Re: [Xen-users] having trouble booting Xen-3.1 on X86_64 Fedora Core 8 install

[Mark Nielsen <mnielsen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

tmac wrote:
> You are missing the initrd module line in your XEN stanza...
and the root line too :)

root (hd0,2)



> On Jan 15, 2008 9:04 AM, <gthaker@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:gthaker@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>     Hi:
>
>     Any hints/pointers welcome. I am very new to Xen, I have a AMD
>      "AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4000+" based system on
>     which I am running X86_64 Fedora Core 8. I have  installed Xen-3.1
>     on it, but I can't get  Xen to boot.  It seems unable to find the
>     root volume, the kernel panics and reboots immediately so I can't
>     capture or write down anything and I can't seem to find a log
>     anywhere in /var/log that would capture the failed boot sequence.
>      I have a SATA drive.
>
>     My grub.conf file is:
>
>
>     default=0
>     timeout=5
>     splashimage=(hd0,2)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>     hiddenmenu
>     title Xen 3.1 / XenLinux 2.6
>            kernel /boot/xen-3.1.gz console=vga
>            module /boot/vmlinuz- 2.6-xen root=LABEL=/1 ro console=tty0
>         # have also tried root=/dev/sda3, no luck.
>     title Fedora (2.6.23.9-85.fc8)
>            root (hd0,2)
>            kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.9-85.fc8 ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb
>     quiet
>            initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.23.9-85.fc8.img
>     title Fedora (2.6.23.1-42.fc8)
>            root (hd0,2)
>            kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb
>     quiet
>            initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.23.1-42.fc8.img
>     title Other
>            rootnoverify (hd0,1)
>            chainloader +1
>
>     [root@zadapi1L log]# df -h
>     Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
>     /dev/sda3              20G  3.0G   17G  16% /
>     /dev/sda5              95G  211M   90G   1% /home
>     tmpfs                 470M   24K  470M   1% /dev/shm
>
>     Again, any hints or pointers to document sections of grub or Xen
>     welcomed.
>
>     Gautam
>
>
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