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RE: [Xen-users] problem installing xen kernel on Debian etch

To: "gorkhe" <gorkhe.la@xxxxxxxxx>, <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] problem installing xen kernel on Debian etch
From: "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:19:13 +1100
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Thread-topic: [Xen-users] problem installing xen kernel on Debian etch
> 
> I am currently running kernel 2.6.18-6-686 on Debian Etch 40r3. I am
> trying to install xen on it. I tried installing
linux-image-2.6.18-6-xen-
> 686, but when I restarted, it doesn't boot instead shows a kernel
panic.
> 
> I ran #apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-6-xen-686
> and changed /boot/grub/menu.lst file to point to current xen kernel.
> 
> While rebooting it showed kernel panic and never boots with the new
xen
> kernel.
> 

It might help if you post the results of the kernel panic, and the
contents of your menu.lst.

I suspect you haven't specified a Xen hypervisor in your menu.lst. The
Xen entry should look like:

title           Xen 3.1-1-amd64 / Debian GNU/Linux, kernel
2.6.18-6-xen-amd64
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /xen-3.1-1-amd64.gz dom0_mem=524288
module          /vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-xen-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/vg00-root
ro console=tty0
module          /initrd.img-2.6.18-6-xen-amd64
savedefault

update-grub will generate it correctly if you have installed a
hypervisor.

James


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