Re: [Xen-users] Xen PXE boot problem

Fajar A. Nugraha
2010-12-28T08:08:37Z

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Joe Linoff <jlinoff@tabula.com>
wrote:
> I am trying using cobbler (2.0.9-1) to PXE boot a Xen hypervisor
> (3.0.3-105) based on CentOS 5.5 (2.6.18.194.26.1.el5) on a bare-metal
> host over a network. The boot keeps failing with a "corrupted or
> invalid" kernel message.


>    # cat /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/01-<mac_address>
>    prompt 0
>    timeout 10
>    label linux
>            kernel /images/CentOS5.5-xen-x86_64/vmlinuz

a quick look indicates you''re trying to boot xen kernel on bare metal.
It won''t work.
See http://zhigang.org/files/docbook/xen-pxeboot.html#id542228
steps 4 and 7 should give you some idea on where to start.

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Fajar