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Re: [Xen-users] Unable to boot installation ISO


  • To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • From: "John F. Acree" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:57:45 -0400
  • Delivery-date: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:58:44 +0000
  • List-id: Xen user discussion <xen-users.lists.xen.org>

The gentoo minimal cd worked fine for me with xcp1.1, which I think is running the xen-3 series. It was only on xcp1.5 that I ran into problems getting it to be bootable, which I think runs the xen-4 series.

I have no idea what the difference is between the two. But as soon as I get the chance I will take a screenshot of the boot process when it fails, and include the vm-param-list output for that vm.

Maybe something has changed in the way the cdrom is handled or reported?

John

Ok, to make a follow up on my original email, I tried linux rescue CD
(systemrecue cd) and it booted. I saw that it dosent (or dosent appear
to) support native Xen frontend driver so sees the cdrom in HVM.
the gentoo seems to support native xen drivers (when booting, I can see
the disk with xvda : xvda1, xvda2, etc)
maybe the ISO dosent support a native xen cdrom driver (if there is one) ?
J-F

    -------- Original Message --------
    Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Unable to boot installation ISO
    From: "John F. Acree" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:john@xxxxxxxxxxxx>>
    Date: Wed, April 04, 2012 11:40 am
    To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

    Hi,

    I have had a similar problem, and as yet have not had a chance to take
    the screenshot as was requested earlier(maybe this weekend I can get
    to it.)

    My solution, until it can be figured out what needs to be changed so
    the
    gentoo minimal cd will boot, is that I used an ubuntu cd.

    I am writing up instructions on this approach, but might be several
    days
    or weeks before I release it(my first attempt at technical
    documentation.)

    Basic steps:
    Select other install media.
    Load the ubuntu iso or cd.
    Format the target drive.
    Copy down the gentoo stage3 and portage archives to the target drive.
    Extract packages, per install instructions.
    Chroot as normal and continue with the install instructions.

    Hope this helps. But I am not using a gentoo dom0, using xcp 1.5, so
    there are differences.

    John

    >  Hi,
    >  I build Xen 4.1.1 on a Gentoo base dom0. Everything is working
    great. I
    >  tried one of Joseph Glanville's PV-HVM image (debian6) and its working
    >  as it should.
    >  Now l'im trying to build a Gentoo based domU with then same specs as
    >  Joseph's PV-HVM.
    >  I used a copy of the .cfg and adapted to my needs to make the
    gentoo work.
    >  when booting the minimal install image using the iso, it starts
    loading
    >  the CD and then when trying to mount the cd-rom it dosent see it .
    >  here is a copy of the .cfg i used:
    >  kernel = 'hvmloader'
    >  builder = 'hvm'
    >  memory = 4096
    >  vcpus = 4
    >  name = "vm-vps3"
    >  vif = [ 'bridge=virbr0' ]
    >  disk = ['phy:/dev/vgPool1/VM-VPS3,hda,w',
    >
    
'file:/mnt/iso-images/gentoo/amd64/install-amd64-minimal-20120223.iso,hdc:cdrom']
    >  acpi = 1
    >  boot = 'd'
    >  sdl = 0
    >  serial = 'pty'
    >  xen_platform_pci = 1
    >  vnc = 1
    >  vncpasswd = 'password'
    >  vnclisten = 'localhost'
    >  vncdisplay = '343'
    >  I tried with xen_platform_pci set to 0 but the just hangs to boot
    >  procedure when loading the sata_piix module.
    >  any ideas on this ?
    >  Thanks,
    >  J-F
    >
    >
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