Re: Failure to setup Xen 3.4.1 Dom0 on top of Ubuntu 9.10 Server HVM DomU ( 2.6.30.2 xenified kernel)

[Christian Tramnitz <chris.ace@gmx.net>]

Afaik grub2 does not pass the boot parameters "root=/dev/sda2 ro 
console=tty0" to the kernel in multiboot/module combination. I have seen 
the same problem on gentoo/grub2 and also read about this before. (This 
is not really Xen specific, but multiboot related).
My workaround was to compile the kernel options as static cmdline into 
the kernel itself...

Best regards,
    Christian

Boris Derzhavets wrote:
> Karmic Server HVM DomU setup at Xen 3.4.1 Dom0 F11 via virt-install.
> Attempt to build Xen from source and xenified kernel succeeded.
> Before creating Grub 2 entry for Xen Host directive "root=UUID=.."  
> switched off by editing /etc/default/grub and update-grub run.
> 
> Manually created entry /boot/grub/grib.cfg as advised for Debian (Grub 2)
>  
>  Xen 3.4.1 Ubuntu 9.10 {
> multiboot (hd0,1)/xen-3.4.gz
> module    (hd0,1)/vmlinuz-2.6.30.2 root=/dev/sda2 ro console=tty0
> module    (hd0,1)/initrd-2.6.30.2.img
> }
> 
> Failure when waiting for /dev/sda2 and dropping to grub prompt
> 
> HVM itself loads fine.
> 
> Boris.