Subject: Re: NetBSD fails after partitioning in XEN3
To: Adrian Gschwend <ktk@netlabs.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-xen
Date: 06/08/2006 21:04:25
On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 11:48:35AM +0200, Adrian Gschwend wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I tried to install NetBSD in XEN3 today, install starts fine but it
> crashes after the partitioning.
>
> The problem seems to be known:
>
> http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2006-05/msg00569.html
>
> I tried the following builds:
>
> 200605200000Z
> 200606050000Z
>
> both with the same result. The build linked in the mail above is no
> longer available.
I guess this is with a netbsd-3 kernel. A current (from HEAD) kernel
should work fine. There's something different in the pmap or uvm between
netbsd-3 and current that causes this, I've not had the time to track it
down yet. It seems that once NetBSD is installed a netbs-3 kernel is fine.
--
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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