PAE must be on for 64-on-64 to work at all. Index: xen-unstable/tools/python/xen/xend/image.py =================================================================== --- xen-unstable.orig/tools/python/xen/xend/image.py +++ xen-unstable/tools/python/xen/xend/image.py @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class HVMImageHandler(ImageHandler): self.pid = None - self.pae = int(vmConfig['platform'].get('pae', 0)) + self.pae = int(vmConfig['platform'].get('pae', 1)) self.apic = int(vmConfig['platform'].get('apic', 0)) self.acpi = int(vmConfig['platform'].get('acpi', 0))