[Xen-devel] Failed to run bootloader

[Sandi Romih <romihs.forums@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello list,

I am attempting to run openindiana 151a in xen (xen 2.4-unstable rev 24785, patched with this patch), but when attempting to create the VM I get the following error:

root@dom0:/$xl create /etc/xen/vm/oi.cfg

Parsing config file /etc/xen/vm/oi.cfg

libxl: error: libxl_create.c:494:do_domain_create: failed to run bootloader: -3

Here is my oi.cfg file:

 vif = [ 'bridge=eth0, mac=00:14:3e:00:8f:d8' ] 

 vcpus = 2

 cpus = "2-3"

 memory = 2048

 name = "oi"

 kernel = "/etc/xen/kernels/oi151a/unix"

 ramdisk = "/etc/xen/kernels/oi151a/boot_archive"

# Pre install booting

 extra = "/platform/i86xpv/kernel/amd64/unix -B console=ttya"

 disk = [ 'file:/mnt/media/comp_files/os-iso/oi151a.iso,xvdc:cdrom,r' , 'phy:/dev/dom0/oi_boot,xvda,w' ]

 bootloader = "/usr/bin/pygrub"

# Post install booting

# extra = "/platform/i86xpv/kernel/amd64/unix -B zfs-bootfs=rpool/ROOT/openindiana,bootpath=/xpvd/xdf@51712:a"

# disk = [ 'phy:/dev/dom0/oi_boot,xvda,w' ]

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 pci = [ '05:00.0' ]

As a test, I checked if pygrub has any errors:

root@dom0:/$pygrub /mnt/media/comp_files/os-iso/oi151a.iso 

linux (kernel /var/run/xend/boot/boot_kernel.RomUm9)(ramdisk /var/run/xend/boot/boot_ramdisk.WdnQsz)(args "/platform/i86xpv/kernel/amd64/unix")

I am assuming that pygrub can correctly handle the install media.

The irony is that I have managed to get this working once, but I was using a regular file image for this VM boot_disk and the VM was horribly slow. I re-installed my whole system on an LVM disk, which I understand is recommended for better disk performance.

I would appreciate any suggestions.

Regards

Sandi

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