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Alex Samad

2007-May-16 02:34 UTC

[Xen-users] 2.6.20-1-amd64 Xen with RHEL5 guest

Hi

I am having some problems installing a paravirt RHEL guest on a deb amd64 xen 
machine

uname -a = Linux debxen 2.6.20-1-xen-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Apr 24 22:23:22 UTC 2007 
x86_64 GNU/Linux ============== xm info =============host                   :
debxen
release                : 2.6.20-1-xen-amd64
version                : #1 SMP Tue Apr 24 22:23:22 UTC 2007
machine                : x86_64
nr_cpus                : 4
nr_nodes               : 1
sockets_per_node       : 2
cores_per_socket       : 2
threads_per_core       : 1
cpu_mhz                : 2800
hw_caps                : 
178bfbff:ebd3fbff:00000000:00000010:00002001:00000000:0000001f
total_memory           : 8191
free_memory            : 512
xen_major              : 3
xen_minor              : 0
xen_extra              : .3-1
xen_caps               : xen-3.0-x86_64 hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_32p 
hvm-3.0-x86_64
xen_pagesize           : 4096
platform_params        : virt_start=0xffff800000000000
xen_changeset          : Tue Oct 17 22:09:52 2006 +0100 cc_compiler            
: gcc version 4.1.2 20061028 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-19)
cc_compile_by          : ultrotter
cc_compile_domain      : debian.org
cc_compile_date        : Fri Nov  3 00:21:27 CET 2006
xend_config_format     : 2

=============cat rhel5-x86_64.cfg
=============#
#  Kernel + memory size
#
kernel      = ''/etc/xen/data/rhel5-x86_64/vmlinuz''
ramdisk     = ''/etc/xen/data/rhel5-x86_64/initrd.img''
memory      = ''128''

#
#  Disk device(s).
#
root        = ''/dev/sda1 ro''
disk        = [ ''phy:vglocal/rhel5-x86_64-disk,sda,w'', 
''phy:vglocal/rhel5-x86_64-swap,sdb,w'']

#
#  Hostname
#
name        = ''rhel5-x86_64''

#
#  Networking
#
dhcp        = ''dhcp''
#vif         = [ ''type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0'' ]
vif         = [ '''' ]

#
#  Behaviour
#
on_poweroff = ''destroy''
on_reboot   = ''restart''
on_crash    = ''restart''


serial = "pty"
localtime = 0
vcpus = 1



I have downloaded the RHEL 5 x86_64 cds, loop mounted disk 1, I have taken off 
the /isolinux/{initrd.img,vmlinux} and /images/xen/{initrd.img,vmlinux} files

When I boot from the /isolinux files, seems like the kernel is not
xen''ed so
will not boot. When I try and boot from the /images/xen, it boots, but it
can''t
find any block devices.  



Any idea''s hints ? is this the wrong list to be posting to ?

Alex 




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Daniel P. Berrange

2007-May-16 13:39 UTC

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Re: [Xen-users] 2.6.20-1-amd64 Xen with RHEL5 guest

On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 12:34:54PM +1000, Alex Samad
wrote:> =============> cat rhel5-x86_64.cfg
> =============> #
> #  Kernel + memory size
> #
> kernel      = ''/etc/xen/data/rhel5-x86_64/vmlinuz''
> ramdisk     = ''/etc/xen/data/rhel5-x86_64/initrd.img''
> memory      = ''128''
> 
> #
> #  Disk device(s).
> #
> root        = ''/dev/sda1 ro''
This is redundant (&wrong) when booting off the vmlinux & initrd.img
for purposes of installation. The initrd contains sets up the root
filesystem in a ramdisk for the install.
> disk        = [ ''phy:vglocal/rhel5-x86_64-disk,sda,w'', 
> ''phy:vglocal/rhel5-x86_64-swap,sdb,w'']
Better off using xvda & xvdb there
> I have downloaded the RHEL 5 x86_64 cds, loop mounted disk 1, I have taken
off
> the /isolinux/{initrd.img,vmlinux} and /images/xen/{initrd.img,vmlinux}
files
The ones in isolinux/ are for bare metal, so you always ned the /images/xen 
files for doing paravirt installs.

Regards,
Dan.
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Alex Samad

2007-May-17 04:39 UTC

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Re: [Xen-users] 2.6.20-1-amd64 Xen with RHEL5 guest

On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 02:39:15PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange
wrote:> On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 12:34:54PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote:
> > =============> > cat rhel5-x86_64.cfg
> > =============> > #
> > #  Kernel + memory size
> > #
> > kernel      = ''/etc/xen/data/rhel5-x86_64/vmlinuz''
> > ramdisk     =
''/etc/xen/data/rhel5-x86_64/initrd.img''
> > memory      = ''128''
> > 
> > #
> > #  Disk device(s).
> > #
> > root        = ''/dev/sda1 ro''
> 
> This is redundant (&wrong) when booting off the vmlinux &
initrd.img
> for purposes of installation. The initrd contains sets up the root
> filesystem in a ramdisk for the install.got rid of 
> 
> > disk        = [
''phy:vglocal/rhel5-x86_64-disk,sda,w'',
> > ''phy:vglocal/rhel5-x86_64-swap,sdb,w'']
> 
> Better off using xvda & xvdb there
I am presuming you mean change sda & sdb with xvda xvdb

tried that 

i captured this of the console during the rhel boot up
XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vbd/51712
XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vbd/51728
XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vif/0
> 
> > I have downloaded the RHEL 5 x86_64 cds, loop mounted disk 1, I have
taken off
> > the /isolinux/{initrd.img,vmlinux} and
/images/xen/{initrd.img,vmlinux} files
> 
> The ones in isolinux/ are for bare metal, so you always ned the /images/xen
> files for doing paravirt installs.
> 
> Regards,
> Dan.
> -- 
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Alex Samad

2007-May-17 06:51 UTC

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Re: [Xen-users] 2.6.20-1-amd64 Xen with RHEL5 guest

On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 02:39:00PM +1000, Alex Samad
wrote:> On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 02:39:15PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 12:34:54PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote:
> > > =============> > > cat rhel5-x86_64.cfg
> > > =============> > > #
> > > #  Kernel + memory size
> > > #
> > > kernel      =
''/etc/xen/data/rhel5-x86_64/vmlinuz''
> > > ramdisk     =
''/etc/xen/data/rhel5-x86_64/initrd.img''
> > > memory      = ''128''
> > > 
> > > #
> > > #  Disk device(s).
> > > #
> > > root        = ''/dev/sda1 ro''
> > 
> > This is redundant (&wrong) when booting off the vmlinux &
initrd.img
> > for purposes of installation. The initrd contains sets up the root
> > filesystem in a ramdisk for the install.
> got rid of 
> 
> > 
> > > disk        = [
''phy:vglocal/rhel5-x86_64-disk,sda,w'',
> > > ''phy:vglocal/rhel5-x86_64-swap,sdb,w'']
> > 
> > Better off using xvda & xvdb there
> 
> I am presuming you mean change sda & sdb with xvda xvdb
> 
> tried that 
> 
> i captured this of the console during the rhel boot up
> XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vbd/51712
> XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vbd/51728
> XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vif/0

okay made the changes to xvba & xvbb, went forward with the rhel5 install,
it
wants to partition up the drives. which I let it do in its default way - which 
means I have a /boot, pv1, pv2.
From the host machine how can I get to /boot for the vmlinux and the initrd?
I am presuming I need these to insert into my xen config file !
> 
> > 
> > > I have downloaded the RHEL 5 x86_64 cds, loop mounted disk 1, I
have taken off
> > > the /isolinux/{initrd.img,vmlinux} and
/images/xen/{initrd.img,vmlinux} files
> > 
> > The ones in isolinux/ are for bare metal, so you always ned the
/images/xen
> > files for doing paravirt installs.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Dan.
> > -- 
> > |=- Red Hat, Engineering, Emerging Technologies, Boston.  +1 978 392
2496 -=|
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Daniel P. Berrange

2007-May-17 11:20 UTC

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Re: [Xen-users] 2.6.20-1-amd64 Xen with RHEL5 guest

On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 04:51:43PM +1000, Alex Samad
wrote:> On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 02:39:00PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote:
> > On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 02:39:15PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 12:34:54PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote:
> > > > =============> > > > cat rhel5-x86_64.cfg
> > > > =============> > > > #
> > > > #  Kernel + memory size
> > > > #
> > > > kernel      =
''/etc/xen/data/rhel5-x86_64/vmlinuz''
> > > > ramdisk     =
''/etc/xen/data/rhel5-x86_64/initrd.img''
> > > > memory      = ''128''
> > > > 
> > > > #
> > > > #  Disk device(s).
> > > > #
> > > > root        = ''/dev/sda1 ro''
> > > 
> > > This is redundant (&wrong) when booting off the vmlinux &
initrd.img
> > > for purposes of installation. The initrd contains sets up the
root
> > > filesystem in a ramdisk for the install.
> > got rid of 
> > 
> > > 
> > > > disk        = [
''phy:vglocal/rhel5-x86_64-disk,sda,w'',
> > > > ''phy:vglocal/rhel5-x86_64-swap,sdb,w'']
> > > 
> > > Better off using xvda & xvdb there
> > 
> > I am presuming you mean change sda & sdb with xvda xvdb
> > 
> > tried that 
> > 
> > i captured this of the console during the rhel boot up
> > XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vbd/51712
> > XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vbd/51728
> > XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vif/0
> 
> 
> okay made the changes to xvba & xvbb, went forward with the rhel5
install, it
> wants to partition up the drives. which I let it do in its default way -
which
> means I have a /boot, pv1, pv2.
> From the host machine how can I get to /boot for the vmlinux and the
initrd?
> I am presuming I need these to insert into my xen config file !
No need. Just use pygrub bootloader. eg instead of kernel + initrd config
options, use

  bootloader=''/usr/bin/pygrub''

It will automatically look in /boot for the guest disk & extract the default
kernel & initrd. If you use ''xm create -c'' it''ll
present you the usual grub
style menu for choosing a non-default kernel.

Dan.
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Alex Samad

2007-May-17 12:40 UTC

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Re: [Xen-users] 2.6.20-1-amd64 Xen with RHEL5 guest

On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 12:20:22PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange
wrote:> On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 04:51:43PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote:
> > On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 02:39:00PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 02:39:15PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange
wrote:
> > > > On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 12:34:54PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote:
> > > > > =============> > > > > cat
rhel5-x86_64.cfg
> > > > > =============> > > > > #
> > > > > #  Kernel + memory size
> > > > > #
> > > > > kernel      =
''/etc/xen/data/rhel5-x86_64/vmlinuz''
> > > > > ramdisk     =
''/etc/xen/data/rhel5-x86_64/initrd.img''
> > > > > memory      = ''128''
> > > > > 
> > > > > #
> > > > > #  Disk device(s).
> > > > > #
> > > > > root        = ''/dev/sda1 ro''
> > > > 
> > > > This is redundant (&wrong) when booting off the vmlinux
& initrd.img
> > > > for purposes of installation. The initrd contains sets up
the root
> > > > filesystem in a ramdisk for the install.
> > > got rid of 
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > disk        = [
''phy:vglocal/rhel5-x86_64-disk,sda,w'',
> > > > >
''phy:vglocal/rhel5-x86_64-swap,sdb,w'']
> > > > 
> > > > Better off using xvda & xvdb there
> > > 
> > > I am presuming you mean change sda & sdb with xvda xvdb
> > > 
> > > tried that 
> > > 
> > > i captured this of the console during the rhel boot up
> > > XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vbd/51712
> > > XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vbd/51728
> > > XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vif/0
> > 
> > 
> > okay made the changes to xvba & xvbb, went forward with the rhel5
install, it
> > wants to partition up the drives. which I let it do in its default way
- which
> > means I have a /boot, pv1, pv2.
> > From the host machine how can I get to /boot for the vmlinux and the
initrd?
> > I am presuming I need these to insert into my xen config file !
> 
> No need. Just use pygrub bootloader. eg instead of kernel + initrd config
> options, use
> 
>   bootloader=''/usr/bin/pygrub''
This is a debian host, what package is this part of and will it look in the 
guest disks for this information ?
> 
> It will automatically look in /boot for the guest disk & extract the
default
> kernel & initrd. If you use ''xm create -c''
it''ll present you the usual grub
> style menu for choosing a non-default kernel.
> 
> Dan.
> -- 
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Daniel P. Berrange

2007-May-17 12:57 UTC

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Re: [Xen-users] 2.6.20-1-amd64 Xen with RHEL5 guest

On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 10:40:32PM +1000, Alex Samad
wrote:> On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 12:20:22PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 04:51:43PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote:
> > > okay made the changes to xvba & xvbb, went forward with the
rhel5 install, it
> > > wants to partition up the drives. which I let it do in its
default way - which
> > > means I have a /boot, pv1, pv2.
> > > From the host machine how can I get to /boot for the vmlinux and
the initrd?
> > > I am presuming I need these to insert into my xen config file !
> > 
> > No need. Just use pygrub bootloader. eg instead of kernel + initrd
config
> > options, use
> > 
> >   bootloader=''/usr/bin/pygrub''
> 
> This is a debian host, what package is this part of and will it look in the
> guest disks for this information ?
pygrub is a standard part of Xen 3.0.3 releases or later, so I''d hope
its in
one of the Debian xen packages. As I mentioned below, it looks into the guest
disk to extract the default & initrd.
> > It will automatically look in /boot for the guest disk & extract
the default
> > kernel & initrd. If you use ''xm create -c''
it''ll present you the usual grub
> > style menu for choosing a non-default kernel.
Regards,
Dan.
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Alex Samad

2007-May-18 01:30 UTC

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Re: [Xen-users] 2.6.20-1-amd64 Xen with RHEL5 guest

On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 01:57:15PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange
wrote:> On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 10:40:32PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote:
> > On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 12:20:22PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 04:51:43PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote:
> > > > okay made the changes to xvba & xvbb, went forward with
the rhel5 install, it
> > > > wants to partition up the drives. which I let it do in its
default way - which
> > > > means I have a /boot, pv1, pv2.
> > > > From the host machine how can I get to /boot for the vmlinux
and the initrd?
> > > > I am presuming I need these to insert into my xen config
file !
> > > 
> > > No need. Just use pygrub bootloader. eg instead of kernel +
initrd config
> > > options, use
> > > 
> > >   bootloader=''/usr/bin/pygrub''
> > 
> > This is a debian host, what package is this part of and will it look
in the
> > guest disks for this information ?
> 
> pygrub is a standard part of Xen 3.0.3 releases or later, so I''d
hope its in
> one of the Debian xen packages. As I mentioned below, it looks into the
guest
> disk to extract the default & initrd.great I wil track it down

> 
> > > It will automatically look in /boot for the guest disk &
extract the default
> > > kernel & initrd. If you use ''xm create -c''
it''ll present you the usual grub
> > > style menu for choosing a non-default kernel.
> 
> Regards,
> Dan.
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2007-May-18 01:51 UTC

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Re: [Xen-users] 2.6.20-1-amd64 Xen with RHEL5 guest

On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 11:30:15AM +1000, Alex Samad
wrote:> On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 01:57:15PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 10:40:32PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 12:20:22PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange
wrote:
> > > > On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 04:51:43PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote:
> > > > > okay made the changes to xvba & xvbb, went forward
with the rhel5 install, it
> > > > > wants to partition up the drives. which I let it do in
its default way - which
> > > > > means I have a /boot, pv1, pv2.
> > > > > From the host machine how can I get to /boot for the
vmlinux and the initrd?
> > > > > I am presuming I need these to insert into my xen
config file !
> > > > 
> > > > No need. Just use pygrub bootloader. eg instead of kernel +
initrd config
> > > > options, use
> > > > 
> > > >   bootloader=''/usr/bin/pygrub''
> > > 
> > > This is a debian host, what package is this part of and will it
look in the
> > > guest disks for this information ?
> > 
> > pygrub is a standard part of Xen 3.0.3 releases or later, so
I''d hope its in
> > one of the Debian xen packages. As I mentioned below, it looks into
the guest
> > disk to extract the default & initrd.
> great I wil track it downOkay I have a working rhel5 guest in a debian host.  found pygrub, but it seems 
to be broken, will look into it.

Thanks for your help


> 
> 
> > 
> > > > It will automatically look in /boot for the guest disk &
extract the default
> > > > kernel & initrd. If you use ''xm create
-c'' it''ll present you the usual grub
> > > > style menu for choosing a non-default kernel.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Dan.
> > -- 
> > |=- Red Hat, Engineering, Emerging Technologies, Boston.  +1 978 392
2496 -=|
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