[Fedora-xen] Anyone using VT-x (vmx, hvm, ...)?

Reuter, Jim James.Reuter at hp.com
Wed Apr 5 21:25:20 UTC 2006


Reposted from fedora-list...I did not even know fedora-xen existed until
a coworker pointed it out, it's not listed on Fedora Portal.

I have not seen any answers for this on fedora-list.

> ______________________________________________ 
> From: 	Reuter, Jim  
> Sent:	Wednesday, April 05, 2006 10:59 AM
> To:	'fedora-list at redhat.com'
> Subject:	Anyone using VT-x (vmx, hvm, ...)?
> 
> I've installed FC5 32 and 64 bit versions on a VT-x capable Xeon
> server.  I can install paravirtualized guests using
> /usr/sbin/xenguest-install.py per the quickstart guide with no
> problems.  But if I try to install a fully virtualized FC5 or Windows
> XP guest using the VT-x (vmx) capability and an ISO install image, xm
> shows that a guest started, but I can never connect to a console or
> vnc session to see what it is doing or go through the OS install.
> Even the xenguest-install.py script fails at the point of trying to
> connect the console.
> 
> The error is "xenconsole: Could not read from tty store: No such file
> or directory".
> 
> I'm at a loss to know how to proceed or debug this.  Any help would be
> appreciated.  Is anyone even using FC5 on VT-x systems?  The lists
> seem to be very quiet on this topic.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim Reuter
> James.reuter at hp.com
> 
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