F14: XP install fails on KVM

[sean darcy]

I'm trying to install XP with virt-manager-0.8.5-1.fc14.noarch. XP
setup gets to the point of copying the files to the .img. Then I get a
quick flash that I think says something like VNC lost connection with
hypervisor.

If I reboot from the disk, I get "Error loading operating system". If
I reboot from the CD, it tells me the .img file is corrupt and needs
to be reformatted. Then I'm back to my original problem.

Is this the right list for this problem? If not, where do I go?

sean

[Tom Horsley]

>  If I reboot from the disk, I get "Error loading operating
> system". 
Might be this bug?

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=579348

[Cole Robinson]

On 08/30/2010 10:53 PM, sean darcy wrote:
>  I'm trying to install XP with virt-manager-0.8.5-1.fc14.noarch.
> XP
>  setup gets to the point of copying the files to the .img. Then I get a
>  quick flash that I think says something like VNC lost connection with
>  hypervisor.
>  
>  If I reboot from the disk, I get "Error loading operating system". If
>  I reboot from the CD, it tells me the .img file is corrupt and needs
>  to be reformatted. Then I'm back to my original problem.
>   
If the VM spontaneously shuts down, something is crashing. Any error
messages in /var/log/libvirt/qemu/$VMNAME.log?

- Cole

>  Is this the right list for this problem? If not, where do I go?
>  
>  sean
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Fedora and Xen.

[Alvin Starr]

Is there an expected time line when Xen will make it back in the 
Fedora/RH kernel?

So before we start the flame war over KVM vs Xen.
I have had nothing but bad luck with KVM and having spent years using 
xen and have gotten use to its "quirks".

Call it a personal preference issue.



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Fedora and Xen.

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 09:01:54AM -0400, Alvin Starr wrote:
>  
>  Is there an expected time line when Xen will make it back in the 
>  Fedora/RH kernel?
>  
>  So before we start the flame war over KVM vs Xen.
>  I have had nothing but bad luck with KVM and having spent years using 
>  xen and have gotten use to its "quirks". 
The policy hasn't changed since we originally removed Xen. The Xen
userspace continues to be distributed, and Fedora can run as a Xen
guest. The Xen dom0 host kernel will be considered for re-introduction
once it is merged in the mainline upstream kernel trees. The latter
is still actively being pursued by the Xen community & developers
but there's no firm ETA since LKML can be somewhat unpredictable :-)

Regards,
Daniel
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Fedora and Xen.

[Pasi Kärkkäinen]

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 02:17:55PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
>  On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 09:01:54AM -0400, Alvin Starr wrote:
>  > 
>  > Is there an expected time line when Xen will make it back in the 
>  > Fedora/RH kernel?
>  > 
>  > So before we start the flame war over KVM vs Xen.
>  > I have had nothing but bad luck with KVM and having spent years using 
>  > xen and have gotten use to its "quirks".
>  
>  The policy hasn't changed since we originally removed Xen. The Xen
>  userspace continues to be distributed, and Fedora can run as a Xen
>  guest. The Xen dom0 host kernel will be considered for re-introduction
>  once it is merged in the mainline upstream kernel trees. The latter
>  is still actively being pursued by the Xen community & developers
>  but there's no firm ETA since LKML can be somewhat unpredictable :-)
>   
Yeah, it has taken pretty long :)

Some important bits got into Linux 2.6.36, 
and more should go into 2.6.37. Slowly..

Upstream has a long-term maintained dom0-capable kernel 
git tree based on Linux 2.6.32, and will soon start tracking 2.6.36.

Michael has been building Fedora (f12) xendom0 kernel rpms.

Links:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenParavirtOps
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenDom0Kernels
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Xen4.0
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/XenPvopsDom0

-- Pasi