RE: [Xen-users] OpenSuse 10.2 & Xen 3.1 initrd file missing

["Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Laware [mailto:claware@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 19 June 2007 16:53
> To: Petersson, Mats; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [Xen-users] OpenSuse 10.2 & Xen 3.1 initrd file missing
> 
> Hi Mats,
> 
> I've tried that and I get an error that the filesystem/directory in my
> /boot/init-xen.img/etc/fstab cannot be found.  I've got all 
> my modules I
> need called out in the mkinitrd script (so my raid card 
> driver, etc. will be
> pre-loaded in the RAM disk).  Still looking......

This is probably why the initrd generation fails in the first place -
it's trying to locate a file that doesn't exist, due to a space missing
between the /boot/init-xen.img and /etc/fstab in the mkinitrd (which is
a script file) - You may be able to get a new mkinitrd from SuSE or you
can try to hack yours by adding a space where it's looking for the
fstab.

--
Mats
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Petersson, Mats [mailto:Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:14 AM
> To: Chris Laware; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [Xen-users] OpenSuse 10.2 & Xen 3.1 initrd file missing
> 
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> > Chris Laware
> > Sent: 19 June 2007 14:09
> > To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [Xen-users] OpenSuse 10.2 & Xen 3.1 initrd file missing
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I recently put together an OpenSuse 10.2 machine (Tyan 
> > motherboard with Opteron dual-core) and downloaded the Xen 
> > 3.1 rpm's.  After loading them and modifying grub to boot 
> > into the Xen kernel, I get a "file not found" error on the 
> > xen initrd file.  As it turns out, there is a link for the 
> > xen initrd file in /boot/grub but the file doesn't exist.  
> > Not sure what to even bother with except maybe building from 
> > the source code.  Any ideas on why the rpm never installed 
> > the initrd file for xen?  This is the correct rpm for Suse 
> > and the kernels are the same version.
> 
> That's probably a bug in the RPM - I presume that the RPM 
> should produce
> a initrd file - it can't have a pre-built one, because what 
> your initrd
> contains depends on the way your system is set up and what components
> you have in the system. 
> 
> You should be able to make one yourself with "minitrd
> /boot/<whatevername> 2.6.XX-xen" (2.6.XX-xen should match the 
> kernel of
> the Xen-kernel you installed with the package). 
> 
> --
> Mats
> 
> --
> Mats
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Chris  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
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