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Re: [Xen-users] problem booting xen 3.0 dom0 on

Jayesh Salvi wrote:

Actually, I had started with that. My initrd line was a module rather than initrd. But with that the booting just hangs. I tried it again to give u exact output: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Booting 'Xen 3.0 / XenLinux 2.6'

root  (hd0,0)
 Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
kernel  /boot/xen-3.0.0.gz console=vga
[Multiboot-elf, <0x100000:0x6b1ec:0x2be14>, shtab=0x197078, entry=0x100000] module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12.6-xen0 root=/dev/hda1 ro console=tty1 console=ttyS
0,38400 quiet splash
   [Multiboot-module @ 0x198000, 0x4c13cc bytes]
module  /boot/initrd-2.6.12.6-xen0.img
   [Multiboot-module @ 0x65a000, 0x3bb400 bytes]
boot
---------------------------------------------------- It hung at this point ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

splash and quiet are going to supress all of the Linux boot messages (and splash isn't going to work under Xen). You should remove both.

You should see xend output though. Try removing the console=vga part in the kernel line and see if that narrows it down.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

I have to do a reboot to get out of this.

Any more suggestions that I can try?

Thanks for your help
Jayesh

On 12/18/05, *Anthony Liguori* <aliguori@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:aliguori@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

    Hi Jayesh,

    You want:

    title           Xen 3.0 / XenLinux 2.6
    root            (hd0,0)
    kernel          /boot/xen-3.0.0.gz console=vga
    module          /boot/vmlinuz- 2.6.12.6-xen0 root=/dev/hda1 ro
    console=tty1 console=ttyS0,38400 quiet splash
    module          /boot/initrd-2.6.12.6-xen0.img

    initrd is strictly for the Linux boot protocol whereas Xen uses
    multiboot.  With multiboot, there's no difference between the
    initrd or
    the dom0 other than order (they're both just modules).

    Regards,

    Anthony Liguori

    Jayesh Salvi wrote:

    > Hi,
    >
    > I am installing Xen 3.0 on a Ubuntu system. I am having trouble
    making
    > the GRUB boot with the Xen dom0 image I built. I am using the
    > initramdisk created by commands:
    > # depmod 2.6.12.6-xen0
    > # mkinitramfs -o initrd-2.6.12.6-xen0.img 2.6.12.6-xen0
    >
    > Grub version: GNU GRUB  version 0.95
    >
    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    >
    > The title paragraphs from menu.lst - first for regular Ubuntu kernel
    > and second for Xen.
    >
    > title           Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.12-9-686
    > root            (hd0,0)
    > kernel          /boot/vmlinuz- 2.6.12-9-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro
    > console=tty1 console=ttyS0,38400 quiet splash
    > initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.12-9-686
    > savedefault
    > boot
    >
    > title           Xen 3.0 / XenLinux 2.6
    > root            (hd0,0)
    > kernel          /boot/xen-3.0.0.gz console=vga
    > module          /boot/vmlinuz- 2.6.12.6-xen0 root=/dev/hda1 ro
    > console=tty1 console=ttyS0,38400 quiet splash
    > initrd          /boot/initrd- 2.6.12.6-xen0.img
    > boot
    >
    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    >
    >
    >
    > When I boot Xen 3.0/XenLinux 2.6, I get the  following message:
    >
    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    >
    >  Booting 'Xen 3.0 / XenLinux 2.6'
    >
    > root  (hd0,0)
    >  Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
    > kernel  /boot/xen-3.0.0.gz console=vga
    >    [Multiboot-elf, <0x100000:0x6b1ec:0x2be14>, shtab=0x197078,
    > entry=0x100000]
    > module  /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12.6-xen0 root=/dev/hda1 ro console=tty1
    > console=ttyS
    > 0,38400 quiet splash
    >    [Multiboot-module @ 0x198000, 0x4c13cc bytes]
    > initrd  /boot/initrd- 2.6.12.6-xen0.img
    >
    > Error 19: Linux kernel must be loaded before initrd
    >
    > Press any key to continue...
    >
    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    >
    >
    >
    > I don't understand what is wrong with my grub entry for Xen.
    > xen-3.0.0.gz is a multi-boot kernel. I built it from the Xen 3.0
    > source code.
    >
    > I also don't understand the exact difference in giving the vmlinuz*
    > image as a kernel as in first paragraph, versus giving it as a
    module
    > as in Xen paragraph.
    >
    > Can anyone tell me what can I try?
    >
    > Thanks
    > --
    > Jayesh
    >
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Jayesh



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