Re: [Xen-users] Problem while installing XEN 3.1 on Fedora 6

[Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx>]

raghunathan srinivasan wrote:
> thanks for that.
>
> I actually wanted to use the source code as I wanted to make small
> changes to XEN and recompile it. If I use the RPM can I recompile the
> code?
>   
Oh, yes. Start with the SRPM, and be ready to spend some time waiting 
for it to compile. And make sure to reset the %release setting in the 
.spec file.
> I tried making changes to the grub.conf file. It has the following
> contents, my paths are relative to /boot:
>
> title Fedora Core (2.6.18-1.2798.fc6)
>         root (hd0,0)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 ro
> root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
>         initrd /initrd-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.img
> title XEN 3.1 /XenLinux 2.6
>         kernel /xen-3.1.gz console=vga
>         module /vmlinuz-2.6-xen root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 console=tty0
>
> I made these entries using the documentation on XEN.  On booting that
> kernel it displays some commands and then it displays kernel panic and
> reboots the machine.
>
> Is it because I dont have an initrd entry for it? There is no initrd
> file corresponding to XEN in the boot directory.
>
> thanks & regards.
>   
You do have a /boot partition of its own, as partition 0 on hard drive 0 
(which you can look up in /boot/grub/device.map), right? And why not 
boot with your installation CD in "rescue" mode in order to get at and 
play with the grub configuration as needed?
Also, I would *not* put a "/" in a title.

And last, how did you install your Xen kernel? See, the SRPM does all 
that for you, but did you do a "make install" with it? That should have 
given you an initrd.
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