Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 20:05:51 +0530 From: Pratyush Yadav <pratiy0100@gmail.com> To: Steven Friedrich <steven.e.friedrich@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Xen <freebsd-xen@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Freebsd xen host dom0 Message-ID: <CA%2BX=3TJJ=wDXwSoVsj=zUcQ%2BOTusbbAfeveF3nJse%2BMNgv2NZA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPVsTxhXAFACosUnvYKV39q=OVZUuC2ew_ttm=0h6=UHS=Y0uQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPVsTxhXAFACosUnvYKV39q=OVZUuC2ew_ttm=0h6=UHS=Y0uQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 7:56 PM Steven Friedrich <steven.e.friedrich@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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) Are you booting in UEFI mode? If yes, then FreeBSD does not yet support booting the Xen kernel in UEFI mode. Try booting it in legacy mode. -- Regards, Pratyush Yadav
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