Michael Weiner wrote:> On 3/19/07, Steve Brueckner <steve@atc-nycorp.com> wrote: > > Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 11:16:48AM -0400, Michael Weiner wrote: > >> Xen readers - > >> > >> Been trying to get xen working on FC6 for some time now, and i am > not >> sure what i am doing wrong - last time i played with xen it > was v2 >> and didnt seem to be this difficult to get working. > > > > You''ve not provided any initrd. > > Yes, initrd''s can be a pain with Fedora. > > >> pretty generic, and when i go to fire it up with ''xen create > >> debian-3.1.cfg-c'' it starts up and runs for a few moments then > dies, >> leaving the following in the log file: > > > > The system logs generally don''t contain any useful information > > relating to Xen. You should instead look at the Xen logs - > > /var/log/xen/* > > You can also get more information to debug problems by launchingwith> a console (#xm create -c <domname>). This will show you the VM > booting, and you''ll be able to see errors such as module failures > due to a lack of an initrd. > > > Thanks Steve, any possible pointers or URLs? > > Thanks > MichaelWell here is how I built my initrd''s for an older kernel (for what its worth): #mkinitrd -v -f -with=aacraid --with=sd_mod --with=scsi_mod \ initrd-2.6.16.13-xen.img 2.6.16.13-xen #cp initrd-2.6.16.13-xen.img /boot Note that this isn''t a Xen thing so much as a general Linux thing. Googling for initrd should help you out. Steve Brueckner, ATC-NY _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Michael Weiner
2007-Mar-19 19:02 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] RE: [Fedora-xen] some initial trouble
On 3/19/07, Steve Brueckner <steve@atc-nycorp.com> wrote:> > Michael Weiner wrote: > > On 3/19/07, Steve Brueckner <steve@atc-nycorp.com> wrote: > > > > Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 11:16:48AM -0400, Michael Weiner wrote: > > >> Xen readers - > > >> > > >> Been trying to get xen working on FC6 for some time now, and i > am > > not >> sure what i am doing wrong - last time i played with xen it > > was v2 >> and didnt seem to be this difficult to get working. > > > > > > You''ve not provided any initrd. > > > > Yes, initrd''s can be a pain with Fedora. > > > > >> pretty generic, and when i go to fire it up with ''xen create > > >> debian-3.1.cfg-c'' it starts up and runs for a few moments then > > dies, >> leaving the following in the log file: > > > > > > The system logs generally don''t contain any useful information > > > relating to Xen. You should instead look at the Xen logs - > > > /var/log/xen/* > > > > You can also get more information to debug problems by launching > with > > a console (#xm create -c <domname>). This will show you the VM > > booting, and you''ll be able to see errors such as module failures > > due to a lack of an initrd. > > > > > > Thanks Steve, any possible pointers or URLs? > > > > Thanks > > Michael > > Well here is how I built my initrd''s for an older kernel > (for what its worth): > > #mkinitrd -v -f -with=aacraid --with=sd_mod --with=scsi_mod \ > initrd-2.6.16.13-xen.img 2.6.16.13-xen > > #cp initrd-2.6.16.13-xen.img /boot > > Note that this isn''t a Xen thing so much as a general Linux thing. > Googling for initrd should help you out.Steve - Thanks for the information, I realize thats a linux thing, not a xen thing, as i used to have to create one in order to boot an old 440GX MB sometime ago. i DO however see these initrd''s in /boot: initrd-2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6xen.img initrd-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6xen.img so they are there. This may sound like a stupid question but where exactly am i using these? They are already called out in dom0''s grub.conf. Sorry, i am a little confused here.... Michael _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users