Re: [Xen-users] XEN 3.4.2 /proc/xen/balloon doesn't exist

[Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 02:50:33PM -0500, Gabor Szilagyi wrote:
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> I am new to XEN. Try to move from vmware and Virtualbox (I use both now).
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> Unfortunately, Debian Squeeze no longer support xen (out of the box no dom0)
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Afaik Debian guys are working on it.. dom0 kernel should appear before Squeeze.

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> So I am trying to make it myself.
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> I have installed xen 3.4.2 from source, did make world and installed.
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> Got the kernel source from from the git repository with the xen patches
> following the xen wiki.... compiled dom0 kernel just fine.
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So you're using pv_ops dom0 kernel?

> I can boot xen, with grup (old something went odd with grub2 for me) and
> then it boots my dom0 kernel fine.
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For GRUB2 see:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenCommonProblems

> Here I got stuck trying to create a hvm instance for installation of OS.
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> root@rasnew:/etc/xen# xm create -c /etc/xen/test1.cfg
> Using config file "/etc/xen/test1.cfg".
> Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/proc/xen/balloon'
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Did you mount /proc/xen ? You need to have xenfs mounted.

See:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenParavirtOps

For more information about mounting /proc/xen.

-- Pasi


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