RE: [Xen-users] Xen on IBM BladeServers

["Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> My test node hangs on boot up after install the Xen 3 
> binaries (not the RPMs).  Screen shot attached.  These are 
> the EM64T based blades.

Which particular model is this? I'm sure some of the IBM folks on the
list will be keen to investigate.

You might like to try adding acpi=off to the xen command line (as
opposed to the linux one), or try maxcpus=1 on the linux command line.
Also, you might want to check for a bios update.

Ian
 
> /etc/grub.conf
> # grub.conf generated by anaconda
> <snip>
> #boot=/dev/sda
> default=0
> timeout=5
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> hiddenmenu
> <snip>
> title Xen 3.0 / XenLinux 2.6
>        kernel /xen-3.0.gz console=vga
>        module /vmlinuz-2.6-xen root=/dev/rootvg/root ro console=tty0
>        module /initrd-2.6-xen.img
> 
> Thanks
> 
> CC
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Foster [mailto:toddf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, 15 December 2005 3:39 PM
> To: Colin Coe; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Xen on IBM BladeServers
> 
> 
> Absolutely.......What do you want to know about my setup?  I 
> do have X running as well on the guest system.
>  
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> Todd H Foster, CEO
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Colin Coe
> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 10:31 PM
> To: 'xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [Xen-users] Xen on IBM BladeServers
> 
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I'm a Xen newbie...  I'm using RHEL4 Update 2 on IBM 
> BladeServers.  Has
> anyone got Xen 3 working on these?  If so, how did you manage it?
> 
> TIA
> 
> 
> Colin Coe
> 
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