FC5 to FC7

[pharoh]

you mean the hardware that dom0 runs on does not have VT extensions?

[techsharp]

you mean the hardware that dom0 runs on does not have VT extensions?

Here is the cpuinfo from proc from the base system (dom0)

[root@xen4 ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5120 @ 1.86GHz
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 1861.965
cache size : 4096 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr dca lahf_lm
bogomips : 4656.73

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5120 @ 1.86GHz
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 1861.965
cache size : 4096 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc up pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr dca lahf_lm
bogomips : 4656.73

[pharoh]

what processor and series does it have IE: Intel xeon 5150

[techsharp]

what processor and series does it have IE: Intel xeon 5150

It is Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5120 - that is what the cpuinfo reports.

[pharoh]

this chip has vt extensions. you will need to enable them in the bios. then REMOVE the power from the machine. then power back on. I have had a few older machines not take unless the power was removed completely.

[techsharp]

this chip has vt extensions. you will need to enable them in the bios. then REMOVE the power from the machine. then power back on. I have had a few older machines not take unless the power was removed completely.

OK I will take a look at the BIOS and then see about taking the power out - this is ridiculous ;p

Thanks a lot for your help!

[pharoh]

You may not have to remove the power but you will have to go into the BIOS to enable it. I have just had the intel BIOS screens read that to me.

[techsharp]

You may not have to remove the power but you will have to go into the BIOS to enable it. I have just had the intel BIOS screens read that to me.

*Crossing my fingers ;p

I have another server which I am using for my Scalix backup that has the same thing, no VT extensions shown- so going to try it on that one first to see how it works- will let you know- thanks again.

[pharoh]

what brand of machine is it? is it a whitebox machine? some manufacturers BIOS have it on by default with no way of disabling it (but why would you want to). So they show no option.

[techsharp]

They are the same type of servers - Dell Poweredge series.

[techsharp]

Well I found another solution - use qemu with xen. It allows to boot the xen image from the cd.

post here: http://lists.xensource.com/archives/htm ... 01189.html

I am going to give it a shot and will report with results.

Thanks