[Pkg-xen-devel] Etch: Xen does not want guests: Error: (22, 'Invalid argument')

[Guido Trotter]

On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 11:19:19AM +0100, Martin Bretschneider wrote:

Hi,

> But then I tried to take vmlinuz-2.6.17-2-amd64 and 
> initrd.img-2.6.17-2-amd64 with no Xen patches I get the same error 22. 
> Does that mean that the Intel Virtualization Technology (aka vanderpool) 
> does not work properly?
> 

Be careful, you can't just throw in a non-xen-enabled kernel and expect
vanderpool to kick in.... Have a look at section A2 of the xen manual 

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/xen/readmes/user/user.html

To see how to configure an HVM guest...

Guido