Irfan Ahmed
2011-Dec-20 13:46 UTC
Error: Boot loader didn''t return any data! (ubuntu 8.2 hardy release)
I am trying to install PV guest *debian.6-0.gnome.x86.20111008* using * pygrub* and getting the *Error: Boot loader didn''t return any data!* * * I am running *ubuntu 8.2 hardy release* Kernel 2.6.24-30-xen and using xen ( *xen-3.2.1-rc1-pre).* When I run # xm create -c debian.6-0.gnome.x86.20111008.pygrub.cfg The /var/log/xen/xend.log showed the following error: -------------- [2011-12-20 08:35:49 5803] ERROR (XendDomainInfo:89) Domain construction failed Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", line 87, in create vm.start() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", line 420, in start XendTask.log_progress(31, 60, self._initDomain) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/xen/xend/XendTask.py", line 209, in log_progress retval = func(*args, **kwds) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", line 1724, in _initDomain self._configureBootloader() File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", line 2080, in _configureBootloader bootloader_args, kernel, ramdisk, args) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/xen/xend/XendBootloader.py", line 172, in bootloader raise VmError, msg VmError: Boot loader didn''t return any data! [2011-12-20 08:35:49 5803] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1913) XendDomainInfo.destroy: domid=None [2011-12-20 08:35:49 5803] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1930) XendDomainInfo.destroyDomain(None) [2011-12-20 08:35:49 5803] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1553) No device model [2011-12-20 08:35:49 5803] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1555) Releasing devices ------------------ I have also run # pygrub debian.6-0.gnome.x86.20111008.img and got the following error: ___________ debian.6-0.gnome.x86.20111008.img Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pygrub", line 653, in <module> chosencfg = run_grub(file, entry, fs) File "/usr/bin/pygrub", line 510, in run_grub g = Grub(file, fs) File "/usr/bin/pygrub", line 203, in __init__ self.read_config(file, fs) File "/usr/bin/pygrub", line 393, in read_config raise RuntimeError, "couldn''t find bootloader config file in the image provided." RuntimeError: couldn''t find bootloader config file in the image provided. -------------- any idea how to resolve it? _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Mark van Dijk
2011-Dec-20 14:01 UTC
Re: Error: Boot loader didn''t return any data! (ubuntu 8.2 hardy release)
> I am trying to install PV guest *debian.6-0.gnome.x86.20111008* using > * pygrub* and getting the *Error: Boot loader didn''t return any data!*This is what I use (pv-grub instead of pygrub): kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/pv-grub-x86_64.gz" extra = "(hd0,0)/grub/menu.lst" - Mark