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[Xen-users] Xen boot error

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Subject: [Xen-users] Xen boot error
From: "Surisetty, Pradeep Kumar" <Pradeep.Surisetty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 12:47:29 +0530
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On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Surisetty, Pradeep Kumar wrote:
>> Hello

>> iam trying to build Xen.

>> I downloaded xen unstable tar ball and compiled it. I used mk_initrd
and created the initird. I booted my newly built Xen but booting stops
with the following messages and keyboard doesn't work. Can you give me
pointers to solving this?

>do you mean mkinitrd?  please post the mkinitrd line  also post your
grub 
lines

this is my mkinitrd line.
 mk_initrd -k /boot/vmlinuz-2.6-xen -i /boot/initrd-2.6-xen

these are my grub lines

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Wed Sep 20 09:05:19 UTC 2006
color white/blue black/light-gray
default
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,5)/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
    root (hd0,5)
    kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda7 vga=0x31a    resume=/dev/sda8  splash=silent 
showopts
    initrd /initrd

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: xen###
title XEN
    root (hd0,5)
    kernel /xen.gz
    module /vmlinuz-2.6-xen root=/dev/sda7 vga=0x31a    resume=/dev/sda8  
splash=silent showopts
    module /initrd-2.6-xen


>> waiting for device /dev/sda7 to appear............not found
>> exiting to /bin/sh
>> $

>What kind of disk are you using?  SCSI?  are you attempting to boot from

/dev/sda7?

 I am using SCSI.

>Most likely the problem is that you did not include the drivers for 
your disks in the kernel or initrd.  mkinitrd --with=modulename  where 
modulename is the module for your disk, I believe, is one way to solve
the problem.  Another is to re-compile your kernel with CONFIG_MODULE=Y (*
in menuconfig)

 This CONFIG_MODULE is already set to Y.

>(oftentimes I find it is easier to troubleshoot these sorts of errors 
w/
a 
serial console... if you could paste the boot messages, finding your 
problem would be trivial-  with the information you are giving me, I'm 
largely guessing.)


>also, you should mention what distro/version you are using.  
RHEL/CentOS

I am using SLES10 GMC.

>doesn't like to boot at all without an initrd, whereas on debian or 
slackware, I usually just compile everything I need to boot into the 
kernel and run without initrd.



Regards
pradeepkumar
unisys

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