From owner-freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Fri Aug 31 14:26:27 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-xen@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47AADFCCEF5 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2018 14:26:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steven.e.friedrich@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw1-xc32.google.com (mail-yw1-xc32.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::c32]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BF05F74852 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2018 14:26:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steven.e.friedrich@gmail.com) Received: by mail-yw1-xc32.google.com with SMTP id l189-v6so5097512ywb.10 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2018 07:26:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=5rdzrweeMF2L39Anp1QH42evY4Hkby32KroL8WgwP68=; b=cWSV3GIW+6pCPup7OagNpH9lvJc9AkyJR4PsZa9O7dGHnZMAzL9Z5evzF5iOcHYiGq yJASL5zWpUiIIydNK38qnKo22XjABpREoW/hFcKEqVT3XXSROkjlUPiGp14mcMPpY27j OEzHeIypiB4HApp9uUa+N+kxBh2tqlr/c9kYs/NMIYVsZWJIFA4b2QEvYW1/ciXCFPYn +cDe59EU4RB1DpCBDIl+9i5ixTOWNVrxhI4nzGNveCV/XNAjXptaB6HFJs6ITJ5+uzsa JmyNh+BZTIYugviw1MlRqRTO5iOYMlV4DlO9DneEukCxs0WcdrJwcqBnUH41EfbWuUDY OLuA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=5rdzrweeMF2L39Anp1QH42evY4Hkby32KroL8WgwP68=; b=obphqxS7qKwnz5/813kipnREBBCRDbw0SJzyxkCPzRCMGSGh0MDI3U4SCywU1j+TSF uIemWAF2+Ztn0JXFvHIhi9wxfG34s0vWZjgM/weIimoVwbPf7hFpfANc2J+40T5edGPM PRytQW3zb/kfj98jk3YFGG4xmyePW0wguj9DYhvB3IKk5KB3k20n/SuL7pabWuumc9l5 sTfANZrGoKIcfFzVv3Hsk2gBzhHYVhvVwJsqjlweXCy0/wAcZKBAEVFsfU0JyjD4e66s /NRXYA2+yow19CwEdRqXK+9wwQJso9XujrTsr+tuVmEjyTEVbIXbVQPWIvOkWfQWNZSD aRdw== X-Gm-Message-State: APzg51Ad0BL/pEXqPXU0N7RnR1gXAUCh4StjeHitaXyzWXtBHWNMsNYD TCa6ocg4mHwBN3Sc57l8clwn+PS/vDx5XGgyYRuvkEyv X-Google-Smtp-Source: ANB0VdaTzKtbnCRpIEYM1hCaNv2wUr1FIOks9Bw4e40MUEyfkmhy4jRZrMjPPZ1qUVioQwpLphJnFDP3uFlPofiSqeU= X-Received: by 2002:a81:1690:: with SMTP id 138-v6mr9123978yww.276.1535725585930; Fri, 31 Aug 2018 07:26:25 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Steven Friedrich Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 10:26:14 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Freebsd xen host dom0 To: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.27 X-BeenThere: freebsd-xen@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of the freebsd port to xen - implementation and usage List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 14:26:27 -0000 I have a new HP Slimline Desktop 290-p0014 which features an Intel i7-8700 and no com ports. I am hoping to create a FreeBSD xen host to explore various FreeBSD and Linux distros. I was following along with chapter 21.8 FreeBSD as a Xen -Host. I am using handbook rev 52113 modified on 2018-08-12 08:50:20 by eadler. I did a fresh install of FreeBSD 11.2, pkg install xen and when I rebooted it claimed: don't know how to load module '/boot/xen' don't know how to load module '/boot/xen' (odd that it repeated that) can't load 'kernel' I can boot and turn off booting the xen kernel and FreeBSD comes up fine. I used file /boot/xen and it reveals xen is a ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386 version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, stripped What am I doing wrong? I have previous FreeBSD experience, but it was long ago. I may have forgotten more than I knew 8o)