Hi, I build Xen 4.1.1 on a Gentoo base dom0. Everything is working great. I tried one of Joseph Glanville''s PV-HVM image (debian6) and its working as it should. Now l''im trying to build a Gentoo based domU with then same specs as Joseph''s PV-HVM. I used a copy of the .cfg and adapted to my needs to make the gentoo work. when booting the minimal install image using the iso, it starts loading the CD and then when trying to mount the cd-rom it dosent see it . here is a copy of the .cfg i used: kernel = ''hvmloader'' builder = ''hvm'' memory = 4096 vcpus = 4 name = "vm-vps3" vif = [ ''bridge=virbr0'' ] disk = [''phy:/dev/vgPool1/VM-VPS3,hda,w'', ''file:/mnt/iso-images/gentoo/amd64/install-amd64-minimal-20120223.iso,hdc:cdrom''] acpi = 1 boot = ''d'' sdl = 0 serial = ''pty'' xen_platform_pci = 1 vnc = 1 vncpasswd = ''password'' vnclisten = ''localhost'' vncdisplay = ''343'' I tried with xen_platform_pci set to 0 but the just hangs to boot procedure when loading the sata_piix module. any ideas on this ? Thanks, J-F _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
On 4 April 2012 17:00, Jean-Francois Couture <jfcouture@visionordi.com> wrote:> Hi, > > I build Xen 4.1.1 on a Gentoo base dom0. Everything is working great. I > tried one of Joseph Glanville's PV-HVM image (debian6) and its working as it > should. > > Now l'im trying to build a Gentoo based domU with then same specs as > Joseph's PV-HVM. > > I used a copy of the .cfg and adapted to my needs to make the gentoo work. > > when booting the minimal install image using the iso, it starts loading the > CD and then when trying to mount the cd-rom it dosent see it .[...]> > any ideas on this ? > > Thanks,Hi! why, don't you use the chroot installation method instead of the cdrom? It's more straightforward. -- Flavio _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Unable to boot installation ISO From: Flavio <fbcyborg@gmail.com> Date: Wed, April 04, 2012 11:08 am To: Jean-Francois Couture <jfcouture@visionordi.com> Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com On 4 April 2012 17:00, Jean-Francois Couture <jfcouture@visionordi.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I build Xen 4.1.1 on a Gentoo base dom0. Everything is working great. I > tried one of Joseph Glanville''s PV-HVM image (debian6) and its working as it > should. > > Now l''im trying to build a Gentoo based domU with then same specs as > Joseph''s PV-HVM. > > I used a copy of the .cfg and adapted to my needs to make the gentoo work. > > when booting the minimal install image using the iso, it starts loading the > CD and then when trying to mount the cd-rom it dosent see it . [...] > > any ideas on this ? > > Thanks, Hi! why, don''t you use the chroot installation method instead of the cdrom? It''s more straightforward. -- Flavio because I need a OS to boot on to make the chroot. When the miimal is booted, then i make the install in a choot environnement ;) _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
On 4 April 2012 17:20, Jean-Francois Couture <jfcouture@visionordi.com> wrote:> because I need a OS to boot on to make the chroot. When the miimal is > booted, then i make the install in a choot environnement ;)Excuse me, but I also have XEN installed on my Gentoo Linux, and what I do to setup a Gentoo domU, is to create the .img file using dd, and format it. Then I can mount such .img file in loop and perform the chroot after uncompressing the stage3 tarball. No need to use the cd-rom or the cd-rom ISO at all. I think that if you have XEN dom0 running you can do the chroot into the loop file/device. Or maybe I didn''t understand correctly what''s your problem. If so, please excuse me. Cheers, -- Flavio
Hi, I have had a similar problem, and as yet have not had a chance to take the screenshot as was requested earlier(maybe this weekend I can get to it.) My solution, until it can be figured out what needs to be changed so the gentoo minimal cd will boot, is that I used an ubuntu cd. I am writing up instructions on this approach, but might be several days or weeks before I release it(my first attempt at technical documentation.) Basic steps: Select other install media. Load the ubuntu iso or cd. Format the target drive. Copy down the gentoo stage3 and portage archives to the target drive. Extract packages, per install instructions. Chroot as normal and continue with the install instructions. Hope this helps. But I am not using a gentoo dom0, using xcp 1.5, so there are differences. John> Hi, > I build Xen 4.1.1 on a Gentoo base dom0. Everything is working great. I > tried one of Joseph Glanville''s PV-HVM image (debian6) and its working > as it should. > Now l''im trying to build a Gentoo based domU with then same specs as > Joseph''s PV-HVM. > I used a copy of the .cfg and adapted to my needs to make the gentoo work. > when booting the minimal install image using the iso, it starts loading > the CD and then when trying to mount the cd-rom it dosent see it . > here is a copy of the .cfg i used: > kernel = ''hvmloader'' > builder = ''hvm'' > memory = 4096 > vcpus = 4 > name = "vm-vps3" > vif = [ ''bridge=virbr0'' ] > disk = [''phy:/dev/vgPool1/VM-VPS3,hda,w'', > ''file:/mnt/iso-images/gentoo/amd64/install-amd64-minimal-20120223.iso,hdc:cdrom''] > acpi = 1 > boot = ''d'' > sdl = 0 > serial = ''pty'' > xen_platform_pci = 1 > vnc = 1 > vncpasswd = ''password'' > vnclisten = ''localhost'' > vncdisplay = ''343'' > I tried with xen_platform_pci set to 0 but the just hangs to boot > procedure when loading the sata_piix module. > any ideas on this ? > Thanks, > J-F > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xen.org > http://lists.xen.org/xen-users-- John F. Acree ideacode, Inc. www.ideacode.com / (main) +1 919 341 5170 / (fax) +1 919 521 4100 CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF GREAT SOFTWARE! _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
Ok, to make a follow up on my original email, I tried linux rescue CD (systemrecue cd) and it booted. I saw that it dosent (or dosent appear to) support native Xen frontend driver so sees the cdrom in HVM. the gentoo seems to support native xen drivers (when booting, I can see the disk with xvda : xvda1, xvda2, etc) maybe the ISO dosent support a native xen cdrom driver (if there is one) ? J-F -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Unable to boot installation ISO From: "John F. Acree" <john@ideacode.com> Date: Wed, April 04, 2012 11:40 am To: xen-users@lists.xen.org Hi, I have had a similar problem, and as yet have not had a chance to take the screenshot as was requested earlier(maybe this weekend I can get to it.) My solution, until it can be figured out what needs to be changed so the gentoo minimal cd will boot, is that I used an ubuntu cd. I am writing up instructions on this approach, but might be several days or weeks before I release it(my first attempt at technical documentation.) Basic steps: Select other install media. Load the ubuntu iso or cd. Format the target drive. Copy down the gentoo stage3 and portage archives to the target drive. Extract packages, per install instructions. Chroot as normal and continue with the install instructions. Hope this helps. But I am not using a gentoo dom0, using xcp 1.5, so there are differences. John > Hi, > I build Xen 4.1.1 on a Gentoo base dom0. Everything is working great. I > tried one of Joseph Glanville''s PV-HVM image (debian6) and its working > as it should. > Now l''im trying to build a Gentoo based domU with then same specs as > Joseph''s PV-HVM. > I used a copy of the .cfg and adapted to my needs to make the gentoo work. > when booting the minimal install image using the iso, it starts loading > the CD and then when trying to mount the cd-rom it dosent see it . > here is a copy of the .cfg i used: > kernel = ''hvmloader'' > builder = ''hvm'' > memory = 4096 > vcpus = 4 > name = "vm-vps3" > vif = [ ''bridge=virbr0'' ] > disk = [''phy:/dev/vgPool1/VM-VPS3,hda,w'', > ''file:/mnt/iso-images/gentoo/amd64/install-amd64-minimal-20120223.iso,hdc:cdrom''] > acpi = 1 > boot = ''d'' > sdl = 0 > serial = ''pty'' > xen_platform_pci = 1 > vnc = 1 > vncpasswd = ''password'' > vnclisten = ''localhost'' > vncdisplay = ''343'' > I tried with xen_platform_pci set to 0 but the just hangs to boot > procedure when loading the sata_piix module. > any ideas on this ? > Thanks, > J-F > > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xen.org > http://lists.xen.org/xen-users -- John F. Acree ideacode, Inc. www.ideacode.com / (main) +1 919 341 5170 / (fax) +1 919 521 4100 CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF GREAT SOFTWARE! _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
The gentoo minimal cd worked fine for me with xcp1.1, which I think is running the xen-3 series. It was only on xcp1.5 that I ran into problems getting it to be bootable, which I think runs the xen-4 series. I have no idea what the difference is between the two. But as soon as I get the chance I will take a screenshot of the boot process when it fails, and include the vm-param-list output for that vm. Maybe something has changed in the way the cdrom is handled or reported? John> Ok, to make a follow up on my original email, I tried linux rescue CD > (systemrecue cd) and it booted. I saw that it dosent (or dosent appear > to) support native Xen frontend driver so sees the cdrom in HVM. > the gentoo seems to support native xen drivers (when booting, I can see > the disk with xvda : xvda1, xvda2, etc) > maybe the ISO dosent support a native xen cdrom driver (if there is one) ? > J-F > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Unable to boot installation ISO > From: "John F. Acree" <john@ideacode.com <mailto:john@ideacode.com>> > Date: Wed, April 04, 2012 11:40 am > To: xen-users@lists.xen.org <mailto:xen-users@lists.xen.org> > > Hi, > > I have had a similar problem, and as yet have not had a chance to take > the screenshot as was requested earlier(maybe this weekend I can get > to it.) > > My solution, until it can be figured out what needs to be changed so > the > gentoo minimal cd will boot, is that I used an ubuntu cd. > > I am writing up instructions on this approach, but might be several > days > or weeks before I release it(my first attempt at technical > documentation.) > > Basic steps: > Select other install media. > Load the ubuntu iso or cd. > Format the target drive. > Copy down the gentoo stage3 and portage archives to the target drive. > Extract packages, per install instructions. > Chroot as normal and continue with the install instructions. > > Hope this helps. But I am not using a gentoo dom0, using xcp 1.5, so > there are differences. > > John > > > Hi, > > I build Xen 4.1.1 on a Gentoo base dom0. Everything is working > great. I > > tried one of Joseph Glanville''s PV-HVM image (debian6) and its working > > as it should. > > Now l''im trying to build a Gentoo based domU with then same specs as > > Joseph''s PV-HVM. > > I used a copy of the .cfg and adapted to my needs to make the > gentoo work. > > when booting the minimal install image using the iso, it starts > loading > > the CD and then when trying to mount the cd-rom it dosent see it . > > here is a copy of the .cfg i used: > > kernel = ''hvmloader'' > > builder = ''hvm'' > > memory = 4096 > > vcpus = 4 > > name = "vm-vps3" > > vif = [ ''bridge=virbr0'' ] > > disk = [''phy:/dev/vgPool1/VM-VPS3,hda,w'', > > > ''file:/mnt/iso-images/gentoo/amd64/install-amd64-minimal-20120223.iso,hdc:cdrom''] > > acpi = 1 > > boot = ''d'' > > sdl = 0 > > serial = ''pty'' > > xen_platform_pci = 1 > > vnc = 1 > > vncpasswd = ''password'' > > vnclisten = ''localhost'' > > vncdisplay = ''343'' > > I tried with xen_platform_pci set to 0 but the just hangs to boot > > procedure when loading the sata_piix module. > > any ideas on this ? > > Thanks, > > J-F > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-users mailing list > > Xen-users@lists.xen.org <mailto:Xen-users@lists.xen.org> > > http://lists.xen.org/xen-users > > > -- > John F. Acree > ideacode, Inc. > www.ideacode.com <http://www.ideacode.com> / (main) +1 919 341 5170 > / (fax) +1 919 521 4100 > > CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF GREAT SOFTWARE! > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xen.org <mailto:Xen-users@lists.xen.org> > http://lists.xen.org/xen-users-- John F. Acree ideacode, Inc. www.ideacode.com / (main) +1 919 341 5170 / (fax) +1 919 521 4100 CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF GREAT SOFTWARE! _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
I have a update but its looking weird as I move forward :-/ Here are the results: booting : gentoo-minimal-instal x86, SystemRescueCD i386 kernel NOT booting : gentoo-minimal-instal amd64, SystemRescueCD amd64 kernel the problem seem to be in the x64 versions. but I cannot boot a x86 version as my Gentoo versions are x64. anyone got a 64 bits version linux CD that can boot on Xen 4.1 ? J-F -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Unable to boot installation ISO From: "John F. Acree" <john@ideacode.com> Date: Wed, April 04, 2012 11:57 am To: xen-users@lists.xen.org The gentoo minimal cd worked fine for me with xcp1.1, which I think is running the xen-3 series. It was only on xcp1.5 that I ran into problems getting it to be bootable, which I think runs the xen-4 series. I have no idea what the difference is between the two. But as soon as I get the chance I will take a screenshot of the boot process when it fails, and include the vm-param-list output for that vm. Maybe something has changed in the way the cdrom is handled or reported? John > Ok, to make a follow up on my original email, I tried linux rescue CD > (systemrecue cd) and it booted. I saw that it dosent (or dosent appear > to) support native Xen frontend driver so sees the cdrom in HVM. > the gentoo seems to support native xen drivers (when booting, I can see > the disk with xvda : xvda1, xvda2, etc) > maybe the ISO dosent support a native xen cdrom driver (if there is one) ? > J-F > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Unable to boot installation ISO > From: "John F. Acree" <john@ideacode.com ><mailto:john@ideacode.com>> > Date: Wed, April 04, 2012 11:40 am > To: xen-users@lists.xen.org <mailto:xen-users@lists.xen.org> > > Hi, > > I have had a similar problem, and as yet have not had a chance to take > the screenshot as was requested earlier(maybe this weekend I can get > to it.) > > My solution, until it can be figured out what needs to be changed so > the > gentoo minimal cd will boot, is that I used an ubuntu cd. > > I am writing up instructions on this approach, but might be several > days > or weeks before I release it(my first attempt at technical > documentation.) > > Basic steps: > Select other install media. > Load the ubuntu iso or cd. > Format the target drive. > Copy down the gentoo stage3 and portage archives to the target drive. > Extract packages, per install instructions. > Chroot as normal and continue with the install instructions. > > Hope this helps. But I am not using a gentoo dom0, using xcp 1.5, so > there are differences. > > John > > > Hi, > > I build Xen 4.1.1 on a Gentoo base dom0. Everything is working > great. I > > tried one of Joseph Glanville''s PV-HVM image (debian6) and its working > > as it should. > > Now l''im trying to build a Gentoo based domU with then same specs as > > Joseph''s PV-HVM. > > I used a copy of the .cfg and adapted to my needs to make the > gentoo work. > > when booting the minimal install image using the iso, it starts > loading > > the CD and then when trying to mount the cd-rom it dosent see it . > > here is a copy of the .cfg i used: > > kernel = ''hvmloader'' > > builder = ''hvm'' > > memory = 4096 > > vcpus = 4 > > name = "vm-vps3" > > vif = [ ''bridge=virbr0'' ] > > disk = [''phy:/dev/vgPool1/VM-VPS3,hda,w'', > > > ''file:/mnt/iso-images/gentoo/amd64/install-amd64-minimal-20120223.iso,hdc:cdrom''] > > acpi = 1 > > boot = ''d'' > > sdl = 0 > > serial = ''pty'' > > xen_platform_pci = 1 > > vnc = 1 > > vncpasswd = ''password'' > > vnclisten = ''localhost'' > > vncdisplay = ''343'' > > I tried with xen_platform_pci set to 0 but the just hangs to boot > > procedure when loading the sata_piix module. > > any ideas on this ? > > Thanks, > > J-F > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xen-users mailing list > > Xen-users@lists.xen.org <mailto:Xen-users@lists.xen.org> > > http://lists.xen.org/xen-users > > > -- > John F. Acree > ideacode, Inc. > www.ideacode.com <http://www.ideacode.com> / (main) +1 919 341 5170 > / (fax) +1 919 521 4100 > > CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF GREAT SOFTWARE! > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xen.org <mailto:Xen-users@lists.xen.org> > http://lists.xen.org/xen-users -- John F. Acree ideacode, Inc. www.ideacode.com / (main) +1 919 341 5170 / (fax) +1 919 521 4100 CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF GREAT SOFTWARE! _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
OK, this is the test I've just done for you. dom0: 3.3.0-gentoo kernel x86_64 app-emulation/xen-4.1.2 app-emulation/xen-tools-4.1.2-r2 domU installation: ISO image: install-amd64-minimal-20120216.iso I see you used a physical device. It should not be different. I create the filesystem image using dd: dd if=/dev/zero of=gentoo.img bs=1024k count=1 seek=15360 So, now I have three files in my domU directory: gentoo.cfg gentoo.img install-amd64-minimal-20120216.iso And this is the content of gentoo.cfg: kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" builder='hvm' memory = 1024 shadow_memory = 8 name = "gentoo" vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:00:00:02, bridge=xenbr0' ] acpi = 1 apic = 1 disk = [ 'file:/path/to/gentoo.img,hda,w', 'file:/path/to/install-amd64-minimal-20120216.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ] boot="dc" sdl=0 vnc=1 vncconsole=1 vncpasswd='' stdvga=1 videoram=16 keymap="it" serial='pty' usbdevice='tablet' Then I do xl create gentoo.cfg xl vncviewer gentoo (in this case vnc crashes - I didn't understand why yet - and I have to re-run xl vncviewer gentoo) and I can access to the minimal live gentoo and proceed with the domU installation Cheers, Flavio On 4 April 2012 17:57, John F. Acree <john@ideacode.com> wrote:> The gentoo minimal cd worked fine for me with xcp1.1, which I think is > running the xen-3 series. It was only on xcp1.5 that I ran into problems > getting it to be bootable, which I think runs the xen-4 series. > > I have no idea what the difference is between the two. But as soon as I get > the chance I will take a screenshot of the boot process when it fails, and > include the vm-param-list output for that vm. > > Maybe something has changed in the way the cdrom is handled or reported? > > John > >> Ok, to make a follow up on my original email, I tried linux rescue CD >> (systemrecue cd) and it booted. I saw that it dosent (or dosent appear >> to) support native Xen frontend driver so sees the cdrom in HVM. >> the gentoo seems to support native xen drivers (when booting, I can see >> the disk with xvda : xvda1, xvda2, etc) >> maybe the ISO dosent support a native xen cdrom driver (if there is one) ? >> J-F >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Unable to boot installation ISO >> From: "John F. Acree" <john@ideacode.com <mailto:john@ideacode.com>> >> Date: Wed, April 04, 2012 11:40 am >> To: xen-users@lists.xen.org <mailto:xen-users@lists.xen.org> >> >> Hi, >> >> I have had a similar problem, and as yet have not had a chance to take >> the screenshot as was requested earlier(maybe this weekend I can get >> to it.) >> >> My solution, until it can be figured out what needs to be changed so >> the >> gentoo minimal cd will boot, is that I used an ubuntu cd. >> >> I am writing up instructions on this approach, but might be several >> days >> or weeks before I release it(my first attempt at technical >> documentation.) >> >> Basic steps: >> Select other install media. >> Load the ubuntu iso or cd. >> Format the target drive. >> Copy down the gentoo stage3 and portage archives to the target drive. >> Extract packages, per install instructions. >> Chroot as normal and continue with the install instructions. >> >> Hope this helps. But I am not using a gentoo dom0, using xcp 1.5, so >> there are differences. >> >> John >> >> > Hi, >> > I build Xen 4.1.1 on a Gentoo base dom0. Everything is working >> great. I >> > tried one of Joseph Glanville's PV-HVM image (debian6) and its >> working >> > as it should. >> > Now l'im trying to build a Gentoo based domU with then same specs as >> > Joseph's PV-HVM. >> > I used a copy of the .cfg and adapted to my needs to make the >> gentoo work. >> > when booting the minimal install image using the iso, it starts >> loading >> > the CD and then when trying to mount the cd-rom it dosent see it . >> > here is a copy of the .cfg i used: >> > kernel = 'hvmloader' >> > builder = 'hvm' >> > memory = 4096 >> > vcpus = 4 >> > name = "vm-vps3" >> > vif = [ 'bridge=virbr0' ] >> > disk = ['phy:/dev/vgPool1/VM-VPS3,hda,w', >> > >> >> 'file:/mnt/iso-images/gentoo/amd64/install-amd64-minimal-20120223.iso,hdc:cdrom'] >> > acpi = 1 >> > boot = 'd' >> > sdl = 0 >> > serial = 'pty' >> > xen_platform_pci = 1 >> > vnc = 1 >> > vncpasswd = 'password' >> > vnclisten = 'localhost' >> > vncdisplay = '343' >> > I tried with xen_platform_pci set to 0 but the just hangs to boot >> > procedure when loading the sata_piix module. >> > any ideas on this ? >> > Thanks, >> > J-F_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
I did a update from xen-4.1.1 to xen4.1.2 and it works now. the only thing that dosend work is the ''keymap="cf"'' (mapped to my type of keyboard) I get this message : libxl: error: libxl_device.c:470:libxl__wait_for_device_model Device Model not ready xl: fatal error: libxl_create.c:535, rc=-1: libxl__confirm_device_model_startup and fail to start. but thats minor compared to what I had ;-) Thanks Flavio and John for your help. :) J-F -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Unable to boot installation ISO From: Flavio <fbcyborg@gmail.com> Date: Wed, April 04, 2012 12:49 pm To: john@ideacode.com Cc: xen-users@lists.xen.org OK, this is the test I''ve just done for you. dom0: 3.3.0-gentoo kernel x86_64 app-emulation/xen-4.1.2 app-emulation/xen-tools-4.1.2-r2 domU installation: ISO image: install-amd64-minimal-20120216.iso I see you used a physical device. It should not be different. I create the filesystem image using dd: dd if=/dev/zero of=gentoo.img bs=1024k count=1 seek=15360 So, now I have three files in my domU directory: gentoo.cfg gentoo.img install-amd64-minimal-20120216.iso And this is the content of gentoo.cfg: kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" builder=''hvm'' memory = 1024 shadow_memory = 8 name = "gentoo" vif = [ ''type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:00:00:02, bridge=xenbr0'' ] acpi = 1 apic = 1 disk = [ ''file:/path/to/gentoo.img,hda,w'', ''file:/path/to/install-amd64-minimal-20120216.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'' ] boot="dc" sdl=0 vnc=1 vncconsole=1 vncpasswd='''' stdvga=1 videoram=16 keymap="it" serial=''pty'' usbdevice=''tablet'' Then I do xl create gentoo.cfg xl vncviewer gentoo (in this case vnc crashes - I didn''t understand why yet - and I have to re-run xl vncviewer gentoo) and I can access to the minimal live gentoo and proceed with the domU installation Cheers, Flavio On 4 April 2012 17:57, John F. Acree <john@ideacode.com> wrote: > The gentoo minimal cd worked fine for me with xcp1.1, which I think is > running the xen-3 series. It was only on xcp1.5 that I ran into problems > getting it to be bootable, which I think runs the xen-4 series. > > I have no idea what the difference is between the two. But as soon as I get > the chance I will take a screenshot of the boot process when it fails, and > include the vm-param-list output for that vm. > > Maybe something has changed in the way the cdrom is handled or reported? > > John > >> Ok, to make a follow up on my original email, I tried linux rescue CD >> (systemrecue cd) and it booted. I saw that it dosent (or dosent appear >> to) support native Xen frontend driver so sees the cdrom in HVM. >> the gentoo seems to support native xen drivers (when booting, I can see >> the disk with xvda : xvda1, xvda2, etc) >> maybe the ISO dosent support a native xen cdrom driver (if there is one) ? >> J-F >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Unable to boot installation ISO >> From: "John F. Acree" <john@ideacode.com ><mailto:john@ideacode.com>> >> Date: Wed, April 04, 2012 11:40 am >> To: xen-users@lists.xen.org <mailto:xen-users@lists.xen.org> >> >> Hi, >> >> I have had a similar problem, and as yet have not had a chance to take >> the screenshot as was requested earlier(maybe this weekend I can get >> to it.) >> >> My solution, until it can be figured out what needs to be changed so >> the >> gentoo minimal cd will boot, is that I used an ubuntu cd. >> >> I am writing up instructions on this approach, but might be several >> days >> or weeks before I release it(my first attempt at technical >> documentation.) >> >> Basic steps: >> Select other install media. >> Load the ubuntu iso or cd. >> Format the target drive. >> Copy down the gentoo stage3 and portage archives to the target drive. >> Extract packages, per install instructions. >> Chroot as normal and continue with the install instructions. >> >> Hope this helps. But I am not using a gentoo dom0, using xcp 1.5, so >> there are differences. >> >> John >> >> > Hi, >> > I build Xen 4.1.1 on a Gentoo base dom0. Everything is working >> great. I >> > tried one of Joseph Glanville''s PV-HVM image (debian6) and its >> working >> > as it should. >> > Now l''im trying to build a Gentoo based domU with then same specs as >> > Joseph''s PV-HVM. >> > I used a copy of the .cfg and adapted to my needs to make the >> gentoo work. >> > when booting the minimal install image using the iso, it starts >> loading >> > the CD and then when trying to mount the cd-rom it dosent see it . >> > here is a copy of the .cfg i used: >> > kernel = ''hvmloader'' >> > builder = ''hvm'' >> > memory = 4096 >> > vcpus = 4 >> > name = "vm-vps3" >> > vif = [ ''bridge=virbr0'' ] >> > disk = [''phy:/dev/vgPool1/VM-VPS3,hda,w'', >> > >> >> ''file:/mnt/iso-images/gentoo/amd64/install-amd64-minimal-20120223.iso,hdc:cdrom''] >> > acpi = 1 >> > boot = ''d'' >> > sdl = 0 >> > serial = ''pty'' >> > xen_platform_pci = 1 >> > vnc = 1 >> > vncpasswd = ''password'' >> > vnclisten = ''localhost'' >> > vncdisplay = ''343'' >> > I tried with xen_platform_pci set to 0 but the just hangs to boot >> > procedure when loading the sata_piix module. >> > any ideas on this ? >> > Thanks, >> > J-F _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
On 4 April 2012 19:52, Jean-Francois Couture <jfcouture@visionordi.com> wrote:> I did a update from xen-4.1.1 to xen4.1.2 and it works now. > > the only thing that dosend work is the 'keymap="cf"' (mapped to my type of > keyboard) > > I get this message : > > libxl: error: libxl_device.c:470:libxl__wait_for_device_model Device Model > not ready > xl: fatal error: libxl_create.c:535, rc=-1: > libxl__confirm_device_model_startup > > and fail to start. but thats minor compared to what I had ;-) > > Thanks Flavio and John for your help. :)You're welcome. Glad to help you. For the keyboard problem, I've seen the libxl error sometime. Check that the xen-gntdev and xen-gntalloc modules are loaded. But I'm not sure they are the culprits. Bye! -- Flavio _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users