Please note that in the RHEL5.1 release notes: "This update to the Virtualization feature also includes the capability to install and run paravirtualized 32-bit guests on 64-bit hosts. However, this capability is provided as a Technology Preview; as such, it is not supported for production use."
This means that it might or might not work, etc.... but I will try this out for you today if I get a chance and will let you know my findings unless someone responds before I do. -- Robin On Jan 15, 2008 6:22 AM, Ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm currently running RHEL 5.1 64-bit fully patched and kernel > 2.6.18-53.1.4.el5xen on a Sun x4200 M2 (8GB, 4 cores). I am attempting to > install RHEL 4.6 32-bit (kernel 2.6.9-67xen) as a paravirtualised guest. > > Within the RHEL5 Dom0 I start the guest using "xm create -c template" and > the below configuration file. > > ################################################## > kernel = "/etc/xen/vmlinuz4" > ramdisk = "/etc/xen/initrd4.img" > name = "template" > memory = "4096" > disk = [ 'tap:aio:/VM-storage/template,xvda,w', ] > vif = [ 'bridge=xenbr0', ] > vcpus=2 > > on_reboot = 'destroy' > on_crash = 'destroy' > ################################################## > > The kernel and ramdisk are from the RHEL 4.6 install tree which is located > on an HTTP-accessible web server (running Apache, local subnet). The file > /VM-storage/template was created using the command > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/VM-storage/template oflag=direct bs=1M seek=409600 > count=1 > > Every time I try the install manually (I haven't figured out Xen > kickstarting yet, suggestions on how to provide a kickstart file to the > DomU > please?) I whistle through the setup screens and then let the installation > start the package installation, at which point it slows to a crawl or even > stops on a package with the status "Installing...". The web server is > definitely not overloaded as I've kickstarted ten RHEL5 boxes before now > concurrently with no slowdown. > > However the worst is yet to come... Usually after a little while of > installing the RHEL4 kernel panics and I'm dumped back out to Dom0. I've > tried this with the previous RHEL 4.5 media (copied to the web server) > too. > It tends to fail earlier. > > Here's the most recent error during text-mode installation: > > Oops: 0000 [#1] > SMP > Modules linked in: dm_snapshot dm_mirror dm_zero dm_mod ext3 jbd msdos > raid6 > raid5 xor raid1 raid0 xenblk xennet sr_mod sd_mod scsi_mod cdrom loop nfs > nfs_acl lockd sunrpc vfat fat cramfslements > CPU: 0 > EIP: 0061:[<c01496c9>] Not tainted VLI > EFLAGS: 00010287 (2.6.9-67.ELxenU) > EIP is at zap_pte_range+0x279/0x489 > eax: 00037000 ebx: 00000002 ecx: f5392000 edx: 00000000 > esi: 001163b1 edi: c6c8d9a0 ebp: 00000000 esp: ec1bae04 > ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 > Process anaconda (pid: 419, threadinfo=ec1ba000 task=ec3a3830) > Stack: 163b1067 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00037000 > 0c800000 > c347d2a0 cf23a328 0c837000 00000001 0c800000 c0149980 c347d2a0 > cf23a320 > 0c800000 00037000 00000000 0c7b7000 d0df6008 0c837000 00000000 > c01499e5 > Call Trace: > [<c0149980>] zap_pmd_range+0xa7/0xcb > [<c01499e5>] unmap_page_range+0x41/0x65 > [<c0149ad6>] unmap_vmas+0xcd/0x1e8 > [<c014ec19>] exit_mmap+0x85/0x15b > [<c011a2d9>] mmput+0x52/0x77 > [<c011a74b>] copy_mm+0x36c/0x396 > [<c011b26a>] copy_process+0x6b5/0xb0b > [<c011b7ad>] do_fork+0x8a/0x16b > [<c0127372>] sigprocmask+0xb6/0xd0 > [<c0127423>] sys_rt_sigprocmask+0x97/0x14c > [<c0105cd7>] sys_fork+0x16/0x1a > [<c010734f>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb > Code: 8b 4c 24 14 8b 41 04 85 c0 75 0a 83 39 00 0f 45 c1 89 44 24 14 c7 44 > 24 10 00 00 00 00 8b 44 24 18 39 44 24 10 0f 83 08 02 00 00 <8b> 55 00 8b > 4d > 04 85 d2 75 08 85 c9 0f 84 e6 01 00 00 88 d0 a8 > <0>Fatal exception: panic in 5 seconds > Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception > > All of my xen stuff appears to be at version 3.0.3-41. Does anyone have > any > suggestions what I'm doing wrong or what is happening, please? > > Ben > -- > Unix Support, MISD, University of Cambridge, England > Plugger of wire, typer of keyboard, imparter of Clue > Life Is Short. It's All Good. > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list >
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