Re: Cannot Start Linux Paravirtualized (PV) Guests with Xen 4.2-unstable

["Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)" <singapore.mr.teo.en.ming@gmail.com>]

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Any ideas? There has been very few documentation on XL domain 
configuration files on the internet.

Yours sincerely,

Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)

On 18/03/2012 22:41, Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have attached error logs. Please help.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>
>
> On 18/03/2012 19:44, Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I cannot start Linux PV guests. "sudo xl create -c" reports that a 
>> domain has successfully started but "ps -ef | grep qemu" returns no 
>> output and "sudo xl list" doesn't show that the PV domain has started.
>>
>> Please review the following installation steps which I have written 
>> and see if there are any mistakes.
>>
>> *XL****Domain****Configuration****File****for****Fedora****16****x86_64****PV****domU****(Incomplete****Configuration,****Not****Tested,****Do****Not****Use)*
>>
>>
>> You will need to install apache2 and create a local http mirror.
>>
>>
>> sudo apt-get install apache2
>>
>>
>> cd /media
>>
>> sudo mkdir fedora
>>
>> cd ~/Downloads
>>
>> sudo mount -o loop _Fedora-16-x86_64-DVD.iso 
>> <http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/16/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-16-x86_64-DVD.iso>_ 
>> /media/fedora
>>
>> cd
>>
>> mkdir -p vms/f16
>>
>> cd /media/fedora/images/pxeboot
>>
>> cp vmlinuz initrd.img ~/vms/f16/
>>
>>
>>
>> sudo nano /etc/xen/Fedora16x86_64
>>
>>
>> # Kernel image to boot
>>
>>
>> kernel = "/home/teo-en-ming/vms/f16/vmlinuz"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> # Ramdisk (optional)
>>
>>
>> ramdisk = "/home/teo-en-ming/vms/f16/initrd.img"
>>
>>
>>
>> #bootloader="/usr/bin/pygrub"
>>
>>
>> cd /etc/xen/images/
>>
>> sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=fedora16x86_64.img bs=1024k seek=10000 count=0
>>
>>
>> To install Fedora 16 x86_64 as a paravirtualized guest domain,
>>
>>
>> sudo xl create -c Fedora16x86_64
>>
>>
>> After installing Fedora 16 x86_64 PV domU,
>>
>>
>> sudo nano /etc/xen/Fedora16x86_64
>>
>>
>> # Kernel image to boot
>>
>>
>> #kernel = "/home/teo-en-ming/vms/f16/vmlinuz"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> # Ramdisk (optional)
>>
>>
>> #ramdisk = "/home/teo-en-ming/vms/f16/initrd.img"
>>
>>
>>
>> bootloader="/usr/bin/pygrub"
>>
>>
>> # XL domain configuration file for Fedora 16 x86_64 PV domU
>>
>> # Please refer to "man xl.cfg" for further explanations.
>>
>> # See also docs/misc/xl-network-configuration.markdown and
>>
>> # docs/misc/xl-disk-configuration.txt
>>
>>
>> # Written by Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>>
>> # Email: teo.en.ming@gmail.com
>>
>> # Mobile Phone: +65-8369-2618
>>
>> # Country: Singapore
>>
>> # Date: 18 Mar 2012 Sun
>>
>>
>> name="Fedora16x86_64"
>>
>>
>> builder="generic"
>>
>>
>> vcpus=2
>>
>>
>> memory=1024
>>
>>
>> on_poweroff="destroy"
>>
>> on_reboot="restart"
>>
>> on_crash="destroy"
>>
>>
>> disk=[ 'format=raw, vdev=hda, access=rw, 
>> target=/etc/xen/images/fedora16x86_64.img' ]
>>
>>
>> vif=[ 'bridge=virbr0' ]
>>
>>
>> vfb=[ 
>> 'vnc=1,vnclisten=localhost,vncdisplay=2,vncunused=1,vncpasswd=,sdl=0' ]
>>
>>
>> gfx_passthru=0
>>
>>
>> # Step 1
>>
>> # To install Fedora 16 x86_64 PV domU, configure the kernel, ramdisk, 
>> and extra keys below and comment out bootloader.
>>
>> # Kernel image to boot
>>
>> kernel = "/home/teo-en-ming/vms/f16/vmlinuz"
>>
>>
>> # Ramdisk (optional)
>>
>> ramdisk = "/home/teo-en-ming/vms/f16/initrd.img"
>>
>>
>> # Kernel command line options
>>
>> #extra = "root=/dev/xvda1"
>>
>>
>> # Step 2
>>
>> # To boot the already installed Fedora 16 x86_64 PV domU, comment out 
>> the keys in Step 1 and uncomment bootloader below.
>>
>>
>> #bootloader="/usr/bin/pygrub"
>>
>> Please advise.
>>
>> Thank you very much.
>>
>> Yours sincerely,
>>
>> Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>


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