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I have XenServer 6.5 installed on a server, and i have been trying to install Solaris 10 on a VM, it just get into the boot screen of the installation ISO, i proceed with ENTER and then this message appear:

WARNING: Attempting to load Xen drivers on non-Xen system
WARNING: Couldn't initialize xpv framework

panic [cpu0]/thread=fffffffffbc28340: unable to configure /xpvd nexus

fffffffffbc6ac70 hvm_bootstrap:hvmboot_rootconf +66 ()
fffffffffbc6acb0 unix: stubs_common_code+51 ()
fffffffffbc6ace0 genunix:roofconf +24 ()
fffffffffbc6ad10 genunix:vfs_mountroot +61 ()
fffffffffbc6ad50 genunix:main+117 ()
fffffffffbc6ad60 unix:_start+9d ()

skipping system dump - no dump device configured
rebooting...

Error screenshot

What can I do?

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Solaris 10 (or any version of Solaris for that matter) isn't a supported guest in XenServer 6.5. Earlier versions appear to have supported it but not 6.x.

There is an interesting discussion on the Citrix Discussins board but the solutions appear to be erm experimental.

What can I do?

Use a hypervisor that supports Solaris as a guest.

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I found a fix to this problem here: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E27300_01/E27307/html/vmrns-bugs.html#vmrns-solaris10hangs

7.3.21. Solaris 10 Release 8/11 Guest Hangs at Boot

When booting a virtual machine with Oracle Solaris 10 Release 8/11, the guest OS hangs when the copyright information screen appears. This is caused by a change in CPUID handling in dom0, which triggers a Solaris bug on platforms with CPUs of the Westmere-EP family.

Workaround: To make Solaris 10 run on Oracle VM 3.1.1, apply the following manual fix:

At boot, edit the grub menu: append the -kd kernel boot parameter. This runs the Solaris kernel debugger.

Continue the boot sequence up to Solaris kmdb.

At the kmdb prompt, enter the following command:

Welcome to kmdb
[0]> apix_enable/W 0

Enter :c to continue the system boot sequence.

When Solaris has been installed and has successfully booted, make this fix persistent by adding the following line to /etc/system:

set apix_enable = 0

Bug 13876544

Thanks.

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