[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-users] How to move from pygrub to pv-grub?
On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Kai Schaetzl <maillists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Todd Deshane wrote on Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:40:31 -0500: > >> For some reason that thread is broken on the xensource server: >> (a good place to check is xen.markmail.org) >> >> This might be the key bit of info you are missing: >> http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-08/msg01083.html > > Thanks for the pointer, but I definitely read each single message that's > shown on that starter page, including the two "subthreads". And I read > this specific one, yes. The point is that I started by adding kernel, then > extra, then root. Eacht time with the same effect of grubdom. So, removing > root wouldn't make a difference. As I see you were able to get the system > booting by giving it the correct parameters. But that's impossible here as > it complains about the partition table. So, this must be something very > different. > What partition table does it mean? This is not an xvda-encapsulated drive, > this is a normal ext3 formatted LVM partition. There's no MBR and no > partition table on it. What partition table where does pv-grub expect? > I would image that it works very much the same (with some limitations pointed out by Samuel in that thread and others) as GRUB. Can you test on a disk or disk image just to see if you can get a working case (not on a partition)? I think you would need some sort of MBR or similar, but I don't know nor recall the details. Xen-devel/Samuel may be able to give you better answers if you don't get answers on xen-users. >> There may also be some patches that you need that happened after >> the 3.3 release, but one step at a time I guess. > > Don't make me cry ;-) I really don't want to build my own Xen stuff. If > that's what is needed to get pv-grub going I just stick with pygrub as it > is working perfectly :-) However, I would assume that pv-grub in a major > release like 3.3 won't have such a big bug that it doesn't work at all. > I don't remember if there is a fatal issue or not. 3.3.1 is due out around the end of the month too. Cheers, Todd -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net http://runningxen.com _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
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