Hello.
I would like to use Xen (or, at least, to see how it works) but I cannot boot
it. I have an old laptop with a USB 1.0 and a pcmcia card with 2 USB2.0 ports
on it, and a SuSE 9.3 I cannot delete my windows from the primary hd, so I
have the /boot on
it (/dev/hda2) and the root on the external hard disk (/dev/sda5) which is
connected to the laptop throug the pcmcia card. I had to make an initrd to
boot it with the following modules: yenta_socket, pcmcia, ehci-hcd, ohci.hcd,
uhci-hcd, scsi_mod, sd_mod, usb-storage, piix, and reiserfs. And it works for
my "normal" SuSE 9.3.
But, when I try to start "xen", I got the following scenarios:
if I connect the external hard disk to the pcmcia, the system doesn''t
see it
at all;
if I connect the external hard disk to the usb 1.0, the system see it but end
up saying ". not found... (etc..)"; sometimes I also got an error
about
uhci_hcd going down for some reason ("something bad happened"); if I
try with
the boot option "physdev_dom0_hide=(00:07.02)", the system hang up
without
seeing my hard disk.
Unfortunately, I have no way to print the messages from the console.
I know that maybe it is a problem you already talked of, but I could not find
an answer on your mailing list.
I hope someone could help me.
Thanks
Gabriele
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Hi Grabriele, Gabriele Cardosi schrieb:>Hello. >I would like to use Xen (or, at least, to see how it works) but I cannot boot >it. I have an old laptop with a USB 1.0 and a pcmcia card with 2 USB2.0 ports >on it, and a SuSE 9.3 I cannot delete my windows from the primary hd, so I >have the /boot on >it (/dev/hda2) and the root on the external hard disk (/dev/sda5) which is >connected to the laptop throug the pcmcia card. I had to make an initrd to >boot it with the following modules: yenta_socket, pcmcia, ehci-hcd, ohci.hcd, >uhci-hcd, scsi_mod, sd_mod, usb-storage, piix, and reiserfs. And it works for >my "normal" SuSE 9.3. >But, when I try to start "xen", I got the following scenarios: >if I connect the external hard disk to the pcmcia, the system doesn''t see it >at all; >if I connect the external hard disk to the usb 1.0, the system see it but end >up saying ". not found... (etc..)"; >That might be the interesting part. Is it complaining about the root volume not being found? Then it could be that a certain hardware driver is missing and you have to compile the kernel anew. Please provide this error message more completely. Dirk>sometimes I also got an error about >uhci_hcd going down for some reason ("something bad happened"); if I try with >the boot option "physdev_dom0_hide=(00:07.02)", the system hang up without >seeing my hard disk. > >Sounds like a problem with your hardware (unstable electrical contacts?) or instability of a driver module. How does it work with SuSEs standard kernel? Dirk _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Hi, Dirk! Thanks for your reply.> Hi Grabriele, > > Gabriele Cardosi schrieb: > >Hello. > >I would like to use Xen (or, at least, to see how it works) but I cannot > > boot it. I have an old laptop with a USB 1.0 and a pcmcia card with 2 > > USB2.0 ports on it, and a SuSE 9.3 I cannot delete my windows from the > > primary hd, so I have the /boot on > >it (/dev/hda2) and the root on the external hard disk (/dev/sda5) which is > >connected to the laptop throug the pcmcia card. I had to make an initrd to > >boot it with the following modules: yenta_socket, pcmcia, ehci-hcd, > > ohci.hcd, uhci-hcd, scsi_mod, sd_mod, usb-storage, piix, and reiserfs. > > And it works for my "normal" SuSE 9.3. > >But, when I try to start "xen", I got the following scenarios: > >if I connect the external hard disk to the pcmcia, the system doesn''t see > > it at all; > >if I connect the external hard disk to the usb 1.0, the system see it but > > end up saying ". not found... (etc..)"; > > That might be the interesting part. Is it complaining about the root > volume not being found? Then it could be that a certain hardware driver > is missing and you have to compile the kernel anew. > > Please provide this error message more completely. > > DirkUnfortunately, it''s a bit problematic to "save" all the output. I have not (yet) enough disk space to compile the kernel (sigh!). I use the vmlinuz-2.6.11.4-21.8-xen downloaded by the yast online update (which, I suppose, should be like the "default" one), and I recompiled the inirtd-2.6.11.4-21.8-xen in the same way I did for the "standard" one. I think I need the drivers for USB (uhci, ehci, ohci, usb-storage), for the pcmcia (yenta, pcmcia) and for the scsi disk (scsi, sd); and, actually, it works fine for the "standard" linux. Maybe some "un- compatibility"?> > >sometimes I also got an error about > >uhci_hcd going down for some reason ("something bad happened"); if I try > > with the boot option "physdev_dom0_hide=(00:07.02)", the system hang up > > without seeing my hard disk. > > Sounds like a problem with your hardware (unstable electrical > contacts?) or instability of a driver module. How does it work with > SuSEs standard kernel? > > DirkActually, the disk is really "old" and not at all "perfect" (it doesn''t start immediately always when I connect the power supply) but, when it start to "run", it works normally with my "standard" boot and kernel.... Maybe it''s a stupid question but... could I use the "standards" kernel and initrd with Xen?> > > _______________________________________________ > 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