RE: [Pkg-xen-devel] [Xen-devel] xen-linux-system-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64: Lenovo R61, kernel boots on baremetel, no boot with xen4 hypervisor‏

[Mike Viau <viaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:58:06 +0100 <ijc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 01:08 +0100, Mike wrote:
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I have performed a fresh install (fully updated) of squeeze amd64 and
> > installed the xen-linux-system-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 package with all its
> > dependencies.
> >
> > When I restart and tried to boot the linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64
> > (pvops style) kernel on bare-metal my laptop boots fine.
> >
> > When I use the hyper-visor on the system with the same
> > linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 kernel, it hangs and does not boot
> > up...
>
> Please can you tell us which exact kernel package version you have
> installed? 2.6.32-5 quote above is the kernel ABI version which the same
> across multiple kernel packages, from (I think) package 2.6.32-12
> onwards up to and including 2. 6.32-21 currently in Sid and likely for
> some future packages as well.
>
> As Pasi asks please try booting without X. It would also be useful to
> try the latest package from Sid, it should install cleanly on Squeeze.
>
> Ian.
>

I've updated xen-linux-system-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 & dependencies (e.g.: linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 and xen-hypervisor-amd64):

apt-cache policy xen-linux-system-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64
xen-linux-system-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64:
  Installed: 2.6.32-20
  Candidate: 2.6.32-20
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.32-20 0
        500 http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca squeeze/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

apt-cache policy linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64
linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64:
  Installed: 2.6.32-20
  Candidate: 2.6.32-20
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.32-20 0
        500 http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca squeeze/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

apt-cache policy xen-hypervisor-4.0-amd64
xen-hypervisor-4.0-amd64:
  Installed: 4.0.1~rc6-1
  Candidate: 4.0.1~rc6-1
  Version table:
 *** 4.0.1~rc6-1 0
        500 http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca squeeze/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status



I will be happy to add http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca sid to my sources to install the Xen package(s).

Just to clarify would you like me to try the sid kernel package, the sid hypervisor package, or both?

Thanks for your help.


-M

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