Trying to install xen for the first time, can''t get it to load Celeron D processor xen version 3.0.2-2 - downloaded binary version - installed under a Debian Sarge environment / is on /dev/hda1, formatted as a ReiserFS grub - commands entered manually > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/xen.gz (link to xen-3.0.2-2.gz) > module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6-xen (link to vmlinuz..) > boot grub gives back encouraging messages at each step, but after the boot command, we get to a point where I get the error messsage Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,1) note: Debian loads just fine Any suggestions or ideas on what''s going on here, or what to try next? Thanks very much, Miles _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On 4/29/06, Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> wrote:> Trying to install xen for the first time, can''t get it to load > > Celeron D processor > > xen version 3.0.2-2 > - downloaded binary version > - installed under a Debian Sarge environment > > / is on /dev/hda1, formatted as a ReiserFSThis is most likely the cause of your trouble. I''m not sure about the binary kernel, but the default config when building the xen kernel from source only includes ReiserFS as a module; this means that the kernel can''t boot from a reiser root partition. My suggestion is to build the kernel from source, adding support for reiserfs. Dave -- Dave Goodlad dgoodlad@gmail.com or dave@goodlad.ca http://david.goodlad.ca/ _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Thanks! Do you, offhand, know the magic option to pass to make to include ResierFS? Miles David Goodlad wrote:> On 4/29/06, Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> wrote: >> Trying to install xen for the first time, can''t get it to load >> >> Celeron D processor >> >> xen version 3.0.2-2 >> - downloaded binary version >> - installed under a Debian Sarge environment >> >> / is on /dev/hda1, formatted as a ReiserFS > > This is most likely the cause of your trouble. I''m not sure about the > binary kernel, but the default config when building the xen kernel > from source only includes ReiserFS as a module; this means that the > kernel can''t boot from a reiser root partition. My suggestion is to > build the kernel from source, adding support for reiserfs. > > Dave > > > -- > Dave Goodlad > dgoodlad@gmail.com or dave@goodlad.ca > http://david.goodlad.ca/_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On 4/29/06, Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> wrote:> Thanks! > > Do you, offhand, know the magic option to pass to make to include ResierFS?This is configured in the usual kernel config file. If you''re building from the xen source distro, you should be able to do a ''make linux-2.6-xen-config CONFIGMODE=menuconfig'' to configure the kernel. Dave -- Dave Goodlad dgoodlad@gmail.com or dave@goodlad.ca http://david.goodlad.ca/ _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
David Goodlad wrote:> On 4/29/06, Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> wrote: >> Thanks! >> >> Do you, offhand, know the magic option to pass to make to include >> ResierFS? > > This is configured in the usual kernel config file. If you''re > building from the xen source distro, you should be able to do a ''make > linux-2.6-xen-config CONFIGMODE=menuconfig'' to configure the kernel.Update: - looks like ReiserFS was the problem - couldn''t fix it by building from source - got a bunch of make errors, that I haven''t yet had time to track down (boy is it a long build) - since I''m still experiment mode (i.e., playing on a lab box), I simply repartioned the disk and changed to an ext3 file system It seems to boot. Now let''s see what this puppy can do. Thanks David. Miles _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Reiserfs support for binary kernel is compiled in a modules and as suggested you should have to recompile a kernel from source after adding reiserfs support statically into the kernel. David Goodlad wrote:> On 4/29/06, Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> wrote: > >> Trying to install xen for the first time, can''t get it to load >> >> Celeron D processor >> >> xen version 3.0.2-2 >> - downloaded binary version >> - installed under a Debian Sarge environment >> >> / is on /dev/hda1, formatted as a ReiserFS > > > This is most likely the cause of your trouble. I''m not sure about the > binary kernel, but the default config when building the xen kernel > from source only includes ReiserFS as a module; this means that the > kernel can''t boot from a reiser root partition. My suggestion is to > build the kernel from source, adding support for reiserfs. > > Dave > > > -- > Dave Goodlad > dgoodlad@gmail.com or dave@goodlad.ca > http://david.goodlad.ca/ > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users