RE: [Xen-users] Getting frustrated with Xen

[Art Fore <art.fore@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2006-10-27 at 15:15 +0200, Petersson, Mats wrote: 
>  
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Art Fore
> > Sent: 27 October 2006 13:43
> > To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [Xen-users] Getting frustrated with Xen
> > 
> > Been trying to get Xen working on this machine for over two 
> > weeks. Every
> > time I end up against a brick wall again.
> > 
> > Tried the xen LiveCD on this machine (Athlon 64 X2 running Suse Linux
> > 10.1) and it worked. Had 3 vms working with no problem. The base Suse
> > 10.1 xen kernel works up to a point, that is I can xm list and get the
> > correct output, start a prebuilt guest, but it never comes up on
> > screent. Try stopping it, it says it says vm does not exist.
> > 
> > So, downloaded the xen-3.0.3_0-src tarball and follow instructions
> > compiling. Do a make dist and get 
> > 
> > ... x86-put-note-sections-into-a-pt_note-segment-in-vmlinux.patch
> > /bin/sh:
> > patches/linux-2.6.16.29/x86-put-note-sections-into-a-pt_note-s
> egment-in-vmlinux.patch: No such file or directory
> > make[2]: *** [ref-linux-2.6.16.29/.valid-ref] Error 1
> > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/afore/Downloads/xen-3.0.3_0-src'
> > make[1]: *** [linux-2.6-xen-install] Error 2
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/afore/Downloads/xen-3.0.3_0-src'
> > make: *** [install-kernels] Error 1
> > 
> > It downloaded the 2.6.16.29 kernel files, unpacked them, then 
> > looks like
> > it applied a bunch of patches up to the last one above. Other 
> > than that,
> > the error message is unintelligible to me. Can anyone tell me what the
> > problem is form the very cryptic error messages shown above?
> 
> That you don't have the file called 
> "x86-put-note-sections-into-a-pt_note-segment-in-vmlinux.patch" 
> in your system. 
> 
> I have attached the version hg changeset 11884 (I doubt it's changed
> since 3.0.3). 
> 
> But it really should be part of your source-code in the tarball [I
> haven't tried the 3.0.3, since I'm usually "ahead" on the "unstable"
> version...].
> 
> You asked about this same file a little while ago, but it appears that
> it was in some other directory?? [Although it could be that they are
> stored elsewhere first, and created in the correct directory when
> needed, as some of the patches are probably version independent].
> 
> --
> Mats
> 
> > 
> > Art
> > 

In the process of checking to see if I can get the suse 3.0.2 xen going
again without reinstalling:

The make install changed the link on xen.gz (default suse xen file) to
point to xen-3.0.3-0.gz

Redone the link to point back to xen-3.0.2_09763-0.8.gz

Now system will boot into the default suse xen kernel.

Why does the make install overwrite an existing link? Seems to me that
it should only create new ones, which it did except for the initrd which
is non-existent.

Art



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