Re: installing FC7 under Debian Etch

On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 11:09:27AM +1000, Amos Shapira wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to install Fedora 7 under Debian Etch running on Intel Xeon 3050
> (i.e. with hardware virtualization) and x86_64 kernel (2.6.18-4-xen-amd64)
> with 4Gb RAM (the hardware supports up to 8Gb).
> 
> I configured it this way:
> 
> kernel = '/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/boot/hvmloader'
> builder = 'linux'

            ^^^^^^^

This needs to be 'hvm'  since the rest of your config file
is for an HVM guest.

> memory = '256'
> name = 'fc7-01'
> vif = ['type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0']
> disk = ['phy:/dev/xen/fc7-01,ioemu:hda,w']
> cdrom = 'file://root/iso/fc7/x86_64/boot.iso'
> device_model='/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/bin/qemu-dm'
> ne2000='0'
> boot='d'
> sdl='1'


Or you need to configure it to be a paravirt guest - ie point the 'kernel'
param to the Xen kernel & get rid of the cdrom & device_model args.

Dan,
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