Please add the following entries in order to boot the xen kernel In /etc/sysctl.conf: vm.max_wired=-1 In /etc/ttys: xc0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" xterm on secure In /boot/loader.conf for a dom0 with 2G memory and 4 vcpus: hw.pci.mcfg=0 xen_kernel="/boot/xen" xen_cmdline="dom0_mem=2048M dom0_max_vcpus=4 dom0pvh=1 com1=115200,8n1 guest_loglvl=all loglvl=all" Add to the above xen_cmdline in order to activate the serial console: console=com1 In /boot/menu.rc.local: try-include /boot/xen.4th