On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 09:17:31PM +0100, Felix Schwarz wrote:
Hi,
I'm using Xen since Fedora Core 6. My Dom0 runs the latest version of
Fedora 8. Currently, I can install a Fedora 8 i386 DomU. The installation
always hangs after formatting the virtual hard drive. The only message is
"Please wait... This may take a few minutes" (from memory, translated from
German). Unfortunately, this message appears not for some minutes but stays
"forever" (at least 30 minutes).
My computer is reasonably fast (AMD X2) with plenty of RAM (4 GB). With
Fedora 8 (x86_64) this messages is only visible for some seconds. There is
no difference if I do install F8 i386 as HVM or PV domain.
Running paravirt i386 domU on a x86_64 Dom0 is known to be rather
unreliable. The message you describe about install hanging during the
formatting stage is definitely a symptom of running i386 domU on a
x86-64 dom0. You ought to be able to mix- archs if you do HVM instead
though, so I'm rather surprised if you see the same problems with HVM
guests.
Regards,
Dan.
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