PAE must be on for 64-on-64 to work at all. Index: xen-3.0.4-testing/tools/python/xen/xend/image.py =================================================================== --- xen-3.0.4-testing.orig/tools/python/xen/xend/image.py +++ xen-3.0.4-testing/tools/python/xen/xend/image.py @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ class HVMImageHandler(ImageHandler): self.dmargs += self.configVNC(imageConfig) - self.pae = imageConfig['hvm'].get('pae', 0) + self.pae = imageConfig['hvm'].get('pae', 1) self.apic = imageConfig['hvm'].get('apic', 0) self.acpi = imageConfig['hvm']['devices'].get('acpi', 0)