I followed standard procedure suggested by Mark Johnson to install OI 147 as PV DomU at Xen 4.0.1 Linux Dom0 (2.6.32.21 pvops ) , like i would work with OSOL 134 ( BTW, OSOL 134 gets installed with no problem) . Installation crashes right away
Procedure itself ( like for OSOL134) :- mount -o loop,ro osol147.iso /mnt cp /mnt/platform/i86pc/amd64/boot_archive /home/boris/solaris cp /mnt/platform/i86xpv/kernel/amd64/unix /home/boris/solaris ******************* osol.install ******************* name = "osol147" vcpus = 1 memory = "1024" kernel = "/home/boris/solaris/unix" ramdisk = "/home/boris/solaris/boot_archive" extra = "/platform/i86xpv/kernel/amd64/unix - nowin -B install_media=cdrom" disk = ['file:/root/osol147.iso,xvdc:cdrom,r','phy:/dev/sdb5,xvda,w'] vif = ['bridge=br0'] on_shutdown = "destroy" on_reboot = "destroy" on_crash = "destroy" "xm create -c osol.install" should bring to login prompt for "jack" ( OSOL134) However, install detects Xen env 4.0.1 ( kernel seems to be xenified) and immediately drops to prompt for maintenance or CTRL+D to escape. This shows that boot_archive (OI 147) doesn't contain xen frontend drivers ( my guess) and (or) something else is going wrong. I still guess boot_archive ( like initrd.gz on Linux) is not xenified on OI 147. If you can speak to Mark, resolving issue would not take long. He was responsible for OSOL at Linux Dom0 installs in better times. Boris. --- On Fri, 9/24/10, Alasdair Lumsden <[email protected]> wrote: From: Alasdair Lumsden <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] XEN and Crossbow To: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, September 24, 2010, 3:44 PM On 24 Sep 2010, at 20:21, Boris Derzhavets wrote: >> 2. domU (Running OpenIndiana as a PV guest) is fully supported. This > code is being maintained by Oracle and will continue to work. > > Build 147 fails to run standard OSOL 134 procedure of installation as Xen > DomU. > We have been tracking this feature since Nevada build 75A. Hi Boris, Could you clarify what you mean? We're running oi_147 successfully in our xVM dom0 environment. However these were hosts upgraded from snv_134. Regards, Alasdair _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
