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-This page describes the installation of OpenSolaris on a [[xen]] domU running under a Linux dom0.  The following is based on the July 2007 update of OpenSolaris for Xen.
-====== Getting the Installation Media ======
-The installer is available as DVD image from Sun's Download Centre [[http://www.sun.com/download/products.xml?id=4691b249|here]].  It is distributed as an ISO file, which has been split into six parts and where each part has been zipped.
-I downloaded each file, verified them using the supplied md5sums, and then ran the following from bash to unzip and recombine them:
-  mkdir /usr/lib/xen-solaris/
-  for foo in `ls 66-0624-nd-iso-[a-f].zip`; do
-      unzip -p $foo;
-  done >/usr/lib/xen-solaris/66-0624-nd.iso
-====== Extracting the Kernel and Initial ramdisk ======
-To boot OpenSolaris under [[xen]] you need both a kernel and initial ramdisk available on your dom0.  The [[http://opensolaris.org/os/community/xen/docs/install-solaris-domu-iso.htm|documentation]] seems to assume that you are running an OpenSolaris dom0 and so will already have a copy of the kernel and ramdisk available.  In our case, with a Linux dom0, we will need to extract the kernel and ramdisk from the ISO image like so:
-  mkdir /mnt/tmp
-  mount -o loop,ro 66-0624-nd.iso /mnt/tmp
-  cp /mnt/tmp/boot/x86.miniroot /usr/lib/xen-solaris/x86.miniroot-66-0624-nd
-  cp /mnt/tmp/boot/platform/i86xpv/kernel/unix /usr/lib/xen-solaris/unix-66-0624-nd
-  umount /mnt/tmp
-====== Configuring Xen for the Installation ======
-Before you can boot OpenSolaris to begin the installation you will need to create a [[xen]] configuration file defining the virtual disk, virtual DVD drive, kernel, ramdisk, memory size and kernel parameters.  Here's an example:
-<code>name = 'argolin'
-memory = '1024'
-disk = [ 'file:/mnt/tmp/66-0624-nd.iso,6:cdrom,r', 'phy:/dev/xenvg/argolin.disk,0,w' ]
-vif = [ '' ]
-on_shutdown = 'destroy'
-on_reboot = 'destroy'
-on_crash = 'destroy'
-kernel = '/usr/lib/xen-solaris/unix-66-0624-nd'
-ramdisk = '/usr/lib/xen-solaris/x86.miniroot-66-0624-nd'
-extra = '/platform/i86xpv/kernel/unix - nowin -B install_media=cdrom'</code>
-This creates a domU called argolin with 1024MB of RAM, a virtual DVD drive from the image in '/mnt/tmp/66-0624-nd.iso', a virtual disk from the device '/dev/xenvg/argolin.disk', the default virtual network interface and the kernel and ramdisk extracted earlier.  This configuration file should be saved in '/etc/xen/' and given a name like 'argolin.conf' but this is up to you.
-====== SMP-related IO Hang (part 1) ======
-My first tries at booting OpenSolaris as a domU resulted in the installer hanging at some point during the main package installation process.  After much help from the kind folk of #solaris-xen on irc.oftc.net we found that this was an IO hang which is only seen on SMP systems.  A work-around for this bug exists in the kernel but has to be enabled manually using the kernel's built in debugger.   The '-kd' kernel parameter, shown below, causes the kernel to open the debugger as soon as possible after boot.
-  extra = '/platform/i86xpv/kernel/unix -kd - nowin -B install_media=cdrom'
-====== Booting the Installer ======
-Once you have the DVD image, have extracted the kernel and ramdisk, and have created the [[xen]] configuration file you can boot the installer like so:
-  xm create -c argolin.conf
-You should then see:
-  Using config file "/etc/xen/argolin.conf".
-  Started domain argolin
-  SunOS Release 5.11 Version xen-nv66-2007-06-24 32-bit
-  Copyright 1983-2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
-  Use is subject to license terms.
-  WARNING: Found xen v3.0.3-1 but need xen v3.0.4-1-sun
-  WARNING: The kernel may not function correctly
-  Configuring /dev
-  Solaris Interactive Text (Console session)
-  Using install cd in /dev/dsk/c0d6p0
-  Using RPC Bootparams for network configuration information.
-  Attempting to configure interface xnf0...
-====== SMP-related IO Hang (part 2) ======
-Following a boot with the '-kd' parameter you should see the following:
-  Using config file "/etc/xen/argolin.conf".
-  Started domain argolin
-  Loading kmdb...
-  Welcome to kmdb
-  Loaded modules: [ unix krtld genunix ]
-  [0]>
-You type:
-  workaround_6557577?W 1
-It shows:
-  workaround_6557577:             0               =       0x1
-  [0]>
-You type:
-  :c
-It shows:
-  SunOS Release 5.11 Version xen-nv66-2007-06-24 32-bit
-  Copyright 1983-2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
-  Use is subject to license terms.
-  WARNING: Found xen v3.0.3-1 but need xen v3.0.4-1-sun
-  WARNING: The kernel may not function correctly
-  Configuring /dev
-The last argument to the command is the name of the configuration file created above.  You should see OpenSolaris booting and eventually asking you for details of your location and terminal.  Make sure you are using a standard 80x25 terminal and select option 6 (PC console).
-<code>/a/usr/bin/scp -S /a/usr/bin/ssh /a/platform/i86xpv/kernel/unix /a/platform/i86pc/boot_archive \
-.0.0.1:/usr/lib/xen-solaris/</code>