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Re: [Xen-users] invalid kernel 
| my host machine is IBM 3650 server i installed rhel 5 as OS
 i have installed xen 3.1 from binary tarball (i did not compile from source)
 i downloaded kernel-xen-2.6.18-8.el5 from rhn.redhat.com and make initrd with --preload=xennet and --preload=xenblk options
 my configuration file is:
 #  -*- mode: python; -*-
 #============================================================================
 # Example Python setup script for 'xm create'.
 # This script sets the parameters used when a domain is created using 'xm create'.
 #
 # This is a relatively advanced script that uses a parameter, vmid, to control
 # the settings. So this script can be used to start a set of domains by
 # setting the vmid parameter on the 'xm create' command line. For example:
 #
 # xm create vmid=1
 # xm create vmid=2
 # xm create vmid=3
 #
 # The vmid is purely a script variable, and has no effect on the the domain
 # id assigned to the new domain.
 #============================================================================
 
 # Define script variables here.
 # xm_vars is defined automatically, use xm_vars.var() to define a variable.
 
 # This function checks that 'vmid' has been given a valid value.
 # It is called automatically by 'xm create'.
 def vmid_check(var, val):
 val = int(val)
 if val <= 0:
 raise ValueError
 return val
 
 # Define the 'vmid' variable so that 'xm create' knows about it.
 xm_vars.var('vmid',
 use="Virtual machine id. Integer greater than 0.",
 check=vmid_check)
 
 # Check the defined variables have valid values..
 xm_vars.check()
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Kernel image file.
 kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5xen"
 
 # Optional ramdisk.
 ramdisk = "/boot/initrd-xenEL5.img"
 
 # The domain build function. Default is 'linux'.
 #builder='linux'
 
 # Initial memory allocation (in megabytes) for the new domain.
 #
 # WARNING: Creating a domain with insufficient memory may cause out of
 #          memory errors. The domain needs enough memory to boot kernel
 #          and modules. Allocating less than 32MBs is not recommended.
 memory = 2048
 
 # A name for the new domain. All domains have to have different names,
 # so we use the vmid to create a name.
 name = "VM%d" % vmid
 
 # 128-bit UUID for the domain.  The default behavior is to generate a new UUID
 # on each call to 'xm create'.
 #uuid = "06ed00fe-1162-4fc4-b5d8-11993ee4a8b9"
 
 # List of which CPUS this domain is allowed to use, default Xen picks
 #cpus = ""         # leave to Xen to pick
 #cpus = "0"        # all vcpus run on CPU0
 #cpus = "0-3,5,^1" # run on cpus 0,2,3,5
 #cpus = "%s" % vmid # set based on vmid (mod number of CPUs)
 
 # Number of Virtual CPUS to use, default is 1
 #vcpus = 1
 vcpus = 4 # make your domain a 4-way
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Define network interfaces.
 
 # By default, no network interfaces are configured.  You may have one created
 # with sensible defaults using an empty vif clause:
 #
 # vif = [ '' ]
 #
 # or optionally override backend, bridge, ip, mac, script, type, or vifname:
 #
 # vif = [ 'mac=00:16:3e:00:00:11, bridge=xenbr0' ]
 #
 # or more than one interface may be configured:
 #
 # vif = [ '', 'bridge=xenbr1' ]
 
 vif = [ '' ]
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Define the disk devices you want the domain to have access to, and
 # what you want them accessible as.
 # Each disk entry is of the form phy:UNAME,DEV,MODE
 # where UNAME is the device, DEV is the device name the domain will see,
 # and MODE is r for read-only, w for read-write.
 
 # This makes the disk device depend on the vmid - assuming
 # that devices sda7, sda8 etc. exist. The device is exported
 # to all domains as sda1.
 # All domains get sda6 read-only (to use for /usr, see below).
 disk = [ 'file:/root/VMDomain1/domu1root,sda1,w' ]
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Define frame buffer device.
 #
 # By default, no frame buffer device is configured.
 #
 # To create one using the SDL backend and sensible defaults:
 #
 # vfb = [ 'type=sdl' ]
 #
 # This uses environment variables XAUTHORITY and DISPLAY.  You
 # can override that:
 #
 # vfb = [ 'type=sdl,xauthority=/home/bozo/.Xauthority,display=:1' ]
 #
 # To create one using the VNC backend and sensible defaults:
 #
 # vfb = [ 'type=vnc' ]
 #
 # The backend listens on 127.0.0.1 port 5900+N by default, where N is
 # the domain ID.  You can override both address and N:
 #
 # vfb = [ 'type=vnc,vnclisten=127.0.0.1,vncdisplay=%d' % vmid ]
 #
 # Or you can bind the first unused port above 5900:
 #
 # vfb = [ 'type=vnc,vnclisten=0.0.0.0,vnunused=1' ]
 #
 # You can override the password:
 #
 # vfb = [ 'type=vnc,vncpasswd=MYPASSWD' ]
 #
 # Empty password disables authentication.  Defaults to the vncpasswd
 # configured in xend-config.sxp.
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Define to which TPM instance the user domain should communicate.
 # The vtpm entry is of the form 'instance=INSTANCE,backend=DOM'
 # where INSTANCE indicates the instance number of the TPM the VM
 # should be talking to and DOM provides the domain where the backend
 # is located.
 # Note that no two virtual machines should try to connect to the same
 # TPM instance. The handling of all TPM instances does require
 # some management effort in so far that VM configration files (and thus
 # a VM) should be associated with a TPM instance throughout the lifetime
 # of the VM / VM configuration file. The instance number must be
 # greater or equal to 1.
 #vtpm = ['instance=%d,backend=0' % (vmid) ]
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Set the kernel command line for the new domain.
 # You only need to define the IP parameters and hostname if the domain's
 # IP config doesn't, e.g. in ifcfg-eth0 or via DHCP.
 # You can use 'extra' to set the runlevel and custom environment
 # variables used by custom rc scripts (e.g. VMID=, usr= ).
 
 # Set if you want dhcp to allocate the IP address.
 #dhcp="dhcp"
 # Set netmask.
 #netmask=
 # Set default gateway.
 #gateway=
 # Set the hostname.
 #hostname= "vm%d" % vmid
 
 # Set root device.
 root = "/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 ro"
 
 # Root device for nfs.
 #root = "/dev/nfs"
 # The nfs server.
 #nfs_server = '169.254.1.0'
 # Root directory on the nfs server.
 #nfs_root   = '/full/path/to/root/directory'
 
 # Sets runlevel 4 and the device for /usr.
 #extra = "4 VMID=%d usr=/dev/sda6" % vmid
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Configure the behaviour when a domain exits.  There are three 'reasons'
 # for a domain to stop: poweroff, reboot, and crash.  For each of these you
 # may specify:
 #
 #   "destroy",        meaning that the domain is cleaned up as normal;
 #   "restart",        meaning that a new domain is started in place of the old
 #                     one;
 #   "preserve",       meaning that no clean-up is done until the domain is
 #                     manually destroyed (using xm destroy, for example); or
 #   "rename-restart", meaning that the old domain is not cleaned up, but is
 #                     renamed and a new domain started in its place.
 #
 # The default is
 #
 #   >#   on_reboot   = 'restart'
 #   on_crash    = 'restart'
 #
 # For backwards compatibility we also support the deprecated option restart
 #
 # restart = 'onreboot' means >#                            on_reboot   = 'restart'
 #                            on_crash    = 'destroy'
 #
 # restart = 'always'   means >#                            on_reboot   = 'restart'
 #                            on_crash    = 'restart'
 #
 # restart = 'never'    means >
#                            on_reboot   = 'destroy'
 #                            on_crash    = 'destroy'
 
 #>#on_reboot   = 'restart'
 #on_crash    = 'restart'
 
 #============================================================================
 
 if you need more info just send a new post please
 
 thanx again
 
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