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Scrambled Xen Console on dom0

I installed Xen using the recommended procedure on Ubuntu's site using motherboard Supermicro X7SBL-LN2 and Ubuntu 13.04 amd64. After the installing it and rebooting my console looks like this: ...
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BUG: soft lockup - CPU# stuck for x seconds

I've seen a few bug reports and questions (on stackexchange and elsewhere) regarding a nagging "BUG: soft lockup - CPU#<n> stuck for <dt>s!". So far, I haven't found any clue as to what ...
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Xen is unable to use URL's to install CentOS

I can't seem to use URL's when using the netinstall for CentOS, I'm installing CentOS on a Xen VPS. I keep getting this error in the terminal window, when I use the URL: ...
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How to assign an IP to a Xen VM using the xm config files?

I was just wondering how to assign an IP to a Xen VM using the xm config files? Here is my config file currently, I don't think this is how I should be assigning IP's? name = "test.ks" builder = ...
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Xen error on CentOS

During the creating of a new virtual server in xen using this command xen-create-image --hostname=minecraft.koanhosting.com --ip 87.98.249.146 --install -method=debootstrap But I keep getting this ...
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Guide to installing Xen on CentOS 5.9 (That is still valid)

I need an idiots guide to installing Xen Hypervisor on CentOS 5.9 We attempted to install it on 6.3 before, but completely failed, so we reverted to 5.9 to see if we had more luck. We had issues ...
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Create a CentOS Guest img over Ubuntu

I want to create a basic CentOS 5.8 system from scratch. for now i build my own img for Ubuntu Guest (debootstrap), my host is a Ubuntu 12.04.1LTS but I don't know how to make for a CentOS, is ...
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Xen, bridge and multiple IPs on CentOS

There's a new server that is assigned 5 IP addresses. I want to use Xen to run several VMs with various services. This is my first attempt to install Xen, I use this tutorial as a guideline. Stuck ...
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Unable to boot Xen 4.1.3 with kernel image shared through cifs

I've configured xen 4.1.3 with CentOS 6.3 and kernel version 3.5.3. I've vm images to my network shares over cifs. cifs is mounted and i can access it from my Dom0 but when try to boot vm using the ...
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Mysterious write IO

I am just reviewing the disk IO of a XEN VM server. I stumbled across a DomU that has constant write traffic. To narrow that traffic further down I logged in to the DomU (CentOS 5, 64 Bit) and ...
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What kind of installation should I choose from CentOS to have it as dom0 xen host?

I want to have CentOS 6.0 x86_64 as a dom0 xen host. During the installation of CentOS there are many options for installation: "minimal" "Basic Server"... "Virtual Host".. The question is: which one ...
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Force X to use second video card so I can pass through first card to XEN VM?

So I am trying to get X to start on my second (PCI 02.00:00) video card and stop using the main card (PCI 1.00:00). I would like to do this because I want to pass through the PCI 1 card to a XEN HVM ...
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Can rpm handle an install of another OS into another Logical Volume?

I am trying to install fedora as a domU under a CentOS dom0 using the method outlined in The Book of Xen. I have asked another question regarding a consistent error message of cpio: Bad magic when I ...
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fedora 14 xen virtual machine does not detect network

I'm trying to create a para-virt Fedora 14 xen vm on a host running CentOS 5.5. The VM appears to initially install correctly (the installer finds eth0 and can access the installation media). But when ...