You can use Christoph Egger's OpenBSD/Xen port. No need to go HVM-only. Unfortunately, my own website is down right now and I haven't gotten around to fixing that, but the Wayback Machine has the relevant page: http://web.archive.org/web/20070403174105/http://ropersonline.com/openbsd/xen/
Also, search the misc archives. This question crops up fairly regularly. and each time most people don't seem to know of Christoph Egger's port (and each time I then try to tell people about it again -- if I catch the message, but I don't always do and sometimes things fall through the cracks here). Thanks and regards, --ropers On 07/02/2008, John Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OpenBSD as DomU works using hardware virtualization for me. There's > the occasional lockup that I haven't looked into too much. You can > launch vncviewer to get a console. My working config is at the bottom. > > John > > On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 11:55:05PM +0100, Julien Cabillot wrote: > > It's work but I had really bad performances with the network (timeout on > > the interface re). > > Dmesg: http://www.openbsd-france.org/ml/archives/msg02494.html > > > > I found that setting the vif interface to 'model=ne2k_pci' helps with > the timeouts. > > > > > On jeu, 2008-02-07 at 00:29 +0200, NetOne - Doichin Dokov wrote: > > > I'm looking to replace a Linux domU with a BSD one, preferably OpenBSD. > > > Anyone any success running stable OpenBSD (FreeBSD would also suffice) > > > as domU in a Xen system? If so, willing to share config / how-to / > > > experience? > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > Doichin > > > > Here's a working Xen config: > ================================================================= > import os, re > arch = os.uname()[4] > if re.search('64', arch): > arch_libdir = 'lib64' > else: > arch_libdir = 'lib' > kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" > builder='hvm' > memory = 256 > name = "obsd" > pae=0 > vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:7d:be:ef, model=ne2k_pci' ] > disk = [ > 'file:/disk/homer.disk,hda,w','file:/disk/obsd42_amd64.iso,ioemu:hdc:cdrom,r' > ] > device_model = '/usr/' + arch_libdir + '/xen/bin/qemu-dm' > boot='cd' > sdl=0 > vnc=1 > vncviewer=0 > nographic=0 > stdvga=0 > serial='pty' > ne2000=1 > audio=0 > localtime=1 > ================================================================= > > -- www.ropersonline.com
