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

[Aastha Mehta <aasthakm@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2 October 2013 10:49, Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> What is the output of:
>         /usr/lib/xen-default/bin/pygrub --entry=0 
> /home/domains/precise-guest/disk.img
> ?
>
> And what about:
>         fdisk -l /home/domains/precise-guest/disk.img
> ?
>
> If it has no partition table are you able to
>         mount -o loop /home/domains/precise-guest/disk.img /mnt
> ?
>
> If it has a partition table are you able to
>         kpartx -a /home/domains/precise-guest/disk.img
>         mount /dev/mapper/.....
> for any/all of the partitions?
> (I forget how kpartx names things, it should be obvious in ls)
>
> What are the filesystems used? Are you able to locate one with a
> grub.cfg and/or a kernel on it?
>
> Ian.
>

Hi Ian,

The disk image did not have any partition. On mount I could see that
it has the typical root file system layout, with /bin, /boot, /lib and
all other directories.

Actually, I just managed to figure out the problem, or atleast rather
fix it. The memory size was not sufficient for my built kernel,
because of which, for some reason vif port was not getting configured.
I increased the memory size from 512MB to 2GB and I managed to boot
the guest domain with my kernel image. I do not have an explanation
for it, but it just seems to have worked.

Now, I have just two more questions on how to use the modified guest
kernel in the VM.
1. How do I ensure that all the necessary kernel files - the kernel
header files, library modules, etc. are available inside the guest VM?
Do I have to copy them manually into the VM or into the file system on
the disk.img?

2. If I wanted to be able to modify the kernel and reboot with the
recompiled version from within the VM, do I have to replace the path
to kernel image in the config file with the bootloader? Of course, I
guess I have to setup the grub.cfg inside the VM.

Thanks

-- 
Aastha Mehta
MPI-SWS, Germany
E-mail: aasthakm@xxxxxxxxxxx

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