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OpenSUSE Xen kernel patches for VMware 6.5.3 Linux 2.6.30.2 Dom0

lakeleft — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:32:59 +0000

Download the patches from here: http://code.google.com/p/gentoo-xen-kernel/downloads/list

Or from here: http://x17.eu/xen/

then in Debian Lenny or Fedora 11:

make menuconfig

Select:

Processor type and features —>

[*] Xen-compatible

Processor family (Pentium-Pro) —>

[ ] Allocate 3rd-level pagetables from highmem

Device Drivers —>

XEN —>

[*] Privileged Guest (domain 0)

Xen version compatibility (no compatibility code) —>

Debian Lenny running inside Vmware workstaton 6.5 without installing vmware tools

lakeleft — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:25:01 +0000

in vmware vm configuration add these lines and then recompiling the kernel for hardware support:

scsi0.virtualDev = “lsilogic”

ethernet0.virtualDev = “e1000″

sound.virtualDev = “es1371″

Comment-out the InputDevice section in /etc/X11/org.conf :

#Section "InputDevice"
#  Driver "vmmouse"
# Identifier "VMware Mouse"
#  Option "Buttons" "5"
#  Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
#  Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
#  Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
#  Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
#EndSection

Copy and paste should now be working between the host and the guest. Copy/paste the following into the xorg.conf file:

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver     "vmmouse"
  Identifier "VMware Mouse"
  Option     "CorePointer"
  Option     "Device"          "/dev/input/mice"
  Option     "Protocol"        "ps/2"
  Option     "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Xen 3.5 Unstable 20143 HVM configuration

lakeleft — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:51:08 +0000

kernel = “/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader”
builder=’hvm’
memory = 512
shadow_memory = 8
name = “Winxp3″

# Compile dom0 kernel with CONFIG_TUN=m or y.
vif = [ 'type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0' ]

disk = [ 'file:/xen/images/WindowsXP3.img,hda,w','file:/xen/ISO/WindowsXP3.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
boot=”c”

device_model = ‘qemu-dm’

sdl=0
vnc=1

stdvga=0

serial=’pty’

usbdevice=’tablet’

Debian xen dom0 HVM network support

lakeleft — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:52:29 +0000

cat /var/log/xen/****:

found an error with /dev/net/tun

Compile dom0 kernel with CONFIG_TUN=m or y.

Then use network in HVM.

debian xen domU hangs at crond

lakeleft — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:49:00 +0000

from http://lunex.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!64CB3857E28BD106!321.entry:

If you have problems with xen domU console on Debian 5.0 Lenny, stoping at crond, try to add the following line to your inittab:

hvc:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 hvc0

Curent xen unstable 3.5 tapblk is broken

lakeleft — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:44:08 +0000

use file: instead of tap:aio

Mount xenfs to fix xend error

lakeleft — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:20:33 +0000

Mount xenfs to fix xend error for 2.6.30-rc3-tip xen dom0 kernel:

add this line to /etc/fstab:

xenfs /proc/xen xenfs defaults 0 0

xen pv config

lakeleft — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:33:40 +0000

kernel = “/xen/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-rc3-tip”
ramdisk = “/xen/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-rc3-tip”
memory = 512
name = “Lenny.30″

vif = [ '' ]
dhcp=”dhcp”

######################################################
##edit /etc/fstab by adding:
#       #
#       proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
#       /dev/xvda1       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
#       dev/xvda2       none            swap    sw              0       0
#######################################################

# disk = ['tap:aio:/xen/DebianLenny.img,xvda1,w', 'tap:aio:/xen/DebianLenny.swap,xvda2,w']
disk = ['file:/xen/images/Lenny30.img,xvda1,w']
root = “/dev/xvda1 ro”

#edit /etc/inittab by adding a new line: hvc:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 hvc0
#extra = “xencons=tty”

Xen 3.5 unstable and pvops dom0 installed

lakeleft — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:08:02 +0000

Add this to /boot/grub/menu.lst:

title       Xen 3.5-unstable / Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.31
root       (hd0,0)
kernel       /boot/xen-3.5-unstable.gz console=vga,com1 com1=115200,8n1
module       /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31 root=/dev/sda1 ro console=hvc0 console=tty0
#console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200,1n8
module       /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31

Debian Lenny 5.02 for Xen unstable 20143

lakeleft — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:27:38 +0000

fresh Debian 5.02 Destop installed by Debian DVD 1.

added xfont-wqy for Chinese font.

added git-core and mercurial.

added packages for compiling Xen:

gcc

make

added packages for compiling Kernels:

N/A

add packages for compiling Xen tools:

libssl-dev

uuid-dev

xorg-dev

gettext

libncurses5-dev

bcc

python-dev

bridge-utils

libsdl1.2-dev

libgcrypt11-dev

for pci paththrough:

pciutils(-dev)

added packages for stubdom:

texinfo

added packages for docs:

latex209-base

transfig