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

[Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 30/08/2009 14:26, "Christian Tramnitz" <chris.ace@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Afaik grub2 does not pass the boot parameters "root=/dev/sda2 ro
> console=tty0" to the kernel in multiboot/module combination. I have seen
> the same problem on gentoo/grub2 and also read about this before. (This
> is not really Xen specific, but multiboot related).

Okay, that would clearly be a GRUB regression I think. But there is a simple
enough less ugly workaround than you suggest...

> My workaround was to compile the kernel options as static cmdline into
> the kernel itself...

Better solution would be to append dom0's options to Xen's own command line,
separated by --. E.g.,
multiboot (hd0,1)/xen-3.4.gz console=tty -- root=/dev/sda2 ro console=tty0

 -- Keir



_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel