[Fedora-xen] Re: XEN-3.0.3 on RHEL-5, fully virtualized guest of RH72 won't start after install finishes.

[Ben Russo]

Ben Russo wrote:
> Then Started Virtual Machine Manager GUI
> Selected "New..." from File menu and followed the wizard.
> then installed FULLY VIRTUALIZED
> RH-72 from original Red Hat 7.2 CD's
> this went fine with the
> Virtual Machine Manager GUI "New Machine" wizard.
> The only non-usual thing I did for an RH72 install was
> to give it the kernel boot option mem=500M
> 
> After the install completed, the DomU guest said it was now going to
> reboot and I should remove any CD's.
> 
> Then the DomU disappeared.

> type "xm create -c /etc/xen/rh72-test",
> I find out that the new guest gets a kernel panic on bootup
> after the bootup menu
> 

I found out that if I add the kernel option "nomxt" to the
grub.conf kernel command for the DomU it gets much farther
in the boot process.

Now I get this on the console:

ixmiestr2.9620000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-98)) #1 Thu Sep 6 17:27:27 
EDT 2001
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
  BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f000 (usable)
  0 - 00 000000003ff000 type 18 000000000a000 (e000000000 0000f000(sabe)
  BIOS-e820: 000000001f3ff000 - 000000001f400000 type 17
op... 18ghmem)000000fec00000 - 0000000100000000 tycngi Df Tiar
D(20010327) Richard Goch (rgoochatnf.ciro.a)
mrr: dtected mtrr type: Intel
PC:CBSePCI: Probing PCI hardware
CI: Using IRQ router PIIX [8086/7000] at 00:01.0
PCI: PIIX3: Enabling Passive Release on 00:01.0
Limiting direct PCI/PCI transfers.
Activating ISA DMA hang workarounds.
isapnp: Scanig orPn ad.un
inx ET.0fo Lnu 24
                  BaedupnSwnsa nvesiy omutr ocet NT303
am:BIS erio .2Flg 003(rve vrson11)
                                   mx_san_bios: enter
Starting kswapd v1.8
erwth MAY_PORTSMLTIPORTSHR_Q EA_I Sme lock Drive v.0dUnix98 ptysconfigured
                                                      bk,102 lts per ueue
RAMDISK driver n iserd tidebus=xx
PIIX: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 09
PIIX3: chipset revisn 0
PIIX3: nt 100% nativemode: iha:pio, hdb:pio
   ide1: BM-DM a0f
                  d0 C/H/S=610/63fomha


Then it hangs right there.