Re: [Xen-devel] irq problem with 3.3-rc3 on guest

[M A Young <m.a.young@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 26 Mar 2012, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:

> So how are you actually trying to install F17?
> I tried:
> virt-install --name F17 --ram 1024 --disk /dev/vg_guest/f17_32 --paravirt 
> --location http://build/tftpboot/f17-i386/
>
> and it showed the text console, and then rebooted thinking it was complete.
> When using a manual guest config:
> kernel="/root/vmlinuz-PAE"
> ramdisk="/root/initrd-PAE.img"
> append="console=hvc0 loglevel=8 root=http://build/tftpboot/f17-i386";
> memory=1024
> maxvcpus = 2
> vcpus = 2
> disk = ['phy:/dev/vg_guest/f17_32,xvda,w']
> vif = [ 'type=netfront, bridge=switch' ]
> vfb = [ 'vnc=1, vnclisten=0.0.0.0 ,vncunused=1']
>
> I get this:
>  5.680395] Broadcom NetXtreme II iSCSI Driver bnx2i v2.7.0.3 (Jun 15, 2011)
> [    5.681923] iscsi: registered transport (bnx2i)
> [    5.696419] iscsi: registered transport (be2iscsi)
> [    5.763271] dracut: FATAL: No or empty root= argument
> [    5.764158] dracut: Refusing to continue
> [    5.769524] dracut Warning: Signal caught!
> [    5.772973] dracut Warning: dracut: FATAL: No or empty root= argument
> [    5.776138] dracut Warning: dracut: Refusing to continue
> [    5.782548] init used greatest stack depth: 5480 bytes left
> [    5.783425] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
>
> so is there a new syntax for the root parameter now that is a LiveCD?
Yes, the F17 install image is now a liveCD so you need to specify this on 
the boot command line. This may be as simple as replacing root= 
with root=live:
        Michael Young

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