Re: Re: [Xen-tools] Unable to start xend

["Pasi Kärkkäinen" <pasik@iki.fi>]

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:19:28AM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:45:02PM +0530, Onkar Mahajan wrote:
> > Please confirm if I am right :
> > 
> 
> Aaah, you are using GRUB2, not GRUB!
> 
> > #!/bin/sh
> > 
> > cat << EOF
> > menuentry "Xen 3.5 / Ubuntu, 2.6.31.6-xen1" {
> >     insmod ext2
> >     set root=(hd0,1)
> >     multiboot /boot/xen-3.5.gz <- This is the Xen VMM proper ???
> 
> Yup
> >     module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.6-xen1 dummy=dummy dom0_mem=1024M
> > root=/dev/sda1 ro <- This is linux kernel with pvops right ???
> 
> Yup. I would suggest you add 'console=hvc0' so you can see the output.
> >     module /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31.6-xen1
> > }
> > 
> > EOF
> > 
> > so in my case , I have compiled Linux kernel containing pvops ; Now , I also
> > need Xen VMM ?? right ??
> 
> Yes. But from your /boot/grub/menu.lst it looks that you do have the
> xen-3.5.gz compiled? For details on how to do that look at the URL that
> Boris sent - it is pretty comprehensive.
> 
> Also take a look at this (which Boris wrote as well):
> http://bderzhavets.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/loading-xen-via-grub2-on-top-ubuntu-karmic-server-alpha-4/
> 
> That explains how to setup the GRUB2 entry correctly.
> 
> Boris, I am CC-ing you on this e-mail. Any suggestions on what else he
> might need to do?
> 

More information about Xen+grub2 here aswell:
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenCommonProblems

-- Pasi