RE: [Xen-users] Missing initial RAM disk after Xen installation

["Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Mark Wilson
> Sent: 29 May 2007 14:32
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Missing initial RAM disk after Xen 
> installation
> 
> Thanks Mats - I think I've found the message you referred to:
> http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2007-04/msg
00367.html
> however it reads as though the only workaround would be to 
> compile from
> source - i.e. dump the RPMs and download the tarballs.  As a 
> Linux newbie,
> I'm a little anxious about this so I just wanted to confirm 
> that would be
> the recommended approach before I get in too deep.

No, as long as the rest of the install works OK, you should be able to
just fix up the "mkinitrd" script (do "which mkinitrd" to see where it
"lives"), and perform the "mkinitrd /boot/some-name-of-initrd.img
2.6.18-xen" [note, you may need to modify the "2.6.18-xen" to match
whatever version the kernel has, and of course use a more sensible name
of the initrd... ;-)]. 

The problem isn't with the RPM as such, it's the "mkinitrd" script that
appears to be missing a space somehow.

--
Mats
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> > From: "Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>
> > Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 14:58:59 +0200
> > To: Mark Wilson <markw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 
> <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Conversation: [Xen-users] Missing initial RAM disk after 
> Xen installation
> > Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Missing initial RAM disk after Xen 
> installation
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> >> Mark Wilson
> >> Sent: 29 May 2007 13:56
> >> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [Xen-users] Missing initial RAM disk after Xen 
> installation
> >> 
> >> After installing the Xen RPMs on SUSE Enterprise Linux
> >> Desktop, I edited /boot/grub/menu.lst file to include:
> >> 
> >> title SUSE with Xen (2.6.18-xen_3.1.0)
> >> root (hd0,0)
> >> kernel /boot/xen-3.1.0.gz
> >> module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-xen_3.1.0 ro root=/dev/hda2
> >> module /boot/initrd-2.6.18-xen_3.1.0.img
> >> 
> >> (based on the advice in the readme file at
> >> http://www.xensource.com/download/docs/README-xen31-hostrpms.txt)
> >> 
> >> Unfortunately this fails at the initrd stage with GRUB error
> >> 15 (file not found). Digging further, I can see that although
> >> a symlink has been created from initrd-2.6-xen.img to
> >> initrd-2.6.18-xen_3.1.0.img, initrd-2.6.18-xen_3.1.0.img does
> >> not seem to exist.
> >> 
> >> I think I've found out why the image is missing, but I'm
> >> still stuck! After removing Xen and the Xen kernel, then
> >> reinstalling in a terminal (rather than by double-clicking
> >> the RPM file), I saw this:
> >> 
> >> hostname:/home/mark/Desktop # rpm -ivh xen-3.1.0-1.i686.rpm
> >> Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
> >> 1:xen ########################################### [100%]
> >> hostname:/home/mark/Desktop # rpm -ivh
> >> kernel-xen-2.6.18-3.1.0.i686.rpm
> >> Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
> >> 1:kernel-xen ########################################### [100%]
> >> /sbin/mkinitrd: line 2958:
> >> /boot/initrd-2.6.18-xen_3.1.0.img/etc/fstab: No such file 
> or directory
> >> No '/' mountpoint specified in
> >> /boot/initrd-2.6.18-xen_3.1.0.img/etc/fstab
> >> 
> > I believe this is a problem caused by a bad "mkinitrd" script - I've
> > seen it once before. Try looking in the archive on 
> www.xensource.com for
> > this mailing list.
> > 
> > --
> > Mats
> > 
> >> It seems that there is a problem with the RPM... Please can
> >> anyone help me work around this?
> >> 
> >> Cheers, Mark 
> >> 
> > 
> > 
> 
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