Re: [Xen-users] DomU kernel upgrade tool

[Steven Timm <timm@xxxxxxxx>]

Esteban, did you run depmod after you installed the
new kernel package?  That's how you make a modules.dep file.

just say

depmod 2.6.24-22-xen

and it should work.

Steve


On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, Esteban Cerutti wrote:

> Hi,
>
> please, excuse my poor English
>
> Exist any tool for upgrade kernel automatically in DomU machines?
> Because I have the following problem:
>
> After upgrade the kernel package from linux-image-2.6.24-21-xen to
> linux-image-2.6.24-22-xen in Dom0 (an Ubuntu Server), I modified the
> config files in /etc/xen/domUmachine.cfg for all my VM. Later a
> restarted its, but i found the following error
>
> // DomU //
>
> # uname -a
> Linux DomUmachine 2.6.24-22-xen #1 SMP Mon Nov 24 21:35:54 UTC 2008
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> # ls /lib/modules
> 2.6.24-21-xen
>
> # iptables -L
> FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.24-22-xen/modules.dep: No such
> file or directory
> iptables v1.3.8: can't initialize iptables table `filter': iptables who?
> (do you need to insmod?)
> Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
>
> // Dom0 //
>
> # uname -a
> Linux Dom0machien 2.6.24-22-xen #1 SMP Mon Nov 24 21:35:54 UTC 2008
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> I solved this problem copying /lib/modules/2.6.24-22-xen from Dom0 to DomU
>
> // Dom0 //
>
> # xm shutdown DomUmachine
>
> # mount /dev/vg1/DomUmachine-disk /mnt/DomUmachine/
>
> # mkdir /mnt/DomUMahcine/2.6.24-22-xen
>
> # cp -a /lib/modules/2.6.24-22-xen/* /mnt/DomUmachine/2.6.24-22-xen
>
> but it is possible than exist a tool that do this work automatically?
> (similar to xen-update-image)
>
> Thanks,
> Esteban
>
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