RE: [Xen-users] Getting frustrated with Xen (giving up for the time being)

[Art Fore <art.fore@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2006-10-27 at 15:15 +0200, Petersson, Mats wrote:
>  
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Art Fore
> > Sent: 27 October 2006 13:43
> > To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [Xen-users] Getting frustrated with Xen
> > 
> > Been trying to get Xen working on this machine for over two 
> > weeks. Every
> > time I end up against a brick wall again.
> > 
> > Tried the xen LiveCD on this machine (Athlon 64 X2 running Suse Linux
> > 10.1) and it worked. Had 3 vms working with no problem. The base Suse
> > 10.1 xen kernel works up to a point, that is I can xm list and get the
> > correct output, start a prebuilt guest, but it never comes up on
> > screent. Try stopping it, it says it says vm does not exist.
> > 
> > So, downloaded the xen-3.0.3_0-src tarball and follow instructions
> > compiling. Do a make dist and get 
> > 
> > ... x86-put-note-sections-into-a-pt_note-segment-in-vmlinux.patch
> > /bin/sh:
> > patches/linux-2.6.16.29/x86-put-note-sections-into-a-pt_note-s
> egment-in-vmlinux.patch: No such file or directory
> > make[2]: *** [ref-linux-2.6.16.29/.valid-ref] Error 1
> > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/afore/Downloads/xen-3.0.3_0-src'
> > make[1]: *** [linux-2.6-xen-install] Error 2
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/afore/Downloads/xen-3.0.3_0-src'
> > make: *** [install-kernels] Error 1
> > 
> > It downloaded the 2.6.16.29 kernel files, unpacked them, then 
> > looks like
> > it applied a bunch of patches up to the last one above. Other 
> > than that,
> > the error message is unintelligible to me. Can anyone tell me what the
> > problem is form the very cryptic error messages shown above?
> 
> That you don't have the file called 
> "x86-put-note-sections-into-a-pt_note-segment-in-vmlinux.patch" 
> in your system. 
> 
> I have attached the version hg changeset 11884 (I doubt it's changed
> since 3.0.3). 
> 
> But it really should be part of your source-code in the tarball [I
> haven't tried the 3.0.3, since I'm usually "ahead" on the "unstable"
> version...].
> 
> You asked about this same file a little while ago, but it appears that
> it was in some other directory?? [Although it could be that they are
> stored elsewhere first, and created in the correct directory when
> needed, as some of the patches are probably version independent].
> 
> --
> Mats
After starting over with a clean updated Suse 10.1 system, I did the
following

Copied the two patches into the patches directory.
Done a make clean
Then a make dist and make install

Followed the instructions for the grub menu.lst, even tried installing
it with YAST, System, Boot loader. No Difference.

Anyhow, just doing the make install screwed up the default Suse Xen
booting. Why? 

Also get the same thing when trying to boot with the new Xen kernel.
Still can boot in non-zen kernel, so it seems to me the make dist, make
install, and instructions are all screwed up for installing in Suse
10.1. 

I give up until someone with programming experience, the only
programming experience I have is with Basic, gets this to operate with
Suse 10.1 on Athlon 64 X2 processor with hypervisor and posts on the web
detailed instructions on how to get it to work.

Art


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