Re: [Xen-users] domU mandriva onto dom0 Debian

[Fabiano Francesconi <fabiano.francesconi@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 05:06:13PM +0200, Susanna Martinelli wrote:
> Hi all,
> i'm trying to run a mandriva domu on debian dom0 (Debian
> 2.6.18.dfsg.1-22etch2).
> the xen Hypervisor is at version 3.2, xm dmesg returns:
> (XEN) Xen version 3.2-1 (Debian 3.2.1-2) (waldi@xxxxxxxxxx) (gcc version
> 4.3.1 (Debian 4.3.1-2) ) Sat Jun 28 15:25:00 UTC 2008
> 
> I've made the configuration file for domU machine like this:
> #
> # Configuration file for the Xen instance prova, created
> # by xen-tools 3.9 on Fri Apr  2 11:55:00 2010.
> #
> 
> #
> #  Kernel + memory size
> ##
> kernel      = '/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.8-xen-3.3.0-2mdv'
> ramdisk     = '/boot/initrd-xen-2.6.18.8-xen-3.3.0-2mdv.img'
> 
> memory      = '512'
> 
> #
> #  Disk device(s).
> #
> root        = '/dev/sda1 ro'
> disk        =
> ['file:/home/xen/domains/xtreemos/xos-node1_base.img,sda1,w','file:/home/xen/domains/xtreemos/xos-node1_swap.img,sda2,w']
> #disk        =
> ['tap:aio:/home/xen/domains/mandriva/Mandriva_base.img,sda1,w','tap:aio:/home/xen/domains/mandriva/Mandriva_swap.img,sda2,w']
> 
> 
> #
> #  Hostname
> #
> name        = 'xos-node1.isti.cnr.it'
> 
> #
> #  Networking
> #
> dhcp        = 'dhcp'
> vif         = [ 'mac=00:16:3E:04:FA:F7' ]
> 
> #
> #  Behaviour
> #
> on_poweroff = 'destroy'
> on_reboot   = 'restart'
> on_crash    = 'restart'
> 
> BTW the domU machine doesn't start properly, after "xm create -c
> /etc/xen/configuration.cfg"  it blocks after the last instruction in the
> following list:
> http://pastebin.com/0ATJ73AG
> Do you have an idea about the problem? Could it  be a compatibility problem?
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
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Ciao,
this is usually not a problem of the machine itself but a problem
reaching the right console device.

Try adding:
        extra = "console=xvc0"
to your domU configuration file.

This could help you reaching the right console.

If I've misunderstood your issue, please forgive me.

--
Fabiano Francesconi [GPG key: 0x81E53461]

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