Re: [Xen-users] question regarding booting custom guest kernel

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 09:39:31PM +0200, Aastha Mehta wrote:
> On 30 September 2013 14:50, Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 07:19:25PM +0200, Aastha Mehta wrote:
> > [...]
> >>
> >> Sorry, I am going around in circles :(
> >> As you suggested to first try with stock kernel, I was trying to create a
> >> baseline VM. And I am missing something somewhere.
> >>
> >
> > OK, does your baseline VM boot? Make sure it boots before using your
> > kernel.
> >
> >> I added path to modified kernel and initrd in the config file, and then
> >> this is what happens:
> >>
> >
> > Looks like there's something wrong with hotplug scripts.
> >
> > This page contains useful info on how to collect necessary info.
> >
> > http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Reporting_Bugs_against_Xen
> >
> > Wei.
> 
> No, I am not even able to boot my baseline VM (specifying only the
> mirror and no modified kernel). This is the error I get:
> Parsing config from /etc/xen/precise-guest.cfg
> libxl: error: libxl_bootloader.c:628:bootloader_finished: bootloader
> failed - consult logfile /var/log/xen/bootloader.3.log
> libxl: error: libxl_exec.c:118:libxl_report_child_exitstatus:
> bootloader [19273] exited with error status 1
> libxl: error: libxl_create.c:900:domcreate_rebuild_done: cannot
> (re-)build domain: -3
> 
> And /var/log/xen/bootloader.3.log contains:
> File "/usr/lib/xen-default/bin/pygrub", line 763 in <module>
>    raise RuntimeError, "Unable to find partition containing kernel"
> 

I don't think xen-create-image adds pygrub, does it?

Make it work first before making any modification, please.

There are tons of tutorials online teaching you how to create a PV
guest.

Wei.

> Thanks
> 
> -- 
> Aastha Mehta

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