Re: [Xen-users] Success story

[shal@xxxxxxx]

Selon Art Fore <art.fore@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi Shal

Hi,


>
> Tried what you had oher than there was no
> mysterious /boot/initrd-2.6.18.img, which was the same as from the
> tutorial by compiling the 3.0.3 kernel. Hhere is what I did.
>
> Installed the Xen kernel etc from Suse 10.2 DVD.
>
> The ran the mkinitrd -k "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.2-4-xen"  -i
> "/boot/initrd-2.6.18.2-4-xen"  (it didn't do anything without the quote
> marks) I then got
>
> Root device:    /dev/sda2 (mounted on / as ext3)
> Module list:    ata_piix jbd ext3 edd fan (xennet xenblk)
>
> Kernel image:   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.2-4-xen
> Initrd image:   /boot/initrd-2.6.18.2

=> this line is strange... no ?

snip

On my computer (but run on the xen kernel...):

# mkinitrd  -k /boot/vmlinuz-xen  -i /boot/initrd-2.6.18.2-4-xen
Root device:    /dev/sda2 (mounted on / as ext3)
Module list:    processor thermal generic ahci pata_marvell fan jbd ext3 edd
(xennet xenblk)

Kernel image:   /boot/vmlinuz-xen
Initrd image:   /boot/initrd-2.6.18.2-4-xen
Shared libs:    lib64/ld-2.5.so lib64/libacl.so.1.1.0 lib64/libattr.so.1.1.0
lib64/libblkid.so.1.0 lib64/libc-2.5.so lib64/libcom_err.so.2.1
lib64/libdl-2.5.so lib64/libext2fs.so.2.4 lib64/libhistory.so.5.1
lib64/libncurses.so.5.5 lib64/libpthread-2.5.so lib64/libreadline.so.5.1
lib64/librt-2.5.so lib64/libutil-2.5.so lib64/libuuid.so.1.2
lib64/libvolume_id.so.0.73.0 lib64/libnss_files-2.5.so lib64/libnss_files.so.2
lib64/libgcc_s.so.1
Cannot determine dependencies of module edd. Is modules.dep up to date?
Cannot determine dependencies of module edd. Is modules.dep up to date?
Cannot determine dependencies of module edd. Is modules.dep up to date?
Driver modules: ide-core ide-disk scsi_mod sd_mod processor thermal generic
libata ahci pata_marvell fan
Xen domU modules:       xennet xenblk
Filesystem modules:     jbd mbcache ext3
Including:      initramfs fsck.ext3
No bootsplash for kernel flavor xen
16735 blocks


A part of my menu.lst :

title openSUSE 10.2
    root (hd0,1)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 vga=0x31a all-generic-ide
resume=/dev/sda6 splash=silent showopts elevator=
    initrd /boot/initrd

title xen
    kernel (hd0,1)/boot/xen.gz
    module /boot/vmlinuz-xen   root=/dev/sda2 vga=0x31a all-generic-ide
resume=/dev/sda6 splash=silent
    module (hd0,1)/boot/initrd-xen

with: # ls -la /boot/initrd-xen
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Nov 17 09:11 /boot/initrd-xen -> initrd-2.6.18.2-4-xen
and:
# ls -la /boot/vmlinuz-xen
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Nov 17 09:11 /boot/vmlinuz-xen ->
vmlinuz-2.6.18.2-4-xen



Olivier

>
> On Sun, 2006-11-19 at 15:00 +0100, shal wrote:
> > Art Fore a écrit :
> > > On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 16:09 +0100, shal@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > >
> > >> Selon Art Fore <art.fore@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 15:03 +0100, shal@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> hello,
> > >>>>
> > >>>> just for a success story :
> > >>>> After bad experience on fedeora core 6, I have tested a OpenSuse
> 10.2beta2.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I have installed with success a Windows XP SP2.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> The hardware:
> > >>>> A intel DQ965gf
> > >>>> Intel Core 2 Duo 6700
> > >>>> USB DVD reader
> > >>>> IDE disk (PATA)
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Set AHCI mode in BIOS and add all-generic-ide in boot option.
> > >>>> The opensuse 10.2beta2 does not well configured the xen kernel, you
> should
> > >>>>
> > >>> do a
> > >>>
> > >>>> mkinitrd and write the good grub entry manualy.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> But after, all works very fine.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Olivier
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>> I would like to know the version of Xen jis in Suse 10.2
> > >>>
> > >> I don't knwo extacly, opensuse says  3.0.3 changeset 11774 seems to be
> included.
> > >> changeset is an xen version number, no? 11772 is the 3.0.3-rc5?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> and what
> > >>> computer you installed it in, ie. brand name.
> > >>>
> > >> No brand name: I have assembly pieces.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> I have been trying on Dell
> > >>> D820 laptop Core 2 Duo 7600 without success with both Suse 10.1 and
> > >>> Fedora FC6 both 64-bit and 32-bit with no success, that is, installing
> > >>> WinXP as guest operating system.
> > >>>
> > >> I haven't able to install winxp with the FC6 (64bit).
> > >> The  xen manager of opensuse is better than Fedora. there are two pass:
> one for
> > >> installation (botting iso file) and one for normal boot on the virtual
> disk.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Olivier
> > >>
> > >
> > > Hi Olivier
> > >
> > Hi
> > > I tried the mkinitrd but apparently did not get it right. Could you let
> > > me know what the exact command you used for mkinitrd and possibly
> > > the /boot/grub/menu.lst entry you have for the Xen kernel? It would be
> > > much appreciated.
> > >
> > I am not work where is the computer.
> > My memory saiys something like this:
> > mkinitrd -k /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-2-xen  -i /boot/initrd-2.6.18-2-xen
> > (adapt for existing file).
> >
> > For grub meu.lst,:
> > if the standard entry is like this:
> > title theOS
> >         root (hd0,0)
> >         kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18 some_options
> >         initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18.img
> >
> > add a new entry:
> > title theOS-xen
> >         root (hd0,0)
> >        kernel  /boot/xen.gz
> >        module  /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18   some_options
> >        module  /boot/initrd-2.6.18.img
> >
> > Tomorrow I can provide real command
> >
> > Olivier
>
>
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