Hello, I created a paravirtualized Debian Squeeze guest (using virt-manager), after completing the initial setup I was asked to reboot, in order to finalise the installation. The guest startup breaks down with the error message: Error starting domain: POST operation failed: xend_post: error from xen daemon: (xend.err "Error creating domain: Boot loader didn''t return any data!") At first I installed the GRUB loader in the MBR, then I tried to install it in /dev/xvda but starting the guest always stops with "(xend.err "Error creating domain: Boot loader didn''t return any data!"). All my working CentOS guests are installed in the same way (HTTP download), but the Debian one doen''t. Does anybody have a suggestion where the GRUB loader should be installed at? My machine: Hypervisor: CentOS release 5.4 (Final) kernel: Linux vserver 2.6.18-164.15.1.el5xen #1 SMP Wed Mar 17 12:04:23 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux thanks in advance, Christoph _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:01 PM, c.schwarz@funknetz.at <c.schwarz@funknetz.at> wrote:> Hello, > > I created a paravirtualized Debian Squeeze guest (using virt-manager), after completing the initial setup I was asked to reboot, in order to finalise the installation. The guest startup breaks down with the error message: > > Error starting domain: POST operation failed: xend_post: error from xen daemon: (xend.err "Error creating domain: Boot loader didn''t return any data!")> My machine: > > Hypervisor: CentOS release 5.4 (Final) > kernel: Linux vserver 2.6.18-164.15.1.el5xen #1 SMP Wed Mar 17 12:04:23 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux>From a quick glance, it''s probably because your Debian uses ext4, inwhich case I see you might have several options: - make SURE Debian''s /boot is ext3 (NOT ext4) - upgrade your Xen version, possibly from Gitco (since http://www.xen.org/download/ is stiill dead) - search list archive for a self-contained pygrub with ext4 support -- Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Here is the partition table: Virtual disk 1 (xvda) - 21.0 GB Xen Virtual Block Device> #1 primary 20.1 GB B F ext3 / > #5 logical 902.8 MB F swapThis is the default setup created by the installation-wizard. Christoph -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Fajar A. Nugraha [mailto:list@fajar.net] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. Februar 2011 17:39 An: c.schwarz@funknetz.at Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com Betreff: Re: [Xen-users] can''t run Debian guest On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:01 PM, c.schwarz@funknetz.at <c.schwarz@funknetz.at> wrote:> Hello, > > I created a paravirtualized Debian Squeeze guest (using virt-manager), after completing the initial setup I was asked to reboot, in order to finalise the installation. The guest startup breaks down with the error message: > > Error starting domain: POST operation failed: xend_post: error from xen daemon: (xend.err "Error creating domain: Boot loader didn''t return any data!")> My machine: > > Hypervisor: CentOS release 5.4 (Final) > kernel: Linux vserver 2.6.18-164.15.1.el5xen #1 SMP Wed Mar 17 12:04:23 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux>From a quick glance, it''s probably because your Debian uses ext4, inwhich case I see you might have several options: - make SURE Debian''s /boot is ext3 (NOT ext4) - upgrade your Xen version, possibly from Gitco (since http://www.xen.org/download/ is stiill dead) - search list archive for a self-contained pygrub with ext4 support -- Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 6:48 PM, c.schwarz@funknetz.at <c.schwarz@funknetz.at> wrote:> Here is the partition table: > > Virtual disk 1 (xvda) - 21.0 GB Xen Virtual Block Device >> #1 primary 20.1 GB B F ext3 / >> #5 logical 902.8 MB F swap > > This is the default setup created by the installation-wizard.Does your Debian use grub2? That might be a problem with older pygrub. -- Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Yes it uses grub v2, but how can I choose grub v1 if I am not able to boot debian? Christoph -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Fajar A. Nugraha [mailto:list@fajar.net] Gesendet: Freitag, 25. Februar 2011 12:50 An: c.schwarz@funknetz.at Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com Betreff: Re: [Xen-users] can''t run Debian guest On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 6:48 PM, c.schwarz@funknetz.at <c.schwarz@funknetz.at> wrote:> Here is the partition table: > > Virtual disk 1 (xvda) - 21.0 GB Xen Virtual Block Device >> #1 primary 20.1 GB B F ext3 / >> #5 logical 902.8 MB F swap > > This is the default setup created by the installation-wizard.Does your Debian use grub2? That might be a problem with older pygrub. -- Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 8:05 PM, c.schwarz@funknetz.at <c.schwarz@funknetz.at> wrote:> Yes it uses grub v2, but how can I choose grub v1 if I am not able to boot debian?grub-legacy might work: http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/grub-legacy Another alternative, you can copy domU''s kernel and initrd to dom0, and use "kernel","ramdisk", and "extra" parameters instead of bootloader. Or you can just upgrade your Xen version. -- Fajar> > Christoph > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Fajar A. Nugraha [mailto:list@fajar.net] > Gesendet: Freitag, 25. Februar 2011 12:50 > An: c.schwarz@funknetz.at > Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com > Betreff: Re: [Xen-users] can''t run Debian guest > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 6:48 PM, c.schwarz@funknetz.at > <c.schwarz@funknetz.at> wrote: >> Here is the partition table: >> >> Virtual disk 1 (xvda) - 21.0 GB Xen Virtual Block Device >>> #1 primary 20.1 GB B F ext3 / >>> #5 logical 902.8 MB F swap >> >> This is the default setup created by the installation-wizard. > > Does your Debian use grub2? That might be a problem with older pygrub. > > -- > Fajar >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 08:19:40PM +0700, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 8:05 PM, c.schwarz@funknetz.at > <c.schwarz@funknetz.at> wrote: > > Yes it uses grub v2, but how can I choose grub v1 if I am not able to boot debian? > > grub-legacy might work: http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/grub-legacy > > Another alternative, you can copy domU''s kernel and initrd to dom0, > and use "kernel","ramdisk", and "extra" parameters instead of > bootloader. > > Or you can just upgrade your Xen version. >pygrub in RHEL 5.6 Xen supports grub2 ! See: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=577511 (You can manually apply the latest patch to el5.5 xen aswell). -- Pasi> -- > Fajar > > > > > Christoph > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Fajar A. Nugraha [mailto:list@fajar.net] > > Gesendet: Freitag, 25. Februar 2011 12:50 > > An: c.schwarz@funknetz.at > > Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com > > Betreff: Re: [Xen-users] can''t run Debian guest > > > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 6:48 PM, c.schwarz@funknetz.at > > <c.schwarz@funknetz.at> wrote: > >> Here is the partition table: > >> > >> Virtual disk 1 (xvda) - 21.0 GB Xen Virtual Block Device > >>> #1 primary 20.1 GB B F ext3 / > >>> #5 logical 902.8 MB F swap > >> > >> This is the default setup created by the installation-wizard. > > > > Does your Debian use grub2? That might be a problem with older pygrub. > > > > -- > > Fajar > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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