Re: [Xen-users] install debian lenny guest

[ko0nz <yesiko0nz@xxxxxxxxx>]

hi Mats,

so how about installing Linux guest(Debian here) in a Ubuntu host,
without the hvm method?

> >
> > i'm using ubuntu edge 6.10.
> > i'd like to test the debian lenny guest with the partition:
> > /dev/sdb5    /
> > /dev/sda8    swap
> > /dev/scd0    cdrom
> > lenny.iso      /home/iso/lenny.iso
> >
> > i succeded running edge-guest, windows-guest, but i can't with debian
> > here's my config:
> > 2.6.17-6-generic-xen0
> > xen-hypervisor-3.0-i386
> >
> > and
> >
> > kernel = "/boot/xen0-linux-2.6.17-6-generic-xen0"
> > ramdisk = "/boot/xen0-linux-2.6.17-6-generic-xen0.initrd.img"
> > builder='linux'
> > memory = 512
> > name = "lenny"
> > vcpus = 1
> > vif = [ 'bridge=xenbr0' ]
> > disk = [
> > 'phy:/dev/sdb5,sdb1,w','phy:/dev/sda8,sdb2,w','file:/home/iso/
> > lenny.iso,scd0:cdrom,r'
> > ]
> > root = "/dev/sdb1 ro"
> >
> > sdl=1
> > vnc=0
> > vncviewer=0
> > boot='d'
> >
> > after 2mn, i have this error:
> > Error: Device 2066 (vbd) could not be connected. Hotplug
> > scripts not working.
>
> There's probably more info in "/var/log/xen/xend.log", but I suspect the
> whole problem is that you're trying to boot a Linux (para-virtual)
> domain from "cdrom", which isn't supported at all (because the
> Linux-builder doesn't run a BIOS, which is how the CDROM-boot normally
> works - instead, it just loads the kernel and initrd into memory and
> sets the VCPU registers to some values that makes it possible to run the
> Linux kernel from there).
>
> I'm not sure, but I don't think ":cdrom" is a valid addition on a PV
> domain.
>
> [It will probably work if you use a "hvmbuilder" form, e.g
> kernel="hvmloader" and builder="hvm" instead of the kernel/linux
> settings that you use now. And you'd have to give "whole disks" to HVM,
> as it doesn't support partitions. [And it won't make a PV domain, of
> course - it may be possible to convert it after install, but possibly a
> messy business].
>
> --
> Mats
> >
> > something wrong about the config!
> >
> > thank in advance.
> >
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> >
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