Re: [Xen-devel] initrd Xen 4.0

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 01:08:36PM -0700, ccmail111 wrote:
>    The #5 of README is not clear in details.
>    which directory to run depmod and mkinitrd from ?
> 

It doesn't matter.

>    I see:
> 
>    # depmod xen-4.0.0
>    WARNING: Couldn't find symtab and strtab in module xen-4.0.0
> 

Wrong. You need to run depmod for the *kernel*, not for xen.

So like this:
depmod -a 2.6.32.12

Or whatever is your kernel version.

-- Pasi

>    # ls -l
>    total 1356
>    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1380620 May 13 13:05 xen-4.0.0
> 
>    Any suggestions ?
> 
>    --- On Wed, 5/12/10, Todd Deshane <deshantm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>      From: Todd Deshane <deshantm@xxxxxxxxx>
>      Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] initrd Xen 4.0
>      To: "ccmail111" <ccmail111@xxxxxxxxx>
>      Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>      Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 9:46 PM
> 
>      Hi,
> 
>      See inline.
> 
>      On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 12:25 PM, ccmail111 <[1]ccmail111@xxxxxxxxx>
>      wrote:
>      >
>      > Hi,
>      >
>      > I downloaded Xen 4.0 and did:
>      > make install
>      > I donot see initrd (ramdisk) being created at all.
>      >
>      > Any suggestions ?
>      >
> 
>      Step 5 of the README
>         Depending on your config, you may need to use 'mkinitrd' to create
>         an initial ram disk, just like a native system e.g.
>          # depmod 2.6.18-xen
>          # mkinitrd -v -f --with=aacraid --with=sd_mod --with=scsi_mod
>      initrd-2.6.18-xen.img 2.6.18-xen
>         Other systems may requires the use of 'mkinitramfs' to create the
>         ram disk.
>          # depmod 2.6.18-xen
>          # mkinitramfs -o initrd-2.6.18-xen.img 2.6.18-xen
> 
>      You may need to change the kernel version based on what you built.
>      Also some distros use different commands to build initrd files.
> 
>      I actually forgot about this step for a second too.
> 
>      Thanks,
>      Todd
> 
>      --
>      Todd Deshane
>      [2]http://todddeshane.net
>      [3]http://runningxen.com
> 
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