hi, i''ve completed a live upgrade to build 75 from build 67 on my laptop and essentially it worked with the exception of the xvm bits - the xvm boot option is not added to grub and manually adding it doesn''t work either. should live upgrade work for b75? are there any docs I should read? i''m attempting this on a compaq presario v3000 thanks for your help! This message posted from opensolaris.org
Hi,
doesn''t Live Upgrade only upgrade the already existing packages (I
never
used live upgrade until now)?
If this is the case then the xVM packages are still missing and you
should install them manually. AFAIK these packages are neccessary for xVM:
* SUNWxvmdomr
* SUNWxvmdomu
* SUNWxvmr
* SUNWxvmu
* SUNWxvmhvm
* SUNWPython
* SUNWPython-extra
* SUNWlxml-python
* SUNWlxsl
* SUNWlxsl-python
* SUNWIPython
(installed in this order).
Note: I''m not sure, if all python packages are really neccessary for
Xen.
In addition you must add the necessary entry to boot Xen manually in the
file /boot/grub/menu.lst (at least in my tests this was necessary):
title Solaris xVM
kernel$ /boot/$ISADIR/xen.gz
module$ /platform/i86xpv/kernel/$ISADIR/unix
/platform/i86xpv/kernel/$ISADIR/unix
module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive
regards
Bernd
John Hoogerdijk wrote:> hi,
>
> i''ve completed a live upgrade to build 75 from build 67 on my
laptop and essentially it worked with the exception of the xvm bits - the xvm
boot option is not added to grub and manually adding it doesn''t work
either.
>
> should live upgrade work for b75? are there any docs I should read?
>
> i''m attempting this on a compaq presario v3000
>
> thanks for your help!
>
>
> This message posted from opensolaris.org
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John Hoogerdijk wrote:> hi, > > i''ve completed a live upgrade to build 75 from build 67 on my laptop and essentially it worked with the exception of the xvm bits - the xvm boot option is not added to grubThis is a known bug: 6616311 Live upgrade does not add entry for xvm in grub menu (Unfortunately, this category is not visible outside of Sun.) > and manually adding it doesn''t work either. What sort of problems are you seeing? -Ryan> > should live upgrade work for b75? are there any docs I should read? > > i''m attempting this on a compaq presario v3000 > > thanks for your help! > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > xen-discuss mailing list > xen-discuss@opensolaris.org
> John Hoogerdijk wrote: > > hi, > > > > i''ve completed a live upgrade to build 75 from > build 67 on my laptop and essentially it worked with > the exception of the xvm bits - the xvm boot option > is not added to grub > > This is a known bug: > > 6616311 Live upgrade does not add entry for xvm in > grub menu > > (Unfortunately, this category is not visible outside > of Sun.) > > > and manually adding it doesn''t work either. > What sort of problems are you seeing?I added the following line to menu.lst: kernel$ /boot/$ISADIR/xen.gz module$ /platform/i86xpv/kernel/$ISADIR/unix /platform/i86xpv/kernel/$ISADIR/unix module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive and got the following error message: Error 20: Multiboot kernel must be loaded before modules. What should I see in my /boot directory? I think I''m missing some bits.> > -Ryan > > > > > should live upgrade work for b75? are there any > docs I should read? > > > > i''m attempting this on a compaq presario v3000 > > > > thanks for your help! > > > > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > > xen-discuss mailing list > > xen-discuss@opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > xen-discuss mailing list > xen-discuss@opensolaris.orgThis message posted from opensolaris.org
> Hi, > > doesn''t Live Upgrade only upgrade the already > existing packages (I never > used live upgrade until now)? > > If this is the case then the xVM packages are still > missing and you > should install them manually. AFAIK these packages > are neccessary for xVM: > > * SUNWxvmdomr > * SUNWxvmdomu > * SUNWxvmr > * SUNWxvmu > * SUNWxvmhvm > * SUNWPython > * SUNWPython-extra > * SUNWlxml-python > * SUNWlxsl > * SUNWlxsl-python > * SUNWIPython > stalled in this order).they''re all present and were installed by liveupgrade.> > Note: I''m not sure, if all python packages are really > neccessary for Xen. > > In addition you must add the necessary entry to boot > Xen manually in the > file /boot/grub/menu.lst (at least in my tests this > was necessary): > > title Solaris xVM > kernel$ /boot/$ISADIR/xen.gz > module$ /platform/i86xpv/kernel/$ISADIR/unix > /platform/i86xpv/kernel/$ISADIR/unix > module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archiveyep - added this as well. no joy yet.> > regards > > Bernd > > John Hoogerdijk wrote: > > hi, > > > > i''ve completed a live upgrade to build 75 from > build 67 on my laptop and essentially it worked with > the exception of the xvm bits - the xvm boot option > is not added to grub and manually adding it doesn''t > work either. > > > > should live upgrade work for b75? are there any > docs I should read? > > > > i''m attempting this on a compaq presario v3000 > > > > thanks for your help! > > > > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > > xen-discuss mailing list > > xen-discuss@opensolaris.org > > > > > > > -- > Bernd Schemmer, Frankfurt am Main, Germany > http://home.arcor.de/bnsmb/index.html > > M s temprano que tarde el mundo cambiar . > Fidel Castro > ________________________ > xen-discuss mailing list > xen-discuss@opensolaris.orgThis message posted from opensolaris.org
I''m also having the same problem after a luupgrade from build 65, the
ralevant i86xpv dir is missing from /boot/platform, and the menu.lst is missing
the grub entrys.
The bug is now in the release notes
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/xen/docs/relnotes/
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* 6616311 Live upgrade does not add entry for xvm in grub menu.
There is no xVM entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst.
Workaround:
Run bootadm -m upgrade and reboot the system.
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Though this seems to assume that the /boot/platform/i86xpv exists which it
doesn''t on my system.
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John Hoogerdijk wrote:>> John Hoogerdijk wrote: >>> hi, >>> >>> i''ve completed a live upgrade to build 75 from >> build 67 on my laptop and essentially it worked with >> the exception of the xvm bits - the xvm boot option >> is not added to grub >> >> This is a known bug: >> >> 6616311 Live upgrade does not add entry for xvm in >> grub menu >> >> (Unfortunately, this category is not visible outside >> of Sun.) >> >> > and manually adding it doesn''t work either. >> What sort of problems are you seeing? > > I added the following line to menu.lst:Sorry for the delay in responding... If you''re using live upgrade, chances are you need a root line in the menu.lst entry to boot the correct slice. You can look at the existing menu.lst and copy the root line from an existing, working menu entry. It will be something like: root (hd0,0,d)> > kernel$ /boot/$ISADIR/xen.gz > module$ /platform/i86xpv/kernel/$ISADIR/unix /platform/i86xpv/kernel/$ISADIR/unix > module$ /platform/i86pc/$ISADIR/boot_archive > > and got the following error message: > > Error 20: Multiboot kernel must be loaded before modules. > > What should I see in my /boot directory? I think I''m missing some bits.If you''re booted into the new snv_75 boot environment, you should have the following (among other files): /boot/xen.gz /boot/xen-syms /boot/amd64/xen.gz /boot/amd64/xen-syms These should be installed by SUNWxvmr. -Ryan> >> -Ryan >> >>> should live upgrade work for b75? are there any >> docs I should read? >>> i''m attempting this on a compaq presario v3000 >>> >>> thanks for your help! >>> >>> >>> This message posted from opensolaris.org >>> _______________________________________________ >>> xen-discuss mailing list >>> xen-discuss@opensolaris.org >> _______________________________________________ >> xen-discuss mailing list >> xen-discuss@opensolaris.org > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > xen-discuss mailing list > xen-discuss@opensolaris.org
Thanks! ''cause i was in a rush, i installed a net new b75a. i''ll try the live upgrade again with another box shortly. This message posted from opensolaris.org
I''ve been trying to decipher the live upgrade man pages. Has anybody put together a step-by-step how-to on getting from b74 to b75a, including the workarounds described in this thread? If not.. has anyone successfully done a live upgrade from b74 to b75a - who''d be willing to share a step-by-step procedure. I have a b75a DVD in hand, and I''d sort of prefer to do a live upgrade instead of an install from scratch - especially since, for some reason, the DVD drops me into a grub prompt (2nd copy that I''ve burned - same problem). This message posted from opensolaris.org
Thanks! Bob Netherton wrote:> On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 12:07 -0700, Miles Fidelman wrote: > >> I''ve been trying to decipher the live upgrade man pages. >> >> Has anybody put together a step-by-step how-to on getting from b74 to b75a, including the workarounds described in this thread? >> > > You can check out my blog - http://blogs.sun.com/bobn. i thnk the only > thing missing is that luactivate doesn''t put in the xen stanzas, but > they are easy to add yourself. > > live upgrade rocks. > > bob >
Thanks for the pointer! Bob Netherton wrote:> On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 12:07 -0700, Miles Fidelman wrote: > >> I''ve been trying to decipher the live upgrade man pages. >> >> Has anybody put together a step-by-step how-to on getting from b74 to b75a, including the workarounds described in this thread? >> > > You can check out my blog - http://blogs.sun.com/bobn. i thnk the only > thing missing is that luactivate doesn''t put in the xen stanzas, but > they are easy to add yourself. > > live upgrade rocks. > > bob >