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[Xen-devel] linux-2.6-xen kernels and initrds

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Subject: [Xen-devel] linux-2.6-xen kernels and initrds
From: "David F. Barrera" <dfbp@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:12:26 -0600
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I have a question regarding the building of the unified xen kernel (linux-2.6-xen) and the use of initrd. In the past I built both xen0 and xenU kernels; the xen0 default configurations had SCSI and Fusion MPT support compiled into the kernel. Now, they are built as modules. The problem is that I am unable to boot the xen kernel built that way, even though I am building an initrd. I have machines running both SLES and FC that are exhibiting this problem. The question is, do I need to do something special to build the initrds? In SuSE, I typically just used the 'mkinitrd' command; in FC4, I do it like this: "mkinitrd -v -f --with=aacraid --with=sd_mod --with=scsi_mod initrd-2.6.16-xen 2.6.16-xen". At any rate, nothing has worked to this point.

The SCSI device support help page in 'make menuconfig' states 'do not compile this as a module if your root file system (the one containing the directory /) is located on a SCSI device.', which is the case in my setup. But I have seen it where the distros compile it as module, and the initrd takes care of it.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Regards,

David F Barrera
Linux Technology Center
Systems and Technology Group, IBM

"The wisest men follow their own direction. "
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