On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 3:01 PM, hw <h...@gartencenter-vaehning.de> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to get a windoze 7 to run as a domU on a fresh install of
> gentoo with xen.  I need to use the installer ISO to boot from and to
> install into a partition on a physical disk.
>
> Running 'xl -vvv create /etc/xen/ws-01.hvm' gives me the following
> messages:
>
>
> Parsing config from /etc/xen/ws-01.hvm
> libxl: debug: libxl_create.c:1504:do_domain_create: ao 0x1a97440: create:
> how=(nil) callback=(nil) poller=0x1a974a0
> libxl: verbose: libxl_create.c:137:libxl__domain_build_info_setdefault:
> qemu-xen is unavailable, use qemu-xen-traditional instead: No such file or
> directory
> libxl: debug: libxl_device.c:269:libxl__device_disk_set_backend: Disk
> vdev=hda spec.backend=unknown
> libxl: debug: libxl_device.c:298:libxl__device_disk_set_backend: Disk
> vdev=hda, using backend phy
> libxl: debug: libxl_device.c:269:libxl__device_disk_set_backend: Disk
> vdev=hdc spec.backend=unknown
> libxl: debug: libxl_device.c:215:disk_try_backend: Disk vdev=hdc, backend
> phy unsuitable as phys path not a block device
> libxl: debug: libxl_device.c:298:libxl__device_disk_set_backend: Disk
> vdev=hdc, using backend qdisk
> libxl: debug: libxl_create.c:907:initiate_domain_create: running bootloader
> libxl: debug: libxl_bootloader.c:323:libxl__bootloader_run: not a PV
> domain, skipping bootloader
> libxl: debug: libxl_event.c:629:libxl__ev_xswatch_deregister: watch
> w=0x1a97d70: deregister unregistered
> libxl: debug: libxl_numa.c:483:libxl__get_numa_candidate: New best NUMA
> placement candidate found: nr_nodes=1, nr_cpus=12, nr_vcpus=26,
> free_memkb=9875
> libxl: debug: libxl_numa.c:483:libxl__get_numa_candidate: New best NUMA
> placement candidate found: nr_nodes=1, nr_cpus=12, nr_vcpus=26,
> free_memkb=10311
> libxl: detail: libxl_dom.c:196:numa_place_domain: NUMA placement candidate
> with 1 nodes, 12 cpus and 10311 KB free selected
> libxl: detail: libxl_dom.c:254:hvm_set_viridian_features: base group
> enabled
> libxl: detail: libxl_dom.c:254:hvm_set_viridian_features: freq group
> enabled
> libxl: detail: libxl_dom.c:254:hvm_set_viridian_features: time_ref_count
> group enabled
> xc: error: Could not open kernel image (2 = No such file or directory):
> Internal error
> libxl: error: libxl_dom.c:818:libxl__build_hvm: hvm building failed
> libxl: error: libxl_create.c:1121:domcreate_rebuild_done: cannot
> (re-)build domain: -3
> libxl: error: libxl_dm.c:1595:kill_device_model: unable to find device
> model pid in /local/domain/12/image/device-model-pid
> libxl: error: libxl.c:1608:libxl__destroy_domid:
> libxl__destroy_device_model failed for 12
> libxl: info: libxl.c:1691:devices_destroy_cb: forked pid 5036 for destroy
> of domain 12
> libxl: debug: libxl_create.c:1520:do_domain_create: ao 0x1a97440:
> inprogress: poller=0x1a974a0, flags=i
> libxl: debug: libxl_event.c:1765:libxl__ao_complete: ao 0x1a97440:
> complete, rc=-3
> libxl: debug: libxl_event.c:1737:libxl__ao__destroy: ao 0x1a97440: destroy
> xc: debug: hypercall buffer: total allocations:197 total releases:197
> xc: debug: hypercall buffer: current allocations:0 maximum allocations:4
> xc: debug: hypercall buffer: cache current size:4
> xc: debug: hypercall buffer: cache hits:182 misses:4 toobig:11
>
>
> The configuration for the VM is as follows:
>
>
> # This configures an HVM rather than PV guest
> builder = "hvm"
>
> # Guest name
> name = "ws-01.hvm"
>
> # 128-bit UUID for the domain as a hexadecimal number.
> # Use "uuidgen" to generate one if required.
> # The default behavior is to generate a new UUID each time the guest is
> started.
> #uuid = "XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX"
>
> # Enable Microsoft Hyper-V compatibile paravirtualisation /
> # enlightenment interfaces. Turning this on can improve Windows guest
> # performance and is therefore recommended
> viridian = 1
>
> # Initial memory allocation (MB)
> memory = 4096
>
> # Maximum memory (MB)
> # If this is greater than `memory' then the slack will start ballooned
> # (this assumes guest kernel support for ballooning)
> #maxmem = 512
>
> # Number of VCPUS
> vcpus = 2
>
> # Network devices
> # A list of 'vifspec' entries as described in
> # docs/misc/xl-network-configuration.markdown
> vif = [ 'bridge=brloc' ]
>
> # Disk Devices
> # A list of `diskspec' entries as described in
> # docs/misc/xl-disk-configuration.txt
> disk = [ 'phy:/dev/sde1,ioemu:hda,w',
> 'file:/root/installers/de_windows_7_professional_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_676919.iso,ioemu:hdc:cdrom,r'
> ]
>
> boot="dc"
>
> # Guest VGA console configuration, either SDL or VNC
> sdl = 0
> vnc = 1
>
>
> Any idea why I cannot create VMs?  Is this a Gentoo problem or a problem
> with xen?  Do I need to install some more packages?
>
>
Please post the output of
emerge --info xen
emerge --info xen-tools

Were you able to start any virtual machine in your Xen environment yet or
this is the first try?

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