Xen users - Feb 2008 - problem installing xen kernel on Debian etch

I am currently running kernel 2.6.18-6-686 on Debian Etch 40r3. I am  
trying to install xen on it. I tried installing linux-image-2.6.18-6- 
xen-686, but when I restarted, it doesn''t boot instead shows a kernel  
panic.

I ran #apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-6-xen-686
and changed /boot/grub/menu.lst file to point to current xen kernel.

While rebooting it showed kernel panic and never boots with the new  
xen kernel.

Has anyone problem similar to it?

Thanks,
gorkhe

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> 
> I am currently running kernel 2.6.18-6-686 on Debian Etch 40r3. I am
> trying to install xen on it. I tried installing
linux-image-2.6.18-6-xen-
> 686, but when I restarted, it doesn''t boot instead shows a kernel
panic.
> 
> I ran #apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-6-xen-686
> and changed /boot/grub/menu.lst file to point to current xen kernel.
> 
> While rebooting it showed kernel panic and never boots with the new
xen
> kernel.
> 
It might help if you post the results of the kernel panic, and the
contents of your menu.lst.

I suspect you haven''t specified a Xen hypervisor in your menu.lst. The
Xen entry should look like:

title           Xen 3.1-1-amd64 / Debian GNU/Linux, kernel
2.6.18-6-xen-amd64
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /xen-3.1-1-amd64.gz dom0_mem=524288
module          /vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-xen-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/vg00-root
ro console=tty0
module          /initrd.img-2.6.18-6-xen-amd64
savedefault

update-grub will generate it correctly if you have installed a
hypervisor.

James


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On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 7:19 AM, James Harper
<james.harper@bendigoit.com.au> wrote:
> >
>  > I am currently running kernel 2.6.18-6-686 on Debian Etch 40r3. I am
>  > trying to install xen on it. I tried installing
>  linux-image-2.6.18-6-xen-
>  > 686, but when I restarted, it doesn''t boot instead shows a
kernel
>  panic.
>  >
>  > I ran #apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-6-xen-686
>  > and changed /boot/grub/menu.lst file to point to current xen kernel.
>  >
>  > While rebooting it showed kernel panic and never boots with the new
>  xen
>  > kernel.
>  >
>
>  It might help if you post the results of the kernel panic, and the
>  contents of your menu.lst.
>
>  I suspect you haven''t specified a Xen hypervisor in your
menu.lst. The
>  Xen entry should look like:
>
>  title           Xen 3.1-1-amd64 / Debian GNU/Linux, kernel
>  2.6.18-6-xen-amd64
>  root            (hd0,0)
>  kernel          /xen-3.1-1-amd64.gz dom0_mem=524288
>  module          /vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-xen-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/vg00-root
>  ro console=tty0
>  module          /initrd.img-2.6.18-6-xen-amd64
>  savedefault
>
>  update-grub will generate it correctly if you have installed a
>  hypervisor.
I''m having the same problem, so now I''m trying to install xen
from
sources. Looking at James answer, I need to ask about amd64 kernel
version, because I have this architecture and I would like to use HVM.
Did you install this kernel from packages or compiled yourself? I''m
still trying without success to start using xen on my debian amd64
(stable version). When I try to compile xen I''m getting the following
error

ejg@amd64x2:/usr/src/xen/xen-3.2-testing.hg$ make dist
make -C xen install
make[1]: se ingresa al directorio `/usr/src/xen/xen-3.2-testing.hg/xen''
make -f Rules.mk _install
make[2]: se ingresa al directorio `/usr/src/xen/xen-3.2-testing.hg/xen''
make -C include/public/foreign
make[3]: se ingresa al directorio
`/usr/src/xen/xen-3.2-testing.hg/xen/include/public/foreign''
gcc -Wall -Werror -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
-fno-strict-aliasing -m64 -Wdeclaration-after-statement -o checker
checker.c
/usr/bin/ld: saltando el /usr/bin/../lib/libc.so incompatible mientras
se buscaba -lc
/usr/bin/ld: saltando el /usr/bin/../lib/libc.a incompatible mientras
se buscaba -lc
/usr/bin/ld: saltando el /usr/lib/libc.so incompatible mientras se buscaba -lc
/usr/bin/ld: saltando el /usr/lib/libc.a incompatible mientras se buscaba -lc
/usr/bin/ld: no se puede encontrar -lc
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [checker] Error 1
make[3]: se sale del directorio
`/usr/src/xen/xen-3.2-testing.hg/xen/include/public/foreign''
make[2]: *** [build-headers] Error 2
make[2]: se sale del directorio `/usr/src/xen/xen-3.2-testing.hg/xen''
make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
make[1]: se sale del directorio `/usr/src/xen/xen-3.2-testing.hg/xen''
make: *** [install-xen] Error 2

Any help would be appreciated,

regards

--
edu gargiulo

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