Daniel P. Berrange wrote:> On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 11:16:48AM -0400, Michael Weiner wrote: >> Xen readers - >> >> Been trying to get xen working on FC6 for some time now, and i am not >> sure what i am doing wrong - last time i played with xen it was v2 >> and didnt seem to be this difficult to get working. > > You''ve not provided any initrd.Yes, initrd''s can be a pain with Fedora.>> pretty generic, and when i go to fire it up with ''xen create >> debian-3.1.cfg-c'' it starts up and runs for a few moments then dies, >> leaving the following in the log file: > > The system logs generally don''t contain any useful information > relating to Xen. You should instead look at the Xen logs - > /var/log/xen/*You can also get more information to debug problems by launching with a console (#xm create -c <domname>). This will show you the VM booting, and you''ll be able to see errors such as module failures due to a lack of an initrd. Steve Brueckner, ATC-NY
On 3/19/07, Steve Brueckner <steve@atc-nycorp.com> wrote:> > Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 11:16:48AM -0400, Michael Weiner wrote: > >> Xen readers - > >> > >> Been trying to get xen working on FC6 for some time now, and i am not > >> sure what i am doing wrong - last time i played with xen it was v2 > >> and didnt seem to be this difficult to get working. > > > > You''ve not provided any initrd. > > Yes, initrd''s can be a pain with Fedora. > > >> pretty generic, and when i go to fire it up with ''xen create > >> debian-3.1.cfg-c'' it starts up and runs for a few moments then dies, > >> leaving the following in the log file: > > > > The system logs generally don''t contain any useful information > > relating to Xen. You should instead look at the Xen logs - > > /var/log/xen/* > > You can also get more information to debug problems by launching with > a console (#xm create -c <domname>). This will show you the VM booting, > and you''ll be able to see errors such as module failures due to a lack > of an initrd.Thanks Steve, any possible pointers or URLs? Thanks Michael
On 3/19/07, Steve Brueckner <steve@atc-nycorp.com> wrote:> > Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 11:16:48AM -0400, Michael Weiner wrote: > >> Xen readers - > >> > >> Been trying to get xen working on FC6 for some time now, and i am not > >> sure what i am doing wrong - last time i played with xen it was v2 > >> and didnt seem to be this difficult to get working. > > > > You''ve not provided any initrd. > > Yes, initrd''s can be a pain with Fedora. > > >> pretty generic, and when i go to fire it up with ''xen create > >> debian-3.1.cfg-c'' it starts up and runs for a few moments then dies, > >> leaving the following in the log file: > > > > The system logs generally don''t contain any useful information > > relating to Xen. You should instead look at the Xen logs - > > /var/log/xen/* > > You can also get more information to debug problems by launching with > a console (#xm create -c <domname>). This will show you the VM booting, > and you''ll be able to see errors such as module failures due to a lack > of an initrd.Thanks Steve, any possible pointers or URLs? Thanks Michael