Re: [Xen-users] Debian packages for xen3 + kernel images for dom0/U

[prosolutions@xxxxxxx]

So wrote prosolutions@xxxxxxx on Tuesday, 17 January 2006:
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:09:47 -0800
> From: prosolutions@xxxxxxx
> To: Ralph Passgang <ralph@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Debian packages for xen3 + kernel images for dom0/U
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> Cc: prosolutions@xxxxxxx, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> So wrote Ralph Passgang on Tuesday, 17 January 2006:
> > Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:15:54 +0100
> > From: Ralph Passgang <ralph@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: prosolutions@xxxxxxx, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Debian packages for xen3 + kernel images for dom0/U
> > User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1
> > 
> > Am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2006 19:25 schrieb prosolutions@xxxxxxx:
> > > I have another question: in /boot there are:
> > >
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root  200019 Jan 15 00:03 xen-3.0.0.gz
> > > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      12 Jan 17 10:00 xen-3.0.gz -> xen-3.0.0.gz
> > > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      12 Jan 17 10:00 xen-3.gz -> xen-3.0.0.gz
> > > -rw-r--r--  1 root root  503826 Jan 15 00:03 xen-syms-3.0.0
> > > lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      12 Jan 17 10:00 xen.gz -> xen-3.0.0.gz
> > >
> > >
> > > is xen-syms-3.0.0 the same as System.map?
> > 
> > honestly, i don't know, maybe someone else knows more :)
> > >
> > > With the standard xen pacakge I had the recommended grub stanza of:
> > >
> > > title           Xen 3.0 / XenLinux 2.6
> > > root            (hd0,0)
> > > kernel          /xen-3.0.gz dom0_mem=262144
> > > module          /vmlinuz-2.6-xen0 root=/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 ro
> > >
> > > I am not sure now what to replace the module line with.
> > 
> > the linux-xen0-2.6 package informs you what to do and how a 
> > the /boot/grub/menu.lst should look like.
> > 
> > in fact the steps are:
> > 
> > 1) install the actual kernel with "dpkg -i /usr/src/*xen*.deb"
> > (I used wildcards, because I don't know which kernel image you exactly use. 
> 
> 
> Thank you.  I wasn't clear about that.  I apt-get installed
> linux-xen0-2.6 but didn't realize after this the need to manually
> install the .deb in /usr/src.  I was expecting a debconf dialog with
> information and neglected to see the output message.  I will keep
> plugging away at this and let you know my results.  By the way, I am
> installing this on an HP Proliant DL380 with a Compaq 5i SCSI RAID
> controller and if we get this working it will be the first time I've
> seen Xen run on this platform.
> 
> 

Sorry to report that the booting of this version of Xen also failed on
the Proliant DL380 running Debian/stable.  I cannot give you much
information as the bootup was very fast and what initially looked like a
normal bootup quickly went to a blank screen and the machine promptly
rebooted.  

I think the only way I am going to get Xen to run on this hardware is to
build my own kernel - but all my experience with Xen so far is that it
is essentially so brittle as to be virtually unusable.  That is sad,
because I have seen a lot of positive press about it and really was keen
to start testing it for use in a production environment.

Thanks for your help.


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