Re: no luck with xen

[Patrick Welche <prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost>]

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 04:32:58PM +0000, Patrick Welche wrote:
> This attempt is on a laptop with no serial port :-/
> 
> highlights from boot.cfg:
> 
> menu=Boot Xen 3.3 with single-user dom0:load /netbsd-XEN3_DOM0 -s;multiboot 
> /xen33.gz dom0_mem=512M
> menu=Boot Xen 4.1 with single-user dom0:load /netbsd-XEN3_DOM0 -s;multiboot 
> /xen41.gz dom0_mem=512M
> 
> xen33.gz is from sysutils/xenkernel33, xen41.gz is from sysutils/xenkernel41
> 
> netbsd-XEN3_DOM0 is 16 Jan -current. (box normally runs -current/amd64)
> 
> installed /boot and bootxx_ffsv1 from 16th Jan too just in case.
> 
> In both boot cases, the last thing I see is Scrubbing Free RAM, then blank
> screen, and I hear what might be a reboot click, but it doesn't actually
> reboot.
> 
> I know, not much use without the serial port...

I tried with a desktop which has a serial port and all was well - ran
xdm - that pointed to the answer: adding "console=pc" to the NetBSD part
as now appears in the boot.cfg man page after

  http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2011/09/23/msg017846.html

gets me a console login prompt. (same with console=tty0)

So, now I have a working dom0. I'm slightly bemused that the machine with
the serial port goes as far as giving me an xdm login, but not the laptop...
(-s works as intended too...)

Cheers,

Patrick