Here’s the configuration I use to run OpenBSD 4.9-beta on my NetBSD/xen server (NetBSD 5 with Xen 3.3.1).
Since OpenBSD doesn’t provide a Xen-aware kernel, I run it using HVM.
# OpenBSD in HVM mode # name = "openbsd" kernel = "/usr/pkg/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" builder='hvm' device_model = '/usr/pkg/libexec/qemu-dm' memory = 512 vif = [ 'bridge=bridge0, type=ioemu, model=e1000' ] #disk = [ 'file:/home/xen/openbsd/disk.img,ioemu:hda,w', # 'file:/home/xen/openbsd/cd49.iso,ioemu:hdc:cdrom,r' ] disk = [ 'file:/home/xen/openbsd/disk.img,ioemu:hda,w' ] #boot='d' vnc = 1 vncdisplay = 0 #vncunused = 0 vncpasswd = "" vnclisten = '192.168.0.20' usb=0
Here’s how OpenBSD boots:
OpenBSD 4.9-beta (GENERIC.MP) #750: Tue Jan 18 14:23:57 MST 2011 todd@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7400 @ 2.16GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 2.18 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,M MX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SSE3,SSSE3,CX16 real mem = 536403968 (511MB) avail mem = 517468160 (493MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 06/23/99, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfa9c0, SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe901f (10 entries) bios0: vendor Xen version "3.3.1" date 04/18/2009 bios0: Xen HVM domU acpi0 at bios0: rev 2, ACPI control unavailable mpbios0 at bios0: Intel MP Specification 1.4 cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: unknown i686 model 0x0, can't get bus clock (0x41880000) cpu0: apic clock running at 99MHz mpbios0: bus 0 is type ISA ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 1 pa 0xfec00000, version 11, 48 pins ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apid 1 bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x8c00 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82441FX" rev 0x02 pcib0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82371SB ISA" rev 0x00 pciide0 at pci0 dev 1 function 1 "Intel 82371SB IDE" rev 0x00: DMA, channel 0 wi red to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0:wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 20480MB, 41943040 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 0, DMA mode 2 pciide0: channel 1 disabled (no drives) piixpm0 at pci0 dev 1 function 2 "Intel 82371AB Power" rev 0x01: SMBus disabled vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Cirrus Logic CL-GD5446" rev 0x00 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) "XenSource Platform Device" rev 0x01 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 not configured em0 at pci0 dev 4 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000MT (82540EM)" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 5 (irq 5), address 00:16:3e:77:35:76 isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 spkr0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: density unknown fd1 at fdc0 drive 1: density unknown mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support nvram: invalid checksum vscsi0 at root scsibus0 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b clock: unknown CMOS layout
Would you care to update? I want to run OpenBSD as a Vm within the Qubes OS
Unfortunately, I don’t run Xen anymore.