Paradox
2009-Jun-05 07:50 UTC
[Xen-users] Boot problem: gave up waiting for root device or kernel panic
Hi
I have a problem booting dom0 on Xen 3.1 under 2.6.18 kernel. At system
start I obtain the next message:
gave up waiting for root device. common problems:
boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
check root= (did the system wait for the righ device?)
missing modules (cat /proc/modules: ls /dev)
/dev/sd* are not present in /dev dir and I tried to insert the
rootdelay=90 in grub configuration without any result. Without initrd I
obtain a kernel panic. I tried to compile in the kernel all SATA/ATAPI
support but the situation don''t change. This is a relevant part of
lspci
command:
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller
(rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E 2 port SATA IDE
Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller
(rev 03)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E 2 port SATA IDE
Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 9200M GS
(rev a1)
You have some idea to fix this problem?
Many thanks.
Bye
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Fajar A. Nugraha
2009-Jun-05 08:00 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Boot problem: gave up waiting for root device or kernel panic
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Paradox <paradox@cheapnet.it> wrote:> Hi > > I have a problem booting dom0 on Xen 3.1 under 2.6.18 kernel. At system > start I obtain the next message:Some more info would be useful: - what distro is this? - how did you install Xen? from package? compile from source? -- Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Paradox
2009-Jun-05 08:06 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Boot problem: gave up waiting for root device or kernel panic
Hi The distro is an Ubuntu 8.10, compiled from sources. Many thanks Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Paradox <paradox@cheapnet.it> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I have a problem booting dom0 on Xen 3.1 under 2.6.18 kernel. At system >> start I obtain the next message: >> > > Some more info would be useful: > - what distro is this? > - how did you install Xen? from package? compile from source? > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Fajar A. Nugraha
2009-Jun-05 08:56 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Boot problem: gave up waiting for root device or kernel panic
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Paradox <paradox@cheapnet.it> wrote:> Hi > > The distro is an Ubuntu 8.10, compiled from sources.OK. Next question. How did you build Xen? Which kernel did you use? the one you just compiled, or Ubuntu''s kernel? What does the relevant part of your grub.conf looks like? AFAIK Xen''s 2.6.18.8 kernel supports ICH9 already : http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-changelog/2008-11/msg00112.html Most likely you''re missing a module. Try running update-initramfs to rebuild that kernel''s version initrd (using verbose might also be helpful). This is the command for Xen 3.4 on my Lenny update-initramfs -v -k 2.6.18.8-xen -u and from the verbose output I can see that it loads the necessary disk module Adding module /lib/modules/2.6.18.8-xen/kernel/drivers/block/cciss.ko in your case it''s probably ata_piix. -- Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users