Re: [Xen-devel] Problems with starting first virtual domain

[Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> On Tuesday 11 November 2003 13:16, Ian Pratt wrote:
> 
> > > > <args>init=/linuxrc 4 DOMID=+</args>
> > >
> > > Try deleting this line.
> >
> > I believe Tvrtko is using a file system based on the contents of
> > the CD. Assuming he untar'ed root.tar.gz and then copied the
> > contents of the CD into the usr partition, then setting
> > init=/linuxrc will indeed break things.
> 
> That is exactly what I did. So what should I use for init then?

You should find that you have an /sbin/init on that partition as
per normal, so just delete the "init=/linuxrc"

> > If you're not getting output from xen_read_console, check that
> > you have the eth0:0 alias, and that you've got no firewall rules
> > in domain 0 that block the ports used by the console packets.
> 
> I think this part is ok. Here is the output:
> 
> linux:~ # ifconfig

> eth0:0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:AC:A3:A9:3A
>           inet addr:169.254.1.0  Bcast:169.254.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

> linux:~ # iptables -L
> Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
> target     prot opt source               destination
> 
> Chain FORWARD (policy DROP)
> target     prot opt source               destination
> ACCEPT     all  --  169.254.0.0/16       anywhere
> ACCEPT     all  --  anywhere             169.254.0.0/16     state 
> NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED
> 
> Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
> target     prot opt source               destination
> 
> linux:~ # ps auxw | grep xen
> root       778  0.0  0.3  1340  240 pts/0    S    11:50   0:00 
> xen_read_console

Hmm, this looks OK. You really should be getting some console
output. What happens if you run "tcpdump host 169.254.1.0" when
starting a new domain?

Have you a serial line you could attach to see if you get output
there?

Best,
Ian


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