Re: [Xen-users] Xen 3.1 installation

["ymed" <ymed@xxxxxxxxx>]

>On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 09:37 +0400, ymed wrote:
>> 
>> Hello!
>
>>    module /boot/initrd-2.6.18-xen
>> 
>> When I choose Xen 3.1 during boot I have the next error:
>> 
>> error 15: File not found. 
>> 
>> Really, Xen 3.1 tarball does not include initrd-2.6.18-xen file in boot 
>> directory. Then I have tried to use 
>> 
>>    module /boot/initrd-2.6.18.2-34-default 
>> 
>> but in this case i see "kernel panic".  
>> Is it problem with initrd?
>
>Yes. You need to build an initrd against the 2.6.18-xen modules. I don't
>use suse, but I would imagine its not all that much different than :
>
>mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd-2.6.18-xen 2.6.18-xen
>
>Or mkinitramfs, again I'm not sure what suse packages. Your initrd is a
>set of specific modules you (and only your) computer needs to boot, and
>those modules are specific to the kernel they were compiled with. It
>can't possibly be distributed since its so specific.
>
>Hope this helps,
>--Tim
>
>
Hello Tim, thank you for the answer.
This is an output of mkinitrd below. It can not finde modules.dep.
There is no such file in xentarball.
Mkinitrd created initrd-2.6.18-xen file but "kernel panic" again....

inux-cyu9:~ # mkinitrd
Root device:    /dev/sda3 (mounted on / as ext3)
Module list:    processor thermal ahci pata_marvell fan jbd ext3 edd (xennet 
xenblk)

Kernel image:   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-xen
Initrd image:   /boot/initrd-2.6.18-xen
Shared libs:    lib64/ld-2.5.so lib64/libacl.so.1.1.0 lib64/libattr.so.1.1.0 
lib64/libblkid.so.1.0 lib64/libc-2.5.so lib64/libcom_err.so.2.1 
lib64/libdl-2.5.so lib64/libext2fs.so.2.4 lib64/libhistory.so.5.1 
lib64/libncurses.so.5.5 lib64/libpthread-2.5.so lib64/libreadline.so.5.1 
lib64/librt-2.5.so lib64/libutil-2.5.so lib64/libuuid.so.1.2 
lib64/libvolume_id.so.0.73.0 lib64/libnss_files-2.5.so lib64/libnss_files.so.2 
lib64/libgcc_s.so.1
Cannot determine dependencies of module processor. Is modules.dep up to date?
Cannot determine dependencies of module thermal. Is modules.dep up to date?
Cannot determine dependencies of module ahci. Is modules.dep up to date?
Cannot determine dependencies of module pata_marvell. Is modules.dep up to date?
Cannot determine dependencies of module fan. Is modules.dep up to date?
Cannot determine dependencies of module jbd. Is modules.dep up to date?
Cannot determine dependencies of module ext3. Is modules.dep up to date?
Cannot determine dependencies of module edd. Is modules.dep up to date?
Cannot determine dependencies of module xennet. Is modules.dep up to date?
Cannot determine dependencies of module xenblk. Is modules.dep up to date?
grep: /lib/modules/2.6.18-xen/modules.dep: No such file or directory
grep: /lib/modules/2.6.18-xen/modules.dep: No such file or directory
grep: /lib/modules/2.6.18-xen/modules.dep: No such file or directory
grep: /lib/modules/2.6.18-xen/modules.dep: No such file or directory
grep: /lib/modules/2.6.18-xen/modules.dep: No such file or directory
grep: /lib/modules/2.6.18-xen/modules.dep: No such file or directory
grep: /lib/modules/2.6.18-xen/modules.dep: No such file or directory
grep: /lib/modules/2.6.18-xen/modules.dep: No such file or directory
grep: /lib/modules/2.6.18-xen/modules.dep: No such file or directory
grep: /lib/modules/2.6.18-xen/modules.dep: No such file or directory
grep: /lib/modules/2.6.18-xen/modules.dep: No such file or directory
Driver modules: none
Filesystem modules:
WARNING: Couldn't open directory 
/var/tmp/mkinitramfs.jI3895/mnt/lib/modules/2.6.18-xen: No such file or 
directory
FATAL: Could not open 
/var/tmp/mkinitramfs.jI3895/mnt/lib/modules/2.6.18-xen/modules.dep.temp for 
writing: No such file or directory
Including:      initramfs fsck.ext3
No bootsplash for kernel flavor xen
13123 blocks

Kernel image:   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.2-34-default
Initrd image:   /boot/initrd-2.6.18.2-34-default
Shared libs:    lib64/ld-2.5.so lib64/libacl.so.1.1.0 lib64/libattr.so.1.1.0 
lib64/libblkid.so.1.0 lib64/libc-2.5.so lib64/libcom_err.so.2.1 
lib64/libdl-2.5.so lib64/libext2fs.so.2.4 lib64/libhistory.so.5.1 
lib64/libncurses.so.5.5 lib64/libpthread-2.5.so lib64/libreadline.so.5.1 
lib64/librt-2.5.so lib64/libutil-2.5.so lib64/libuuid.so.1.2 
lib64/libvolume_id.so.0.73.0 lib64/libnss_files-2.5.so lib64/libnss_files.so.2 
lib64/libgcc_s.so.1
Driver modules: scsi_mod sd_mod processor thermal libata ahci pata_marvell fan 
edd
Filesystem modules:     jbd mbcache ext3
Including:      initramfs fsck.ext3
Bootsplash:     SuSE (800x600)
17442 blocks
linux-cyu9:~ #    

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