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Re: [Xen-users] Boot error with 2.6.23 domU

To: Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Boot error with 2.6.23 domU
From: Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:56:04 +0200
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Mark Williamson schrieb:
I compiled a 2.6.23 kernel with domU support, but the following error
shows up when I try to boot it on a Xen-3.1.0:

Error: (2, 'Invalid kernel', 'xc_dom_find_loader: no loader found\n')
Yep, same here.

Is there a fine manual somewhere on how to boot a 2.6.23 domU with Xen
3.1.x?

Good to see that people are trying out the new Xen support in mainline!

To boot under Xen you need to use a vmlinux / vmlinuz image. Were you guys perhaps trying to use the bzImage? That won't work (yet).

The vmlinux that's in the root of your kernel build tree ought to work. I stripped and gziped mine to get a much, much smaller vmlinuz file and used it to boot a Xen domain for the first time last night - worked fine.

I tried vmlinux, but also, it didn't work.

It hanged at:

# xm create -c somedomain
Using config file "/etc/xen/somedomain".
Started domain somedomain


And it seems to wait there forever.


Normally, I would expect:

# xm create -c somedomain
Using config file "/etc/xen/somedomain".
Started domain somedomain
 Linux version 2.6.18-xen (root@....


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Tomasz Chmielewski
http://blog.wpkg.org


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