Hi, I''ve been struggeling with trying to compile a working kernel with the xen architecture and the software raid stuff on debian for a few days, but with limited success, since I usually dont mess much with the kernel, its not my field of expertise... Do I really have to? Is there no shortcut for this trick? :) Thanks for any hints that might help, Eric _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On 3/11/06, Eric Persson <eric@persson.tm> wrote:> I''ve been struggeling with trying to compile a working kernel with the > xen architecture and the software raid stuff on debian for a few days, > but with limited success, since I usually dont mess much with the > kernel, its not my field of expertise... > > Do I really have to? Is there no shortcut for this trick? :)Use the debian sarge installer. Install standard debian first, get that going. Then upgrade the kernel to xen. Should just work. If you can''t get vanilla debian going on raid1 md devices, then you probably shouldn''t use it. In a crisis, if you can''t fix it, then you are in trouble. It does work: nic@sea:~$ df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/md1 3989824 2789100 1200724 70% / tmpfs 62476 4 62472 1% /dev/shm /dev/md0 466596 34382 407322 8% /boot nic@sea:~$ cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid0] [raid1] [raid5] md1 : active raid1 sdb2[1] sda2[0] 4000064 blocks [2/2] [UU] md3 : active raid1 sdb4[1] sda4[0] 66685696 blocks [2/2] [UU] md0 : active raid1 sdb1[1] sda1[0] 497856 blocks [2/2] [UU] unused devices: <none> nic@sea:~$ uname -a Linux sea 2.6.11.6-xen0 #2 Wed Apr 6 07:15:53 NZST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux -- Nicholas Lee http://stateless.geek.nz gpg 8072 4F86 EDCD 4FC1 18EF 5BDD 07B0 9597 6D58 D70C _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Nicholas Lee wrote:> Use the debian sarge installer. Install standard debian first, get > that going. Then upgrade the kernel to xen. Should just work.Thats basically what i tried, guess I have to try some more. I changed kernel version, which might have been a bad idea. :)> If you can''t get vanilla debian going on raid1 md devices, then you > probably shouldn''t use it. In a crisis, if you can''t fix it, then you > are in trouble.Yeah, have plenty of vanilla debians running sata raid, but none with xen so far. How come theres no central repository for different kernel configs for different hardwares/stuff, thats "known" to work? Or is there? Thanks for the help, /eric _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On 3/13/06, Eric Persson <eric@persson.tm> wrote:> Yeah, have plenty of vanilla debians running sata raid, but none with > xen so far.So get one of those configs going on the machine first, then install Xen. Should work, works for me.> How come theres no central repository for different kernel configs for > different hardwares/stuff, thats "known" to work? Or is there?I guess its like the vanilla kernel, most configurations should work. Important thing to remember is when you are modifying to config is to "ARCH=xen make menuconfig", and use the xen make system to build the kernel. I haven''t tried the new unstable separated kernel yet. -- Nicholas Lee http://stateless.geek.nz gpg 8072 4F86 EDCD 4FC1 18EF 5BDD 07B0 9597 6D58 D70C _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users