I;m using reiserfs without any issues, however I do have the following
in my /etc/fstab:
/dev/md2 / reiserfs noatime
0 0
/dev/md0 /boot reiserfs
noatime,notail 0 0
maybe this helps?
B.
On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 12:03, Filip Sergeys wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 16:32, Steven Hand wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 14:56, Steven Hand wrote:
> >
> > > Our newly build xen kernel does not boot. The error message
> is : Invalid
> > > or unsupported executable format.
> > >
> > > I have build xen from the xen-2.0.4 source (make world, make
> install) on
> > > a debian sarge system.
> > > I have not changed any of the kernel configurations, I did
> make an
> > > initrd image.
> > > The entry in my menu.lst is :
> > >
> > > title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.10-xen0
> > > root (hd0,0) # I also tried without this line.
> > > kernel /boot/xen.gz dom0_mem=64000
> > > module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-xen0 root=/dev/hda1 ro
> > > module /boot/initrd.img-2.6.10-xen0 # Also tried
> without this
> > > line
> > >
> > > The server's / (/boot) partition is reiserfs. I wonder if
> this is the
> > > problem? I found messages saying that it doesn't work with
> reiserfs and
> > > others that say it should work. What is the final answer?
> > > Looking in the kernel config file: reiserfs is build into the
> kernel,
> > > not as a module.
> >
> > What does `file /boot/xen.gz' say?
> >
> > /boot/xen.gz: gzip compressed data, from Unix, max compression
> >
> > What does `cat /boot/xen.gz | gunzip -c | file -` say?
> >
> > /dev/stdin: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1
> (SYSV),
> > statically linked, stripped
>
> Ok, that looks good.
>
> > > As a side note: the standard debian 2.6.8-2 kernel works
> perfectly.
>
> Hmm: what is the menu.lst you use for that? In particular, is the
> kernel you boot in the same directory as xen.gz?
>
> === original debian entry in menu.lst (grub-update)===
> title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-2-386
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-386 root=/dev/hda1 ro
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-2-386
> savedefault
> boot
> === end ===
>
> Yes, xen.gz is in the same directory (/boot).
> Nothing about -o notail inhere.
> What's the overall makeup of your partitions + filesystems in the
> machine? I'm guessing /dev/hda1 is { /boot, reiserfs } -- what
> about the rest of the system?
> /dev/hda1 / (reiserfs 700MB, no separate partition for /boot)
> /dev/hda2 swap (120 MB)
> /dev/hda5 /home (reiserfs 1,3GB)
> > Thinking ahead, suppose reiserfs has to be dropped, will it suffice
> to
> > just convert the /boot partition to ext3 or does the entire /
> partition
> > need to be converted?
>
> Well ideally it should all "just work" even with reiserfs as /boot.
>
> How did you get xen.gz onto /boot? Did you copy it from an ext2/3
> partition? There seems to be something weird about reiserfs and
> grub involving the "-notail" mount option...
>
> xen-2.0.4.tgz was copied and unfolded in my /home/<user> directory
> cd xen-2.0
> make world
> wait, wait very long (200Mhz, testing machine - proof of concept
> setup)
> make install # this copied everything in place automatically: xen.gz
> and vmlinuz-2.6.10-xen0 and the other stuff to /boot, /etc/init.d
> /lib/modules, ...
> mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.10-xen0 2.6.10-xen0
> change menu.lst in /boot/grub, add the xen stuff as described earlier
> reboot -> oops: not working ... damn
>
> Would an attache serial console provide more information that is
> usefull to you? If yes, I go buy a cable.
>
> Regards,
>
> Filip Sergeys
> cheers,
>
> S.
>
>
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