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Re: [Xen-devel] Please help on Xen installation

To: Ning Wu <ningwu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Please help on Xen installation
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 22:28:00 +0100
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> Initially it seemed ok.
>   Booting 'Xen (2.4.22)'
> 
> kernel /image.gz dom0_mem=131072 ser_baud=115200 noht
>    [Multiboot-elf, <0x100000:0xce3f0:0x1c430>, shtab=0x1eb258,
> entry=0x100000]
> module /xenolinux.gz root=/dev/sda4 console=tty0
>    [Multiboot-module @ 0x206000, 0x18b8cc bytes]
> 
> Then I can see many strange characters on the screen. Then the machine
> rebooted. Any suggestions?

A few thoughts:

What hardware are you using? The output of 'dmesg' from a working
Linux kernel might be useful.

Does the CD work if you boot from it directly?

Do you have a VGA-compatible video card? Xen assumes you do and things
will not be pretty otherwise.

Do you see random garbage on the monitor, or over the serial line? I
assume the former, in which case you may get useful information out by
reading console output from the first serial port (COM1) --- it will
be 115200 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity.

I hope this helps --- we really need more info and for you to try some
of the above tests to pin down what the problem might be.

 Regards,
 Keir


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