I''ve been working on a source install of v2.0.7 on a Dell PE1850 for a couple of days now, unable to get dom0 to boot past "kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds." I did have to make one modification to the kernel config to build in the megaraid driver, which is detected correctly shortly before the hang. What''s happening during this part of the boot process? Where should I look to diagnose the problem? Has anyone seen a dom0 hang at this point before? Thanks, John -- John Madden UNIX Systems Engineer Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana jmadden@ivytech.edu _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
John Madden wrote:>I''ve been working on a source install of v2.0.7 on a Dell PE1850 for a couple of >days now, unable to get dom0 to boot past "kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 >seconds." I did have to make one modification to the kernel config to build in >the megaraid driver, which is detected correctly shortly before the hang. > >What''s happening during this part of the boot process? Where should I look to >diagnose the problem? Has anyone seen a dom0 hang at this point before? > >Fails-during-boot process may be a result of not having certain device files present. Ensure that you''ve got, in your Dom0 image, null, zero, and console: cd <dom0 root>/dev for d null zero console; do MAKEDEV -x $d; done Note that MAKDEV syntax varies somewhat among Linux distros, above should work for RH / SuSE / CentOS, FC. Alternatively, try booting single user or using ''init=/bin/bash'' to see what does / doesn''t work in your dom0. You can specify these by passing arguments to the kernel via GRUB. -- Karsten M. Self <karsten@xensource.com> XenSource, Inc. 2300 Geng Road #250 +1 650.798.5900 x259 Palo Alto, CA 94303 +1 650.493.1579 fax _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
John Madden wrote:> I''ve been working on a source install of v2.0.7 on a Dell PE1850 for a couple of > days now, unable to get dom0 to boot past "kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 > seconds." I did have to make one modification to the kernel config to build in > the megaraid driver, which is detected correctly shortly before the hang. > > What''s happening during this part of the boot process? Where should I look to > diagnose the problem? Has anyone seen a dom0 hang at this point before?Try disabling the integrated USB host controller(s) in the BIOS. I know this is an issue that has arisen with the Dell PE2850, and it sounds like the 1850 is a very close cousin design-wise. -- Derrik Pates demon@devrandom.net _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> Try disabling the integrated USB host controller(s) in the BIOS. I know > this is an issue that has arisen with the Dell PE2850, and it sounds > like the 1850 is a very close cousin design-wise.Thanks, I covered that one almost right away though. John -- John Madden UNIX Systems Engineer Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana jmadden@ivytech.edu _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> Fails-during-boot process may be a result of not having certain device > files present. Ensure that you''ve got, in your Dom0 image, null, zero, > and console: > > cd <dom0 root>/dev > for d null zero console; do MAKEDEV -x $d; doneThe devices all exist, I''m using the same root for dom0 as I am for the regular system boot, just changing the kernel from a standard one to a Xen setup.> Note that MAKDEV syntax varies somewhat among Linux distros, above > should work for RH / SuSE / CentOS, FC.Running Debian 3.1 here.> Alternatively, try booting single user or using ''init=/bin/bash'' to see > what does / doesn''t work in your dom0. You can specify these by passing > arguments to the kernel via GRUB.The system isn''t getting to INIT, it''s stopping just prior to mounting the root filesystem. It''s odd too that at this kjournald stage, it hangs as if it''s waiting on something, it''s not like the box locks up or anything -- it still passes the "caps lock test." More reading in the archives... So this is a 64-bit install of Debian and all of my compiling''s been done on this box -- could that be the problem? John -- John Madden UNIX Systems Engineer Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana jmadden@ivytech.edu _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users