[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [Xen-users] Missing initial RAM disk after Xen installation
> -----Original Message----- > From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Mark Wilson > Sent: 29 May 2007 13:56 > To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [Xen-users] Missing initial RAM disk after Xen installation > > After installing the Xen RPMs on SUSE Enterprise Linux > Desktop, I edited /boot/grub/menu.lst file to include: > > title SUSE with Xen (2.6.18-xen_3.1.0) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/xen-3.1.0.gz > module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-xen_3.1.0 ro root=/dev/hda2 > module /boot/initrd-2.6.18-xen_3.1.0.img > > (based on the advice in the readme file at > http://www.xensource.com/download/docs/README-xen31-hostrpms.txt) > > Unfortunately this fails at the initrd stage with GRUB error > 15 (file not found). Digging further, I can see that although > a symlink has been created from initrd-2.6-xen.img to > initrd-2.6.18-xen_3.1.0.img, initrd-2.6.18-xen_3.1.0.img does > not seem to exist. > > I think I've found out why the image is missing, but I'm > still stuck! After removing Xen and the Xen kernel, then > reinstalling in a terminal (rather than by double-clicking > the RPM file), I saw this: > > hostname:/home/mark/Desktop # rpm -ivh xen-3.1.0-1.i686.rpm > Preparing... ########################################### [100%] > 1:xen ########################################### [100%] > hostname:/home/mark/Desktop # rpm -ivh > kernel-xen-2.6.18-3.1.0.i686.rpm > Preparing... ########################################### [100%] > 1:kernel-xen ########################################### [100%] > /sbin/mkinitrd: line 2958: > /boot/initrd-2.6.18-xen_3.1.0.img/etc/fstab: No such file or directory > No '/' mountpoint specified in > /boot/initrd-2.6.18-xen_3.1.0.img/etc/fstab > I believe this is a problem caused by a bad "mkinitrd" script - I've seen it once before. Try looking in the archive on www.xensource.com for this mailing list. -- Mats > It seems that there is a problem with the RPM... Please can > anyone help me work around this? > > Cheers, Mark > _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
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