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

[Andrey <basketboy@xxxxx>]

Boris Quiroz ÐÐÑÐÑ:
> 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/
I copied them from downloaded debian-503-i386-netinst.iso in install.386 
folder. Should I try vmlinuz and initrd.gz from your link?
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