Re: [Xen-users] Having problem booting dom0 - SOLVED

[Richard Thomas <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It did not have the mbox driver compiled in, I had to enable it in the 
xen .config
Richard Thomas - CEO
Cyberlot Technologies Group Inc.
507.398.4124 - Voice


Ian Pratt wrote:
>  
>
> > Had to do my own compile and add the megaraid mbox drivers to 
> > the config
>
> Use the -xen kernel and build an initrd -- it has drivers for most
> hardware as modules.
>
> Ian
>  
>
> > Richard Thomas - CEO
> > Cyberlot Technologies Group Inc.
> > 507.398.4124 - Voice
> >
> >
> > Richard Thomas wrote:
> >
> > > Watching the bootup closely and comparing it to a normal boot I 
> > > noticed the LSI megaraid drivers are never started up.
> > > Does xen have megaraid_mbox support?
> > >
> > > Richard Thomas - CEO
> > > Cyberlot Technologies Group Inc.
> > > 507.398.4124 - Voice
> > >
> > >
> > > Richard Thomas wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > Have a server using a LSI Megaraid adapter, Centos 4.2 os with the 
> > > > following grub config
> > > > default=2
> > > > timeout=5
> > > > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> > > > hiddenmenu
> > > > title CentOS (2.6.9-22.0.1.EL)
> > > >        root (hd0,0)
> > > >        kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL ro 
> > root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
> >
> > > >        initrd /initrd-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL.img title CentOS 
> > > > (2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp)
> > > >        root (hd0,0)
> > > >        kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp ro 
> > > > root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
> > > >        initrd /initrd-2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp.img title XEN Virtual
> > > >        root (hd0,0)
> > > >        kernel /xen-3.gz dom0_mem=128000
> > > >        module /vmlinuz-2.6.12-xen0 ro 
> > root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
> >
> > > >        module /initrd-2.6.12-xen0.img
> > > >
> > > > It boots up, loads the xen-3.gz, scrubs memory but when it goes to 
> > > > load the root LVM claims it can't find VolGroup00
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