PAE must be on for 64-on-64 to work at all. Index: xen-4.0.0-testing/tools/python/xen/xend/image.py =================================================================== --- xen-4.0.0-testing.orig/tools/python/xen/xend/image.py +++ xen-4.0.0-testing/tools/python/xen/xend/image.py @@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ class X86_HVM_ImageHandler(HVMImageHandl def configure(self, vmConfig): HVMImageHandler.configure(self, vmConfig) - self.pae = int(vmConfig['platform'].get('pae', 0)) + self.pae = int(vmConfig['platform'].get('pae', 1)) self.vramsize = int(vmConfig['platform'].get('videoram',4)) * 1024 def buildDomain(self):