Re: [Xen-devel] Failure to setup Xen 3.4.1 Dom0 on top of Ubuntu 9.10 Server HVM DomU ( 2.6.30.2 xenified kernel)

[Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>]

> no Xen developer has tested GRUB2

Googling clearly shows , that a lot of Xen USERS have
been experienced similar issues on Debian 5 aka Lenny.
However , workaround seems to be Debian dependent  -
-  http://www.mail-archive.com/grub-devel@xxxxxxx/msg10870.html

For now i just add to kernel boot command line :-
 
 grub-installer/grub_2_instead_of_grub_legacy=false

pressing F6 at startup menu allows to modify linux boot command line
and get Ubuntu 9.10 Server installed with legacy grub.

Boris.

--- On Sun, 8/30/09, Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Failure to setup Xen 3.4.1 Dom0 on top of Ubuntu 9.10 Server HVM DomU ( 2.6.30.2 xenified kernel)
To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009, 8:44 AM

On 30/08/2009 10:32, "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Directive "root=UUID=...." switched off via editing /etc/default/grub and
> update-grub
> run.
> Seems to be Grub2's  multiboot implementation issue.
>  Grub2 breaks backward compatibility in meantime per my opinion.
> Please, advise if i am wrong about that.

Well, it might be a bug in Xen's interpretation of the multiboot spec of
course. The basic issue is that no Xen developer has tested GRUB2, and no
GRUB2 developer has tested Xen. :-) No doubt this will get fixed if GRUB2
gains traction.

-- Keir

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