I am attempting to install a Xen solution on an IBM X3400. The raid card is the IBM M1015 which is based on the LSI 9220-8I. I followed the directions on the tutorial called "RHEL6 Xen4 Tutorial" at http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/RHEL6_Xen4_Tutorial . When I attempt to boot the kernel the computer freezes. I don''t get any errors or anything helpful. I have also attempted to boot the Linux kernel I compiled to use with Xen on its own and it behaves the same way. I surmise that there is something wrong with how I configured the kernel. Assuming this is the problem I can''t verify for sure if the Xen image is functional or not. I am at a loss as to where to go from here. I''m thinking a different kernel maybe or perhaps I have a mistake I just can''t see. Can someone offer some insight. I am including the grub.conf as a start reference. I can upload any other information needed. The Xen entry is the second last while the last entry in the Linux kernel on its own. Note this is an UEFI boot and the grub.conf is located in /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grub.conf while the os images are in /boot . ----grub.conf _________________________________________________________ # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,1) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_corpspare-lv_root # initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img #boot=/dev/sda1 device (hd0) HD(1,800,64000,c422860a-1636-40d5-8ce1-dbcc11c5f003) default=2 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz #hiddenmenu title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.32-279.2.1.el6.x86_64) root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-279.2.1.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_corpspare-lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_corpspare/lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_corpspare/lv_swap rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-279.2.1.el6.x86_64.img title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.32-279.1.1.el6.x86_64) root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-279.1.1.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_corpspare-lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_corpspare/lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_corpspare/lv_swap rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-279.1.1.el6.x86_64.img title Red Hat Enterprise Linux (2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64) root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_corpspare-lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_corpspare/lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_corpspare/lv_swap rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64.img title Xen 4.1.2 with Linux kernel (2.6.32.57) root (hd0,1) kernel /xen.gz dom0_mem=1024M loglvl=all guest_loglvl=all module /vmlinuz-2.6.32.57 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_corpspare-lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_corpspare/lv_root nomodeset module /initramfs-2.6.32.57.img Murray Thomson _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-users
> >________________________________________ >From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xen.org [xen-users-bounces@lists.xen.org] On Behalf Of Murray Thomson [murray_thomson7788@yahoo.com] >Sent: 25 January 2013 18:49 >To: xen-users@lists.xen.org >Subject: [Xen-users] Xen IBM X3400 boots dead > >I am attempting to install a Xen solution on an IBM X3400. > >The raid card is the IBM M1015 which is based on the LSI 9220-8I. I followed the directions on the tutorial called "RHEL6 Xen4 Tutorial" at http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/RHEL6_Xen4_Tutorial . > >When I attempt to boot the kernel the computer freezes. I don''t get any errors or anything helpful.v>I have also attempted to boot the Linux kernel I compiled to use with Xen on its own and it behaves the same way. I surmise that there is something wrong with how I configured the kernel. Assuming this is the problem I can''t >verify for sure if the Xen image is functional or not. > >I am at a loss as to where to go from here. I''m thinking a different kernel maybe or perhaps I have a mistake I just can''t see. Can someone offer some insight. > >I am including the grub.conf as a start reference. I can upload any other information needed. The Xen entry is the second last while the last entry in the Linux kernel on its own. Note this is an UEFI boot and the grub.conf is >located in /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grub.conf while the os images are in /boot . > > >Murray ThomsonHello there, just few things: 1. it would help if you''ve posted at least photo of the kernel boot freeze ;) 2. right from the wiki "NOTE! If you''re using a system with LSI and/or Dell RAID adapters (using megaraid_sas driver) you need to manually update the driver version at this point! Linux 2.6.32.25 ships with too old driver version, and it wont'' work (disks won''t get enabled on system startup). See this email for information about updating the driver version - http://old-list-archives.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2010-11/msg00250.html" 3. you can try newer kernels (like 3.2), but i would bet my 5 pences on the previous point (and the Wiki) Cheers Matej
Hi; The Photo of the screen isn''t all that interesting. There is a cursor that stares at you but it isn''t very stylish as far as cursors go. ;-) Anyway I did in fact download the megaraid driver. The package expanded as xen-a938a22 . I ran diff on the build file and the copy placed in /lib/modules, and diff reports that they match so the downloaded driver should be in the image. Has someone had better results with a different kernel or driver. Is there any way to tell if I need a specialized driver with the IBM version.> From: Zary Matej <matej.zary@cvtisr.sk> > Date: 25 January, 2013 1:47:11 PM EST > To: Murray Thomson <murray_thomson7788@yahoo.com>, "xen-users@lists.xen.org" <xen-users@lists.xen.org> > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen IBM X3400 boots dead >>> >> ________________________________________ >> From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xen.org [xen-users-bounces@lists.xen.org] On Behalf Of Murray Thomson [murray_thomson7788@yahoo.com] >> Sent: 25 January 2013 18:49 >> To: xen-users@lists.xen.org >> Subject: [Xen-users] Xen IBM X3400 boots dead >> >> I am attempting to install a Xen solution on an IBM X3400. >> >> The raid card is the IBM M1015 which is based on the LSI 9220-8I. I followed the directions on the tutorial called "RHEL6 Xen4 Tutorial" at http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/RHEL6_Xen4_Tutorial . >> >> When I attempt to boot the kernel the computer freezes. I don''t get any errors or anything helpful. > v >> I have also attempted to boot the Linux kernel I compiled to use with Xen on its own and it behaves the same way. I surmise that there is something wrong with how I configured the kernel. Assuming this is the problem I can''t >verify for sure if the Xen image is functional or not. >> >> I am at a loss as to where to go from here. I''m thinking a different kernel maybe or perhaps I have a mistake I just can''t see. Can someone offer some insight. >> >> I am including the grub.conf as a start reference. I can upload any other information needed. The Xen entry is the second last while the last entry in the Linux kernel on its own. Note this is an UEFI boot and the grub.conf is >located in /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grub.conf while the os images are in /boot . >> >> >> Murray Thomson > > Hello there, > > just few things: > > 1. it would help if you''ve posted at least photo of the kernel boot freeze ;) > 2. right from the wiki "NOTE! If you''re using a system with LSI and/or Dell RAID adapters (using megaraid_sas driver) you need to manually update the driver version at this point! Linux 2.6.32.25 ships with too old driver version, and it wont'' work (disks won''t get enabled on system startup). See this email for information about updating the driver version - http://old-list-archives.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2010-11/msg00250.html" > 3. you can try newer kernels (like 3.2), but i would bet my 5 pences on the previous point (and the Wiki) > > > Cheers > > Matej > _______________________________________________ > 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
Hi, there''s First, I would probably delete the "quiet" kernel boot parameter from grub.cfg - IIRC it should provide you with much more info during the boot process without this parameter, so maybe there will be something interesting. :) Of course, for what its worth, if you have serial port on the server, serial console tend to be quite useful for debugging xen/kernel booting problems - http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Serial_Console And looking at yout grub config from your first email, I don''t see the pure 2.6.32.57 (without Xen) entry there. So are you sure you''ve tried the non RHEL 2.6.32.57 kernel baremetal (without Xen)? :) Matej ________________________________________ From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xen.org [xen-users-bounces@lists.xen.org] On Behalf Of Murray Thomson [murray_thomson7788@yahoo.com] Sent: 25 January 2013 22:01 To: Xen Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen IBM X3400 boots dead Hi; The Photo of the screen isn''t all that interesting. There is a cursor that stares at you but it isn''t very stylish as far as cursors go. ;-) Anyway I did in fact download the megaraid driver. The package expanded as xen-a938a22 . I ran diff on the build file and the copy placed in /lib/modules, and diff reports that they match so the downloaded driver should be in the image. Has someone had better results with a different kernel or driver. Is there any way to tell if I need a specialized driver with the IBM version. From: Zary Matej <matej.zary@cvtisr.sk<mailto:matej.zary@cvtisr.sk>> Date: 25 January, 2013 1:47:11 PM EST To: Murray Thomson <murray_thomson7788@yahoo.com<mailto:murray_thomson7788@yahoo.com>>, "xen-users@lists.xen.org<mailto:xen-users@lists.xen.org>" <xen-users@lists.xen.org<mailto:xen-users@lists.xen.org>> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen IBM X3400 boots dead ________________________________________ From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xen.org<mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xen.org> [xen-users-bounces@lists.xen.org<mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xen.org>] On Behalf Of Murray Thomson [murray_thomson7788@yahoo.com<mailto:murray_thomson7788@yahoo.com>] Sent: 25 January 2013 18:49 To: <mailto:xen-users@lists.xen.org> xen-users@lists.xen.org<mailto:xen-users@lists.xen.org> Subject: [Xen-users] Xen IBM X3400 boots dead I am attempting to install a Xen solution on an IBM X3400. The raid card is the IBM M1015 which is based on the LSI 9220-8I. I followed the directions on the tutorial called "RHEL6 Xen4 Tutorial" at http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/RHEL6_Xen4_Tutorial . When I attempt to boot the kernel the computer freezes. I don''t get any errors or anything helpful. v I have also attempted to boot the Linux kernel I compiled to use with Xen on its own and it behaves the same way. I surmise that there is something wrong with how I configured the kernel. Assuming this is the problem I can''t >verify for sure if the Xen image is functional or not. I am at a loss as to where to go from here. I''m thinking a different kernel maybe or perhaps I have a mistake I just can''t see. Can someone offer some insight. I am including the grub.conf as a start reference. I can upload any other information needed. The Xen entry is the second last while the last entry in the Linux kernel on its own. Note this is an UEFI boot and the grub.conf is >located in /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grub.conf while the os images are in /boot . Murray Thomson Hello there, just few things: 1. it would help if you''ve posted at least photo of the kernel boot freeze ;) 2. right from the wiki "NOTE! If you''re using a system with LSI and/or Dell RAID adapters (using megaraid_sas driver) you need to manually update the driver version at this point! Linux 2.6.32.25 ships with too old driver version, and it wont'' work (disks won''t get enabled on system startup). See this email for information about updating the driver version - http://old-list-archives.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2010-11/msg00250.html" 3. you can try newer kernels (like 3.2), but i would bet my 5 pences on the previous point (and the Wiki) Cheers Matej _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xen.org<mailto:Xen-users@lists.xen.org> http://lists.xen.org/xen-users