[Fedora-xen] Xen status for FC7

[Frank Morane]

Mike wrote:
> Frank Morane wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> I just did a fresh install of FC7 to see if xen would work out of the box.
>> Dom0 boots (with errors in the log - see below) and some Centos 4.4 domU
>> boots but are unseable (after recompiling the initrd image with the xen
>> driver preloaded) up to the famous long lasting error message "4gb seg
>> fixup". At that point it is dead
>>
>> My question: what id the status of Xen for Fc7? Will it ever fly?
>> Is there a Linux distro that works out of the box ?
>>     
>
> Hmm. I'm running a F7 dom0 with the following domUs: NetBSD 3.1, FC6,
> F7, and a very shaky Solaris 10 b44.
>
> Xen 3.1 + F7 seems rock solid.
>
>   
>> The last usable version I saw was for FC5 as of May 2006, after that all
>> version were badly broken and never fixed, I tested ALL of them for
>> fc5/fc6 and not a single one worked as published. Only home brewed
>> compiled version would work after weeks of trial and error.
>>
>> Here what the log says from my out of the box install:
>>
>>
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>
> Are you sure you're not missing the domU's console? I noticed that with
> at least the FC6 and F7 domUs, the boot output starts on the serial
> console, then transfers to the graphical console. I'm not familiar with
> the Centos domU's behavior, but it might be something to check.
>   
Ah!? This could be it, I will dig to unearth this topic as if what you 
say is right, this could be it.

Thanks
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