[Fedora-xen] Fedora 8 DomU (i386) does not work on Fedora 8 (x86_64) host

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 09:17:31PM +0100, Felix Schwarz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using Xen since Fedora Core 6. My Dom0 runs the latest version of 
> Fedora 8. Currently, I can install a Fedora 8 i386 DomU. The installation 
> always hangs after formatting the virtual hard drive. The only message is 
> "Please wait... This may take a few minutes" (from memory, translated from 
> German). Unfortunately, this message appears not for some minutes but stays 
> "forever" (at least 30 minutes).
> 
> My computer is reasonably fast (AMD X2) with plenty of RAM (4 GB). With 
> Fedora 8 (x86_64) this messages is only visible for some seconds. There is 
> no difference if I do install F8 i386 as HVM or PV domain.

Running  paravirt  i386  domU on a x86_64 Dom0 is known to be rather
unreliable. The message you describe about install hanging during the 
formatting stage is definitely a symptom of running i386 domU on a
x86-64 dom0.  You ought to be able to mix- archs if you do HVM instead
though, so I'm rather surprised if you see the same problems with HVM
guests. 

Regards,
Dan.
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