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Re: [Xen-users] crashing system with second guest

To: "G.Wendebourg" <gw@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] crashing system with second guest
From: "G.Wendebourg" <gw-hh@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:51:53 +0100
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Now got rid of these problems by upgrading  the kernel from 2.6.17 to
2.6.18-k7.
With this kernel Xen seems to run the way it should.

G.Wendebourg schrieb:
> Ulrich Windl schrieb:
>   
>> On 31 Oct 2006 at 20:49, Gerhard Wendebourg wrote:
>> when I'm starting a second guest-system Xen is crashing while the guest
>> is reporting kernel panic.
>>> ow: What are you expecting us to say? Defective RAM maybe?
>>>       
> I tried to find out what the reason maybe and off cause also considered
> the memory-chips.
> But exchanging them didn't help.
>
> Also I changed the whole machine, set up a complete new system - and got
> the same result.
>
> Both machines had the same 2.6.17-k7-kernel (while under the 2.6.18 Xen
> didn't like to start anyway), and now I'm questioning, if this
> xen-k7-kernel is having a problem.
> This kernel comes from the related debian-package.
>
> Thus the question: are these kernels running well within other Xen-Systems?
>   
>> The same guest ist booting well, when starting up alone.
>>
>> Environment is a Debian-System with 2.6.17-xen-k7 (also tried
>> 2.6.18-xen-k7) on K7 AMD CPU.
>>
>> The guest have a setup with small memory (64MB).
>>
>> Is there somthing to fix with the xen-configuration?
>>     
>
>
>   


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