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Re: [Xen-users] centos image stuck on boot

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] centos image stuck on boot
From: Coach-X <coachx@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:44:24 -0400
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Todd Deshane wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Coach-X <coachx@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I am having trouble getting the centos boot image I downloaded from
>> jailtime.org to work.  We are running xen 3.1 on suse 10.3  No problems
>> getting the xen kernel and Domain-0 is running.  However, the boot
>> process always stops on EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data
>> mode.  It just hangs after that.  Any help on how to make the image boot
>> would be appreciated.
>>
> 
> Often in this case, it is a matter of the guest console not showing up.
> 
> Try adding:
> 
> extra='xencons=tty'
> 
> To your guest config.

That fixed it, thanks so much Todd!


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