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[Xen-users] debian stable/ xen-3.0.2-2/scsi: cannot boot.

To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Philippe Depouilly <Philippe.Depouilly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-users] debian stable/ xen-3.0.2-2/scsi: cannot boot.
From: Thierry Dumont <tdumont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:51:24 +0200
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I cannot boot my xen kernel.

System: debian sarge, up to date.
Machine: PIII + scsi disks (only scsi disks).

Installation:
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 I download xen-3.0.2-install-x86_32p.tgz;
 tar xzf ....
 cd xen-3.0.2-2-install
 sh ./install.sh

 Everything seems ok (no warning).

Let us look at /boot/grub/menu.lst
-----------------------------------
 1) configuration for the classical kernel (not the xen one):

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-1-386 (recovery mode)
root            (hd0,2)
kernel          /vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-386 root=/dev/sda2 ro single
initrd          /initrd.img-2.6.8-1-386
savedefault
boot
          This works perfectly.

 2) configuration for the xen kernel:

title Xen 3.0 / XenLinux 2.6
root            (hd0,2)
kernel /xen-3.0.gz dom0_mem=262144
module /vmlinuz-2.6-xen root=/dev/sda2 ro console=tty0

Booting:
-------
When I try to boot the xen kernel, boot sequence starts and abort with
the classical message "please append a correct root=..."

but, for me, root=/dev/sda2 is correct:
>mount
/dev/sda2 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
.....

* Do I need an initrd? Ok, lets try:

>mkinitrd -o initrd-2.6.16-xen 2.6.16-xen

I get:
FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.16-xen/modules.dep: No such file
or directory
and no initrd is created...

....? help!

Thank you in advance.


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