Re: [Xen-users] Dom0 boot failure with latest xen-unstable

[Itai Tavor <itai@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > So, I've been struggling with some strange problems in my Xen- 
> > powered server, and I decided that before I ask the list i'd  
> > better upgrade to the latest xen code (famous last words). So I  
> > downloaded and installed xen-unstable-src.tgz as of 5/8.
> > The boot process on the system now goes something like this: The  
> > xen part goes ok. The 2.6.16 kernel starts loading. Then it  
> > freezes. First it froze loading the lp driver. I built a new  
> > kernel with the parallel port driver as a module. So now it  
> > freezes loading the USB driver. I built another kernel with Xen's  
> > default config (the previous one was mine, optimized for my MB),  
> > that one froze somewhere during IDE bus scanning. Basically, every  
> > time I change something in the xen0 kernel build, it freezes at a  
> > different place (unrelated to the change).
> > I just tried building Xen using xen-unstable.3-src.tgz (the oldest  
> > tarball available, from the 6th), still same problem.
> > It's very amusing, I know. Now, if anyone could stop laughing long  
> > enough to say if they can guess what's going on, I'd be very  
> > grateful.
> > TIA, Itai
> This keeps getting funnier.
>
> Upgraded to today's xen-unstable and kernel 2.6.16.13. With the  
> default xen0 config, the boot got as far as starting SSHD, then  
> froze. With my custom config the system booted with no apparent  
> problems... but now I can't start any domains - they all result in  
> the No space left on device while writing /vm/... message.
> Tried xenstore-control check. Removed /var/lib/xenstored/tdb. Nothing.
>
> Any guesses?
Laugh, eat, drink, waste time.

Everything is back to normal. I erased the dom0 system, installed a  
clean Sarge and built xen. My guest domains are starting up with no  
problems.
We return you now to your regularly scheduled programming.

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