Re: [Xen-users] Debian domU installation problem: Invalid kernel

[Boris Quiroz <boris.quiroz@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrey wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My configuration is the following:
>
> Xen 3.3.1 compiled from sources(with PAE enabled)
> Dom0 Debian Etch i386
>
> I'm trying to create Debian domU from scratch with netinst and get the 
> kernel and ram disk to boot to installation procedure from install.386/ 
> folder of netinst iso image. Then I use the following config file 
> debian.cfg for installation:
> kernel      = '/xen/kernel/install/vmlinuz'
> ramdisk     = '/xen/kernel/install/initrd.gz'
>
> memory      = '1024'
>
> root        = '/dev/xvda1 ro'
> disk        = [ 'tap:aio:/xen/domains/debian/debian.img,xvda,w']
>
>
> name        = 'debian'
> vif         = [ '' ]
> vfb = [ 'type=vnc,vncunused=1' ]
>
>
> on_poweroff = 'destroy'
> on_reboot   = 'restart'
> on_crash    = 'restart'
>
> After running 'xm create /etc/xen/domu/install/debian' I get the error:
>
> Using config file "/etc/xen/domu/install/debian".
> Error: (2, 'Invalid kernel', 'elf_xen_note_check: ERROR: Will only load 
> images built for the generic loader or Linux images')
> What is the problem? Xen can't recognize Debian kernel from netinst iso?
>
> Also I've noted that there was a such problem with installing Fedora 11 
> in domU. It's netinst ISO have 2 versions of kernels non-PAE and PAE. In 
> the case of non-PAE kernel I got the same error. With PAE boot kernel 
> everything works fine.
> I know that I can use xen-tools for creating domU but I want to try this 
> method.
> Thanks.
>
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Hi Andrey,

I guess your vmlinuz and initrd.gz were downloaded from /xen's debian 
mirror, from somewhere like [1].
Also, take a look at .cfg file in that URL. It has some specific 
variables needed for debian.
1. http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/netboot/xen/

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