Hello list,

I am attempting to run openindiana 151a in xen (xen 2.4-unstable rev 24785,
patched with this patch <http://xen.markmail.org/thread/d7qhk4vzikgo5ofc>),
but when attempting to create the VM I get the following error:

*root@dom0:/$xl create /etc/xen/vm/oi.cfg*
*Parsing config file /etc/xen/vm/oi.cfg*
*libxl: error: libxl_create.c:494:do_domain_create: failed to run
bootloader: -3*


Here is my oi.cfg file:

* vif = [ 'bridge=eth0, mac=00:14:3e:00:8f:d8' ] *
*
*
* vcpus = 2*
* cpus = "2-3"*
* memory = 2048*
* name = "oi"*
*
*
* kernel = "/etc/xen/kernels/oi151a/unix"*
* ramdisk = "/etc/xen/kernels/oi151a/boot_archive"*
*
*
*# Pre install booting*
* extra = "/platform/i86xpv/kernel/amd64/unix -B console=ttya"*
* disk = [ 'file:/mnt/media/comp_files/os-iso/oi151a.iso,xvdc:cdrom,r' ,
'phy:/dev/dom0/oi_boot,xvda,w' ]*
* bootloader = "/usr/bin/pygrub"*
*
*
*# Post install booting*
*# extra = "/platform/i86xpv/kernel/amd64/unix -B
zfs-bootfs=rpool/ROOT/openindiana,bootpath=/xpvd/xdf@51712:a"*
*# disk = [ 'phy:/dev/dom0/oi_boot,xvda,w' ]*
*
*
* on_shutdown = "destroy"*
* on_reboot = "restart"*
* on_crash = "destroy"*
*
*
* pci = [ '05:00.0' ]*



As a test, I checked if pygrub has any errors:

*root@dom0:/$pygrub /mnt/media/comp_files/os-iso/oi151a.iso *
*linux (kernel /var/run/xend/boot/boot_kernel.RomUm9)(ramdisk
/var/run/xend/boot/boot_ramdisk.WdnQsz)(args
"/platform/i86xpv/kernel/amd64/unix")*

I am assuming that pygrub can correctly handle the install media.



The irony is that I have managed to get this working once, but I was using
a regular file image for this VM boot_disk and the VM was horribly slow.
I re-installed my whole system on an LVM disk, which I understand is
recommended for better disk performance.

I would appreciate any suggestions.

Regards

Sandi