Steven Sim wrote: > Gurus; > > I've been running Solaris 10 on a HVM domain on my machine (running SXCE > snv_93 x86) for some time now. > > Now that Solaris 10 Update 6 (10/08) has been released, I tried creating > a Paravirtualized Guest domain but got the same error message I got > previously... > > # virt-install -n sol10 -p -r 1560 --nographics -f > /dev/zvol/dsk/rpool/sol10 -l /stage/sol-10-u6-> > > Starting install... > Could not find an installable distribution at > '/stage/sol-10-u6-ga1-x86-dvd.iso' > Domain installation may not have been > successful. If it was, you can restart your domain > by running 'virsh start sol10'; otherwise, please > restart your installation. > Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:32:47 ERROR Could not find an installable > distribution at '/stage/sol-10-u6-ga1-x86-dvd.iso' > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 511, in ? > main() > File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 471, in main > dom = guest.start_install(conscb,progresscb) > File > "/export/builds/xvm_93/proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", > > line 885, in start_install > File > "/export/builds/xvm_93/proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/ParaVirtGuest.py", > > line 68, in _prepare_install > File > "/export/builds/xvm_93/proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/DistroManager.py", > > line 233, in prepare > File > "/export/builds/xvm_93/proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/DistroManager.py", > > line 194, in _prepare_kernel_and_initrd > File > "/export/builds/xvm_93/proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/DistroManager.py", > > line 106, in acquireKernel > File > "/export/builds/xvm_93/proto/install/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/DistroManager.py", > > line 92, in _storeForDistro > ValueError: Could not find an installable distribution at > '/stage/sol-10-u6-ga1-x86-dvd.iso' > > I see some people on this list successfully creating and running a PV > domain using Solaris 10.... > > Does Solaris 10 Update 6 (10/08) support full paravirtualization on xVM?
No, it's still HVM. But it does have PV NIC and disk drivers.. MRJ _______________________________________________ xen-discuss mailing list [email protected]
