Re: NetBSD HVM Guest

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 04:13:14PM +0100, Helge Muehlmeier wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to setup a NetBSD HVM guest here because we want to have test
> machines with SMP.
> 
> 
> ============
> My config is:
> kernel = '/usr/pkg/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader'
> builder = 'hvm'
> memory = '1024'
> device_model='/usr/pkg/libexec/qemu-dm'
> 
> disk = [ 'file:/xen_images/asau1.img,ioemu:hda,w',
>           'file:/xen_images/amd64cd-5.0.1.iso,ioemu:hdb:cdrom,r', ]
> 
> # Hostname
> name = "asau1"
> vcpus = "2"
> 
> vif = [ 'type=ioemu, bridge=bridge0' ]
> 
> boot= 'd'
> ============
> 
> If I start the domain for installing NetBSD I get an error:
> 
> wopr# xm create asau1 -c
> Using config file "/usr/pkg/etc/xen/asau1".
> Started domain asau1
> xenconsole: Could not read tty from store: No such file or directory

With HVM you don't use xenconsole (so don't use -c). The console
is accessible through vnc (so you need a vnc viewer).

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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