Boot from CD-ROM in XEN
Jeremy Chadwick
koitsu at FreeBSD.org
Wed Nov 19 03:15:47 PST 2008
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 02:01:21PM +0300, Alex Keda wrote:
> Jeremy Chadwick ??????????:
>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 01:28:15PM +0300, Alex Keda wrote:
>>
>>> I replace default GENERIC kernel on my XEN kernel in FreeBSD
>>> installation CD-ROM (i386 7.0-RELEASE)
>>> But, I cannot boot in XEN - I see fast run "BTX halted" and many
>>> other debugging info.
>>>
>> BTX halted is a message coming from either boot2 or loader, not the
>> kernel. Do you see the FreeBSD beastie logo/menu before you see this
>> message?
>>
> No, but, messages go very fast - I'm doubt.
>>
>>> Can I boot from FreeBSD CD-ROM in XEN?
>>>
>>
>> I know nothing about Xen (what it is, what purpose it serves, etc.).
>> If it's a "hardware emulator" of some sort, then I'd be wary of it.
>> Try things on real hardware if possible.
>>
> I try original CD - same behavior...
Can you please try using a 7.1-PRERELEASE i386 CD instead? There were
BTX changes made between 7.0 and 7.1 which may fix this (using real mode
for BTX). Those changes are documented in my Wiki (see bottom):
http://wiki.freebsd.org/JeremyChadwick/Commonly_reported_issues
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