[Fedora-xen] (no subject) - (Win HVM not booting)

Mon Dec 10 13:59:11 UTC 2007

Gary,
	I suspect that one of two things is causing you problem, but I’m not
sure which.  First, if you have not yet installed windows and need to  boot
to a Windows CD, then you actually need a virtual CD-ROM drive, so the
following line needs changed:
disk = [ 'phy:/dev/VGGuests/w2k3-001,ioemu:hda,w' ]
This might work if you were using a real CD and had /dev/cdrom:
disk = [ 'phy:/dev/VGGuests/w2k3-001,ioemu:hda,w' ,
'phy:/dev/cdrom,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
This might work if you were using an winxp.iso in /ISO:
disk = [ 'phy:/dev/VGGuests/w2k3-001,ioemu:hda,w' ,
'file:/iso/winxp.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
I say might because I don't use ioemu and you might need more than one '/'
after 'file:'  Also, once finished, you might set it up as follows:
disk = [ 'phy:/dev/VGGuests/w2k3-001,ioemu:hda,w' , ',hdc:cdrom,r' ]
This would just be so the vm has an empty cdrom drive.  Also (and now I'm
totally guessing), since you are using ioemu, instead of hdc:cdrom, it might
be ioemu:cdrom or something in all of the above cases.
	The other problem could be that you have Windows installed and want
to boot, then you just forgot to delete this line:
boot="d"
or change it as follows:
boot="cd"
The default will boot to c first, but after trying c and d (HD and CD, like
the above), but it will try network or floppy (don't remember which) third.
You may have gotten a direct reply or figured this out already, but I
thought it should be posted to the group since the question was.
	Dustin

From: fedora-xen-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-xen-bounces at redhat.com]
On Behalf Of Gary Catalano
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 17:45
To: fedora-xen at redhat.com
Subject: [Fedora-xen] (no subject)

Greetings!

I’m having a problem with fedora8 and Xen 3.1.0.  I’m trying to get Windows
to run under Xen (I’ve been using these instructions
http://www.xensource.com/files/xen_install_windows.pdf) and I get all the
way to the last steps but when I start my virtual machine I get an error
saying it can’t find a bootable drive:

CDROM boot failure code : 0002
Boot from CD-Rom failed: could not read the boot disk
FATAL: No bootable device.

Here’s the .hvm I’m using to launch my virtual machine:

#  -*- mode: python; -*-
#===========================================================================
=
# Python configuration setup for 'xm create'.
# This script sets the parameters used when a domain is created using 'xm
create'.
# You use a separate script for each domain you want to create, or
# you can set the parameters for the domain on the xm command line.
#===========================================================================
=

import os, re
arch = os.uname()[4]
if re.search('64', arch):
    arch_libdir = 'lib64'
else:
    arch_libdir = 'lib'

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
# Kernel image file.
kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"

# The domain build function. HVM domain uses 'hvm'.
builder='hvm'

# Initial memory allocation (in megabytes) for the new domain.
#
# WARNING: Creating a domain with insufficient memory may cause out of
#          memory errors. The domain needs enough memory to boot kernel
#          and modules. Allocating less than 32MBs is not recommended.
memory = 1024

# Shadow pagetable memory for the domain, in MB.
# Should be at least 2KB per MB of domain memory, plus a few MB per vcpu.
# shadow_memory = 8

# A name for your domain. All domains must have different names.
name = "win2k3-001"

# 128-bit UUID for the domain.  The default behavior is to generate a new
UUID
# on each call to 'xm create'.
#uuid = "06ed00fe-1162-4fc4-b5d8-11993ee4a8b9"

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
# The number of cpus guest platform has, default=1
#vcpus=1

# Enable/disable HVM guest PAE, default=1 (enabled)
#pae=1

# Enable/disable HVM guest ACPI, default=1 (enabled)
#acpi=1

# Enable/disable HVM APIC mode, default=1 (enabled)
# Note that this option is ignored if vcpus > 1
#apic=1

# List of which CPUS this domain is allowed to use, default Xen picks
#cpus = ""         # leave to Xen to pick
#cpus = "0"        # all vcpus run on CPU0
#cpus = "0-3,5,^1" # run on cpus 0,2,3,5

# Optionally define mac and/or bridge for the network interfaces.
# Random MACs are assigned if not given.
#vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:00:00:11, bridge=xenbr0, model=ne2k_pci'
]
# type=ioemu specify the NIC is an ioemu device not netfront
vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:00:00:94, bridge=xenbr0' ]

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
# Define the disk devices you want the domain to have access to, and
# what you want them accessible as.
# Each disk entry is of the form phy:UNAME,DEV,MODE
# where UNAME is the device, DEV is the device name the domain will see,
# and MODE is r for read-only, w for read-write.

disk = [ 'phy:/dev/VGGuests/w2k3-001,ioemu:hda,w' ]
#disk = [ 'file:/.img,hda,w', ',hdc:cdrom,r' ]

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
# Configure the behaviour when a domain exits.  There are three 'reasons'
# for a domain to stop: poweroff, reboot, and crash.  For each of these you
# may specify:
#
#   "destroy",        meaning that the domain is cleaned up as normal;
#   "restart",        meaning that a new domain is started in place of the
old
#                     one;
#   "preserve",       meaning that no clean-up is done until the domain is
#                     manually destroyed (using xm destroy, for example); or
#   "rename-restart", meaning that the old domain is not cleaned up, but is
#                     renamed and a new domain started in its place.
#
# The default is
#
#   on_poweroff = 'destroy'
#   on_reboot   = 'restart'
#   on_crash    = 'restart'
#
# For backwards compatibility we also support the deprecated option restart
#
# restart = 'onreboot' means on_poweroff = 'destroy'
#                            on_reboot   = 'restart'
#                            on_crash    = 'destroy'
#
# restart = 'always'   means on_poweroff = 'restart'
#                            on_reboot   = 'restart'
#                            on_crash    = 'restart'
#
# restart = 'never'    means on_poweroff = 'destroy'
#                            on_reboot   = 'destroy'
#                            on_crash    = 'destroy'

#on_poweroff = 'destroy'
#on_reboot   = 'restart'
#on_crash    = 'restart'

#===========================================================================
=
# New stuff
device_model = '/usr/' + arch_libdir + '/xen/bin/qemu-dm'

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
# Disk image for
cdrom= "/tmp/win2k3srv.iso"

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
# boot on floppy (a), hard disk (c), Network (n) or CD-ROM (d)
# default: hard disk, cd-rom, floppy
boot="d"

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
#  write to temporary files instead of disk image files
#snapshot=1

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
# enable SDL library for graphics, default = 0
sdl=1

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
# enable VNC library for graphics, default = 1
vnc=0

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
# address that should be listened on for the VNC server if vnc is set.
# default is to use 'vnc-listen' setting from /etc/xen/xend-config.sxp
#vnclisten="127.0.0.1"

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
# set VNC display number, default = domid
#vncdisplay=1

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
# try to find an unused port for the VNC server, default = 1
#vncunused=1

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
# enable spawning vncviewer for domain's console
# (only valid when vnc=1), default = 0
#vncconsole=0

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
# set password for domain's VNC console
# default is depents on vncpasswd in xend-config.sxp
vncpasswd=''

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
# no graphics, use serial port
#nographic=0

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
# enable stdvga, default = 0 (use cirrus logic device model)
#stdvga=0

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
#   serial port re-direct to pty deivce, /dev/pts/n

# set password for domain's VNC console
# default is depents on vncpasswd in xend-config.sxp
vncpasswd=''

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
# no graphics, use serial port
#nographic=0

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
# enable stdvga, default = 0 (use cirrus logic device model)
#stdvga=0

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
#   serial port re-direct to pty deivce, /dev/pts/n
#   then xm console or minicom can connect
#serial='pty'

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
#   Qemu Monitor, default is disable
#   Use ctrl-alt-2 to connect
#monitor=1

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
#   enable sound card support, [sb16|es1370|all|..,..], default none
#soundhw='sb16'

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
#    set the real time clock to local time [default=0 i.e. set to utc]
#localtime=1

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
#    set the real time clock offset in seconds [default=0 i.e. same as dom0]
#rtc_timeoffset=3600

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
#    start in full screen
#full-screen=1

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
#   Enable USB support (specific devices specified at runtime through the
#                       monitor window)
#usb=1

#   Enable USB mouse support (only enable one of the following, `mouse' for
#                             PS/2 protocol relative mouse, `tablet' for
#                             absolute mouse)
#usbdevice='mouse'
#usbdevice='tablet'

#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
#   Set keyboard layout, default is en-us keyboard.
#keymap='ja'

Any help would be appreciated.

Gary Catalano
IT Manager
Cryptic Studios
(408) 399 -1969 x150 (office)
(650) 776-2500 (cell)
www.crypticstudios.com