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I am really glad to say that XCP is up and running from an external drive.

From: Ramesh

Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 2:17 PM

To: xen-community@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

Thanks much..

I am going to dig more about this, and will let you know the progress..

As of now, I am following the link

http://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2008/05/09/installing-and-running-xenserver-41-on-an-external-usb-drive.aspx

From: George Shuklin

Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 1:56 PM

To: xen-community@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

OK, we got very clear answer: do not install on removable drives. Simple, isn't it?

On 24.04.2011 22:17, Ramesh wrote:

I figured out something, that fallback worked for me and I found the problem is a 'Kernel Panic'

see the errors below

switchroot : mount failed: No such file or directory

Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill Init!

I think boot from external drive is not supported. I there any solution for this like loading a driver or something...

Thanks George Shuklin for your help, and much appreciated...

From: Ramesh

Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 11:10 AM

To: George Shuklin ; xen-community@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

Thanks for your quick response.

I believe I haven't made my point clear.

* I am not getting a menu at boot time (no choices)

* what ever I typed there on the prompt, it says kernel not found or invalid kernel.

I am pretty confused how to activate the safe option.

Also, I tried to load the kernel by typing the following,

/boot/xen.gz

and, it shows me an error like 'Kernel Corrupted"

I also started believing external drive may not be supported.

From: George Shuklin

Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 10:34 AM

To: xen-community@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

Yes, and here you shall print noted below commands.

Do you expect nice menu with helpers? Use hyper-v and be microsoft's slave.

On 24.04.2011 21:29, Ramesh wrote:
I didn't get a boot menu either. I got a boot prompt (CLI) with the test "Boot:". I tried 'help', 'verbose' and lot more, but unfortunately nothing worked. Could you please explain a bit how to turn on the verbose mode or safe mode turn on?

Thanks

Ramesh

From: George Shuklin

Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:25 AM

To: xen-community@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

try to use fallback or safe option in boot menu (it shown as dark blue on black before boot) to see what happens.

My guess: using an external drive is simply not supported.

On 24.04.2011 13:35, Ramesh wrote:
Hi,

I recently downloaded XCP 1.0.0 and installed it in one of my external hard drives. Now, when I tried to load the installed XCP (Immediately after installation), it's not loading. The system is booted up to the "Boot:" prompt and loads to a white show bear (with a hap and a stick) picture and hangs my system. Caps lock key and the hard disk light is flashing.

Please help me to solve the problem.

Thanks

Ramesh
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