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Re: [Xen-devel] Failure to setup Xen 3.4.1 Dom0 on top of Ubuntu 9.10 Se

To: Tim Moore <timothy.moore@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Failure to setup Xen 3.4.1 Dom0 on top of Ubuntu 9.10 Server HVM DomU ( 2.6.30.2 xenified kernel)
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:32:45 +0100
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Do you use 32-bit Xen? Could you use 64-bit Xen instead? I think the latter
will work for you, and if it doesn't then we'll fix it, whereas this may not
get fixed for 32-bit Xen.

 -- Keir

On 30/08/2009 19:17, "Tim Moore" <timothy.moore@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I use grub2 from XCI and still have boot issue ..
> "Cannot access memory beyond the end of bootstrap direct-map area"
> 
> grub-legacy is fine ..
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ian Pratt
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> To: Keir Fraser; Boris Derzhavets; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Ian Pratt
> Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Failure to setup Xen 3.4.1 Dom0 on top of Ubuntu 9.10
> Server HVM DomU ( 2.6.30.2 xenified kernel)
> 
>>> Directive "root=UUID=...." switched off via editing /etc/default/grub
>> and
>>> update-grub
>>> run.
>>> Seems to be Grub2's  multiboot implementation issue.
>>>  Grub2 breaks backward compatibility in meantime per my opinion.
>>> Please, advise if i am wrong about that.
>> 
>> Well, it might be a bug in Xen's interpretation of the multiboot spec of
>> course. The basic issue is that no Xen developer has tested GRUB2, and no
>> GRUB2 developer has tested Xen. :-) No doubt this will get fixed if GRUB2
>> gains traction.
> 
> The xen client XCI tree uses grub2. I seem to recall there was a bug that
> needed fixing in grub2 to make it work reliably, but I thought this was
> up-streamed. It's worth looking to see if there are any grub2 related patches
> in the XCI tree, though.
> 
> Ian 
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