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Re: [Xen-users] Xen PXE boot problem

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To:	"Fajar A. Nugraha" <list@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-users] Xen PXE boot problem
From:	Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date:	Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:50:36 +0200
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On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 03:08:37PM +0700, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Joe Linoff <jlinoff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I am trying using cobbler (2.0.9-1) to PXE boot a Xen hypervisor
> > (3.0.3-105) based on CentOS 5.5 (2.6.18.194.26.1.el5) on a bare-metal
> > host over a network. The boot keeps failing with a "corrupted or
> > invalid" kernel message.
> 
> 
> >    # cat /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/01-<mac_address>
> >    prompt 0
> >    timeout 10
> >    label linux
> >            kernel /images/CentOS5.5-xen-x86_64/vmlinuz
> 
> a quick look indicates you're trying to boot xen kernel on bare metal.
> It won't work.
>

Yeah, you're not booting Xen hypervisor (xen.gz) at all!

-- Pasi

> See http://zhigang.org/files/docbook/xen-pxeboot.html#id542228
> steps 4 and 7 should give you some idea on where to start.
> 
> -- 
> Fajar
> 
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