[Fedora-xen] FC6 Xen Guest Installation on Core 2 Duo

[Sadique Puthen]

Chris Tyler wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> I'm teaching in the Linux Administration program at Seneca College,
> Toronto -- this is a graduate certificate program in Linux system
> administration (http://isa.senecac.on.ca). This semester I'm adding a
> special emphasis on virtualization using Xen (and possibly KVM) on top
> of FC6.
>
> Seneca has generously provided a fantastic cluster for us to experiment
> on; each node is a Core 2 Duo with 4 GB of RAM, the nodes are connected
> with gig-E, and a fibre channel SAN will be added in a few weeks.
> Initially, we only have ssh character-mode access to the cluster; ssh
> tunneling is being set up.
>
> My hope is that the student's work on this cluster will result in
> several meaningful contributions back to the Xen community (and Fedora
> Xen community in particular) in areas such as rapid provisioning tools,
> detailed configuration benchmarks, and migration-control tools.
>
> Unfortunately, we're having a rough time getting FC6 guests installed
> via virt-install/xenguest-install. When attempting to install the x86_64
> version, I get this:
>
> =======================
> Starting install...
> libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: (xend.err "Error
> creating domain: (22, 'Invalid argument')")
> Failed to create domain ct001
> =======================
>   

You can only install 32bit paravirtualised guest operating systems on  
top of a  32 bit hypervisor.  You can  install  only 64bit  prara 
virtualised guest operating systems on top of a 64 bit hypervisor.

>
> And when I try i386 I get:
>
> =======================
> ...Installation proceeds, minstage2 starts, Welcome message appears, and
> then...
>
> 	Searching for Fedora Core installations...
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> kernel BUG at arch/i386/mm/hypervisor.c:197!
> invalid opcode: 0000 [#1]
> SMP
> last sysfs file: /block/ram0/dev
> =======================
>
>
> Any recommendations/pointers/suggestions appreciated!
>
> --
> Chris Tyler
> School of Computer Studies, Seneca at York
>
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