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

[Michael Heyse <mhk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

prosolutions@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 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.

I had exactly the same problem on a very different machine (VIA EPIA
board with a Nehemia CPU) when I used a 2.6.12.6-xen kernel built with
the dom0 defconfig. I don't remember exactly what caused this problem (I
think it was USB related), but building my own kernel with only the
hardware enabled that was really present did solve the problem and now
the system is up and running stable for almost two weeks. Don't give up
yet (you'll definitely miss something ;-) ), as soon as you get it
running it works very well.

Hope this helps,
Michael

_______________________________________________
Xen-users mailing list
Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users