Hi. I installed Xen 3.1.0 from the sources and I compiled the xen0 kernel with the commands: make clean make linux-2.6-xen0-config CONFIGMODE=menuconfig KERNELS="linux-2.6-xen0" make linux-2.6-xen0-build make linux-2.6-xen0-install depmod 2.6.18-xen0 update-grub When I boot the server choosing the "2.6.18-xen0" kernel I get this error: Root-VFS: No NFS server available, giving up. VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy. VFS: Insert root floppy and press ENTER And the server doesn''t boot. If I boot with the "2.6.18-xen" kernel created with the "make world" and "make install" commands I have no problems. What''s the problem? Thank you very much!! Bye. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Amos Shapira
2007-Nov-07 00:45 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] VFS: insert root floppy and press ENTER
On 06/11/2007, shacky <shacky83@gmail.com> wrote:> > Hi. > > I installed Xen 3.1.0 from the sources and I compiled the xen0 kernel > with the commands: > > make clean > make linux-2.6-xen0-config CONFIGMODE=menuconfig KERNELS="linux-2.6-xen0" > make linux-2.6-xen0-build > make linux-2.6-xen0-install > depmod 2.6.18-xen0 > update-grub > > When I boot the server choosing the "2.6.18-xen0" kernel I get this error: > > Root-VFS: No NFS server available, giving up. > VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy. > VFS: Insert root floppy and press ENTER > > And the server doesn''t boot. If I boot with the "2.6.18-xen" kernel > created with the "make world" and "make install" commands I have no > problems. > > What''s the problem?The kernel doesn''t find the root file system. Is your root file system on NFS? Do you specify it on the kernel''s command line? Generally I''d start by comparing the kernel command line parameters in grub''s menu.lst Also - the mentioning of "update-grub" makes me suspect that this is a Debian system, if so then I''d recommend using kernel-package to build a "proper" debian package for the kernel. Cheers, --Amos _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> The kernel doesn''t find the root file system. > Is your root file system on NFS? > Do you specify it on the kernel''s command line?No, my root file system is on a ext3 partition...> Also - the mentioning of "update-grub" makes me suspect that this is a > Debian system, if so then I''d recommend using kernel-package to build a > "proper" debian package for the kernel.Yes, I''m on a Debian system. I follower a great howto on howtoforge.com. How I can use kernel-package to compile the xen0 and xenU kernels? _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users