i386/114826: FreeBSD does not boot with Xen/HVM

[Alexander Todorov]

>Number:         114826
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       FreeBSD does not boot with Xen/HVM
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-i386
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jul 23 12:30:01 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Alexander Todorov
>Release:        6.2
>Organization:
>Environment:
Linux redbull 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5xen #1 SMP Mon Jun 25 17:19:38 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

>Description:
I am trying to boot/install FreeBSD as Xen guest using full virt.
The FreeBSD kernel does not boot and is constantly printing an error message.
My environment is:
* (dom0) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
* xen-libs-3.0.3-25.0.3.el5
* kernel-xen-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5
* (domU) FreeBSD 6.2 (boot only iso) or Debian/kFreeBSD, PC-BSD

>How-To-Repeat:
Try to install FreeBSD using full virtualization with Xen and regular file as disc image.
>Fix:


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