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RE: [Xen-users] Xen 3.0.4 on RH EL 4.4 - can't make it boot kerne l

To: 'Omer Khalid' <Omer.Khalid@xxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Xen 3.0.4 on RH EL 4.4 - can't make it boot kerne l
From: "Foreman, Tim" <tforeman@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 09:29:45 -0600
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I didn't want to make the Xen kernel the default until I was
sure that it would boot correctly.

When I put the root=LABEL=/ on it I get an error:

mkrootdev: label / not found

--Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: okhalid.cern@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:okhalid.cern@xxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
Omer Khalid
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 9:24 AM
To: Foreman, Tim
Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Xen 3.0.4 on RH EL 4.4 - can't make it boot kernel


Hi Tim,

The first thing I noticed in your grub.conf is that your xen configuration
have index value 0f 2, while the default=0. It should be default=2. I hope
this should sort the obvious problem.

Secondly, why are you not using root=LABEL=/ rather root=/dev/hda1! 

Cheers
Omer


On 3/1/07, Foreman, Tim <tforeman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm trying to build a Xen server on Enterprise 4.4 and I can't
get the Xen kernel to boot.

I installed the kernel rpm and the Xen rpm and my grub.conf looks
like this:

# grub.conf generated by anaconda 
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE:  You do not have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
#          root (hd0,0) 
#          kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda1
#          initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES ( 2.6.9-42.ELsmp)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-42.ELsmp ro root=LABEL=/
        initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.9-42.ELsmp.img
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES-up (2.6.9-42.EL)
        root (hd0,0) 
        kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-42.EL ro root=LABEL=/
        initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.9-42.EL.img
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES Xen (2.6.16.33-xen_3.0.4.1)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /boot/xen- 3.0.4.1.gz
        module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16.33-xen_3.0.4.1 ro root=/dev/hda1
        module /boot/initrd-2.6.16.33-xen_3.0.4.1.img

When I try and boot the Xen kernel it stops with the following errors:

Loading ide-disk.ko module
ide_disk: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted.
Creating root device
Mounting root filesystem
mount: error 6 mounting ext2
mount: error 2 mounting none 
Switching to new root
switchroot: mount failed: 22
umount /initrd/dev failed: 2
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

I did some googling and found some indications that it might have been 
related to using the ext3 filesystem, so I rebuild the server with ext2
and got the same results.

Any suggestions?
--
Timothy W. Foreman ~ Security Administrator ~ tforeman@xxxxxxxxx 
(651) 365-4181     ~ Internet Broadcasting  ~ www.ibsys.com
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