Re: [Xen-users] Cannot boot to cdrom (or file) using xl create for XP hvm

[Jan Hejl <jh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Changing this line:

'/home/skippy/myXpImage/xpImage.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'

to this:

'file:/home/skippy/myXpImage/xpImage.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'

(added file: directive) did the magic.

Jan

On 25.9.2012 22:35, Skippy VonDrake wrote:
> Trying to build an XP hvm using a compiled "xenified" kernel
> (3.5.4) but having no success reading the cdrom or an image
> made from the install disk.
>
> Error in vnc display:
>    Booting from Cd-Rom...
>    CDROM boot failure code : 0003
>    Boot from CD-Rom failed: could not read the boot disk
>    No bootable device. Powering off in 30 seconds.
>
> xl -vvv create testXpOn15g.cfg
>    Parsing config file configXL.cfg
>    xc: info: VIRTUAL MEMORY ARRANGEMENT:
>      Loader:        0000000000100000->0000000000172b10
>      TOTAL:         0000000000000000->000000003f800000
>      ENTRY ADDRESS: 00000000001015a0
>    xc: info: PHYSICAL MEMORY ALLOCATION:
>      4KB PAGES: 0x0000000000000200
>      2MB PAGES: 0x00000000000001fb
>      1GB PAGES: 0x0000000000000000
>    Daemon running with PID 11236
>    xc: debug: hypercall buffer: total allocations:585 total releases:585
>    xc: debug: hypercall buffer: current allocations:0 maximum allocations:2
>    xc: debug: hypercall buffer: cache current size:2
>    xc: debug: hypercall buffer: cache hits:582 misses:2 toobig:1
>
> testXpOn15g.cfg contents:
> builder = "hvm"
> name = "testXpOn15g.hvm"
> viridian = 1
> memory = 1024
> vcpus = 1
> vif = [ '' ]
> # Disk Devices
> #disk = [ 'phy:/dev/guestsVG/xpVol,hda,w','phy:/dev/sr0,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
> #disk = [ 'phy:/dev/guestsVG/xpVol,hda,w','phy:/dev/sr0,ioemu:hdc:cdrom,r' ]
> #disk = [ 'phy:/dev/guestsVG/xpVol,hda,w','phy:/dev/sr0,sda:cdrom,r' ]
> disk = [ 
> 'phy:/dev/guestsVG/xpVol,hda,w','/home/skippy/myXpImage/xpImage.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'
> ]
> vnc = 1
> boot = "d"
>
> The qemu-dm-testXpOn15g.hvm.log:
> domid: 22
> -videoram option does not work with cirrus vga device model. Videoram set to 4M.
> Using file /dev/guestsVG/xpVol in read-write mode
> Strip off blktap sub-type prefix to  (drv 'aio')
> Watching /local/domain/0/device-model/22/logdirty/cmd
> Watching /local/domain/0/device-model/22/command
> Watching /local/domain/22/cpu
> qemu_map_cache_init nr_buckets = 10000 size 4194304
> shared page at pfn feffd
> buffered io page at pfn feffb
> Guest uuid = 1ce296c3-b4ba-4f01-a181-734fe2df26da
> populating video RAM at ff000000
> mapping video RAM from ff000000
> Register xen platform.
> Done register platform.
> platform_fixed_ioport: changed ro/rw state of ROM memory area. now is rw state.
> xs_read(/local/domain/0/device-model/22/xen_extended_power_mgmt): read error
> xs_read(): vncpasswd get error.
> /vm/1ce296c3-b4ba-4f01-a181-734fe2df26da/vncpasswd.
> medium change watch on `hdc' (index: 1): aio:
> I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0
> Log-dirty: no command yet.
> vcpu-set: watch node error.
> xs_read(/local/domain/22/log-throttling): read error
> qemu: ignoring not-understood drive `/local/domain/22/log-throttling'
> medium change watch on `/local/domain/22/log-throttling' - unknown
> device, ignored
> cirrus vga map change while on lfb mode
> mapping vram to f0000000 - f0400000
> platform_fixed_ioport: changed ro/rw state of ROM memory area. now is rw state.
> platform_fixed_ioport: changed ro/rw state of ROM memory area. now is ro state.
>
> The xl-testXpOn15g.hvm.log:
> Waiting for domain testXpOn15g.hvm (domid 22) to die [pid 11237]
> Domain 22 is dead
> Action for shutdown reason code 0 is destroy
> Domain 22 needs to be cleaned up: destroying the domain
> libxl: debug: libxl_dm.c:761:libxl__destroy_device_model Device Model signaled
> Done. Exiting now
>
> Suggestions? I've used this XP install cd several times and know
> it's good.
>
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