Re: Unable to Configure Xen Dom 0 in Jeremy's PVOPS Kernel

["Pasi Kärkkäinen" <pasik@iki.fi>]

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:13:02AM +0800, Teo En Ming wrote:
> Hi!!!
> 
> I have managed to install CentOS 4.7 paravirtualized guest on Xen Dom 0 
> Jeremy Fitzhardinge's pv_ops kernel successfully. Please see screenshots 
> here: 
> http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com/2009/07/creating-centos-47-32-bit.html
> 
> However, after installation of CentOS 4.7 PV, I can't start the guest 
> domain.
> 
> I have tried to mount/access the CentOS 4.7 guest disk image file and found 
> out that xenU (xen-aware) kernel and initial ramdisk images were installed. 
> PV Guest GRUB was also configured to boot the xenU kernel. Please see 
> screenshot: 
> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zzjv8MCM2sk/SmiMcYsFzAI/AAAAAAAAACk/rYxOFDHuD00/s1600-h/xen18.jpeg
> 

So it seems you have a separate /boot partition, which is the first partition on the
xvda disk.. that centos 4.7 domU grub.conf looks correct to me.


> My CentOS 4.7 PV guest domain configuration is as follows:  
> http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zzjv8MCM2sk/SmiMcrnOfEI/AAAAAAAAACs/s-xguFnf25U/s1600-h/xen19.jpeg
> 

That looks correct aswell.. 

> Any idea why I can't start the CentOS 4.7 PV guest after installation? Is 
> the guest domain configuration correct/sufficient? Please advise.
> 

What's the error you get? Based on those screenshots it _should_ work.. 

-- Pasi