-Reply-To: <200710291012.38130.fjwcash%2Bfreebsd@gmail.com> References: <48344.172.16.9.1.1192472836.squirrel@www.xtra-net.be> <200710281319.33309.kps@ucsb.edu> <200710291012.38130.fjwcash%2Bfreebsd@gmail.com>
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On Monday 29 October 2007, Freddie Cash wrote: > On October 28, 2007 01:19 pm Kevin Schmidt wrote: ... > > FWIW, I've tried FreeBSD as an HVM guest on several Linux distros > > as Dom0, Xen 3.0 (3.0.3, 3.0.4) and 3.1 (3.1.0), using Xen packages > > and manual compiles. Linux distros included Ubuntu 7.04 and Debian > > 4. FreeBSD 6.2 and 7.0 -- release and snapshots -- consistently > > fail to boot with a looping "BTX halted" and register dump. If > > there's a way to install stock FreeBSD under Xen HVM, I haven't > > seen it. Without saying whether this is properly a Xen problem or > > FBSD BTX problem, my guess is this type of installation will not > > work until there are BTX changes. > > Crap, that's not what I want to hear. :( > > Any chance you would be willing/able to test using XenEnterprise 4 as > the Dom0 (there's a free version available at: > http://www.citrixxenserver.com/products/Pages/XenExpress.aspx). I don't have appropriate hardware available at the moment. The previous test boxes (Supermicro X7DBE+ motherboards w/Intel procs) are now in use for other purposes, including running Ubuntu 7.10 Xen Dom0 with CentOS5 DomU HVM. -- Kevin Schmidt Office of Information Technology University of California, Santa Barbara North Hall 2124 Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3201 805-893-7779 805-893-5051 FAX kps@ucsb.edu
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