Re: [Xen-devel] domU guest for xcp 0.1.1

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 08:21:49PM -0700, Ritu kaur wrote:
>    I tried another thing. After compilation,  I did "make modules_install" in
>    xcp ddk in order to use following command
> 
>    mkinitrd -f ./initrd-2.6.32.img 2.6.32
> 
>    I get following errors...
> 
>    modinfo: could not find module ide-disk
>    No module ide-disk found for kernel 2.6.32, aborting
> 

mkinitrd reads /etc/modprobe.conf to figure out what modules should be included 
into the initrd image.

>    My boot disk is ide and looking into .config didn't give me any ideas as
>    to what has to be enabled.
> 

If you need some other module then fix it in /etc/modprobe.conf
You need to figure out what's the correct driver for your root/boot disk. 

-- Pasi

>    Thanks
> 
>    On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Ritu kaur <[1]ritu.kaur.us@[2]gmail.com>
>    wrote:
> 
>      Thanks Pasi. I had used following command to regenerate initrd image in
>      xcp ddk
> 
>      mkinitrd -f ./initrd-2.6.32.img  2.6.27.42-0.1.1.xs0.1.1.737.1065xen
> 
>      it doesn't work either. While booting screen goes blank immediately
>      after I see
>      ...
>       Booting:MBI=0x00010120, entry=0x00100000
> 
>      and next thing I see is BIOS setup, so not sure connecting serial cable
>      will reveal anything more. Inputs appreciated.
> 
>      Thanks
> 
>      On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <[3]pasik@xxxxxx>
>      wrote:
> 
>        On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 11:28:12AM -0700, Ritu kaur wrote:
>        >    Any inputs on this? I compiled xen/next kernel in Debian Lenny
>        and booted
>        >    successfully as a domU(I am using same .config file which I used
>        to build
>        >    under xcp-ddk). Looks to me xen/next doesn't work with xcp0.1.1.
>        >
> 
>        You need to re-generate the dom0 kernel initrd to match your kernel.
>        You cannot use the default xcp initrd image.
> 
>        Please provide the full serial console boot log so we can troubleshoot
>        it:
>        [4]http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenSerialConsole
> 
>        -- Pasi
> 
>        >    Thanks
>        >
>        >    On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Ritu kaur
>        <[1][5]ritu.kaur.us@[2][6]gmail.com>
>        >    wrote:
>        >
>        >      Hi Pasi,
>        >
>        >      Messages seen with not-working case
>        >
>        >
>         
> /***********************************************************************************
>        >      kernel:/boot/xen.3.4.3.gz dom0-mem=752M
>        lowmem-emergency-pool=1M
>        >      crashkernel=64M@32M console=comX vga=mode-0x0311
>        >      loading /boot/xen.3.4.3.gz..........
>        >      Module:/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32 root=LABEL=root-mhycetek ro
>        Xencons=hvc
>        >      console=hvc0 console=tty0 quiet vga=785 splash
>        >      Loading /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.........
>        >      Module:/boot/initrd-2.6-xen.img
>        >      Loading
>        >
>         
> /boot/initrd-2.6-xen.img...............................................................................................
>        >      Booting:MBI=0x00010120, entry=0x00100000
>        >
>         
> ***************************************************************************************/
>        >
>        >      Screen is blank after these messages and system returns to BIOS
>        setup.
>        >
>        >      Messages seen with working case
>        >
>         
> /***********************************************************************************
>        >      kernel:/boot/xen.gz dom0-mem=752M lowmem-emergency-pool=1M
>        >      crashkernel=64M@32M comsole=comX vga=mode-0x0311
>        >      loading /boot/xen.gz..........
>        >      Module:/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.xen root=LABEL=root-mhycetek ro
>        Xencons=hvc
>        >      console=hvc0 console=tty0 quiet vga=785 splash
>        >      Loading /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.xen.........
>        >      Module:/boot/initrd-2.6-xen.img
>        >      Loading
>        >
>         
> /boot/initrd-2.6-xen.img...............................................................................................
>        >      Booting:MBI=0x00010120, entry=0x00100000
>        >
>         
> ***************************************************************************************/
>        >
>        >      Versions used in Non-working case
>        >
>        >      xen - 3.4.3/4.0.0
>        >      kernel - xen/next
>        >      initrd - default one which came with xcp0.1.1 download.(Ps
>        note, in xcp
>        >      ddk cannot build initrd image)
>        >
>        >      in Working case
>        >
>        >      xen - 3.4.2
>        >      kernel - xcp 0.1.1
>        >      initrd - one that came with xcp 0.1.1
>        >
>        >      Checked in my .config and changed CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START to
>        0x00100000
>        >      and CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN=0x100000, didn't help.
>        >
>        >      Inputs appreciated.
>        >
>        >      Thanks
>        >
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