On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 10:48:23AM +0100, Rainer Koenig wrote: > Hi there, > > let me start describing my problem: > - Hardware is Dual Xeon workstation with 16 GB RAM > - I run Debian/testing on it > - The machine acts as a small laboratory server for testing purposes > - One goal is to run XEN on it and to use paravirtualized guests like > e.g. RHEL4 so that I can use the RHEL4 hwtest-server (for hardware > certification issues) in a "native" enivornment. > > Starting from that point I installed the XEN hypervisor and the > linux-image-2.6.18-3-xen-686 image. That gave me the first problem: > In this setup I can only use 4 GB of the 16 GB my machine has, so > this is not satisfying. > > Next try: Reading the package descriptions I found the xen hpyervisor > is also available as a PAE enabled package for machines that have more > than 4 GB of RAM. I installed that and ran into the next problem: > > The hpyervisor starts, but then I get a "PAE mode mismatch error > (xen=yes dom0=no) and the system reboots. Ok, I've learned from this > that it would be better to have a PAE enabled XEN kernel, but since > there are no packages out there I need to do it my own.
checkout the sid branch of the xen buildserver linux images see -> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel the newer xen kernels are all pae enabled. <snipp> -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
