Re: domU guest for xcp 0.1.1

[Ritu kaur <ritu.kaur.us@gmail.com>]

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Just to add, I have tried both com1 and com2 from baud rate 38400 to 115200
no luck. Inputs much appreciated.

Thanks

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Ritu kaur <ritu.kaur.us@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Pasi,
>
> Serial console just doesn't seem to work. In extlinux.conf file I have
>
> # location mbr
> serial 0 115200
> default xe-serial
> prompt 1
> timeout 50
> ...
>
> label xe-serial
>   # XenCloudPlatform (Serial)
>   kernel mboot.c32
>   append /boot/xen.3.4.3.gz com1=115200,8n1 console=com1,vga dom0_mem=752M
> lowmem_emergency_pool=1M crashkernel=64M@32M --- /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32
> root=LABEL=root-mhycetek ro console=tty0 earlyprintk=xen nomodeset
> xencons=hvc console=hvc0 --- /boot/initrd-2.6.32.img
>
> From another linux m/c, I run minicom -s /dev/ttyS0, configure serial port
> to match above config. minicom always reports serial port as offline.
> Googled and tried another option "minicom -c on /dev/ttyS0" still no luck. I
> have made sure from BIOS on both m/c's serial com ports are enabled. Not
> quite sure what is wrong here. Does extlinux.conf entry looks fine?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 4:55 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@iki.fi> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 02:34:39PM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>> > On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 08:21:49PM -0700, Ritu kaur wrote:
>> > >    I tried another thing. After compilation,  I did "make
>> modules_install" in
>> > >    xcp ddk in order to use following command
>> > >
>> > >    mkinitrd -f ./initrd-2.6.32.img 2.6.32
>> > >
>> > >    I get following errors...
>> > >
>> > >    modinfo: could not find module ide-disk
>> > >    No module ide-disk found for kernel 2.6.32, aborting
>> > >
>> >
>> > mkinitrd reads /etc/modprobe.conf to figure out what modules should be
>> included into the initrd image.
>> >
>>
>> also I'm not sure if ide-disk is a required module for 2.6.32?
>>
>> -- Pasi
>>
>> > >    My boot disk is ide and looking into .config didn't give me any
>> ideas as
>> > >    to what has to be enabled.
>> > >
>> >
>> > If you need some other module then fix it in /etc/modprobe.conf
>> > You need to figure out what's the correct driver for your root/boot
>> disk.
>> >
>> > -- Pasi
>> >
>> > >    Thanks
>> > >
>> > >    On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Ritu kaur <[1]ritu.kaur.us@[2]
>> gmail.com>
>> > >    wrote:
>> > >
>> > >      Thanks Pasi. I had used following command to regenerate initrd
>> image in
>> > >      xcp ddk
>> > >
>> > >      mkinitrd -f ./initrd-2.6.32.img
>>  2.6.27.42-0.1.1.xs0.1.1.737.1065xen
>> > >
>> > >      it doesn't work either. While booting screen goes blank
>> immediately
>> > >      after I see
>> > >      ...
>> > >       Booting:MBI=0x00010120, entry=0x00100000
>> > >
>> > >      and next thing I see is BIOS setup, so not sure connecting serial
>> cable
>> > >      will reveal anything more. Inputs appreciated.
>> > >
>> > >      Thanks
>> > >
>> > >      On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <[3]
>> pasik@iki.fi>
>> > >      wrote:
>> > >
>> > >        On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 11:28:12AM -0700, Ritu kaur wrote:
>> > >        >    Any inputs on this? I compiled xen/next kernel in Debian
>> Lenny
>> > >        and booted
>> > >        >    successfully as a domU(I am using same .config file which
>> I used
>> > >        to build
>> > >        >    under xcp-ddk). Looks to me xen/next doesn't work with
>> xcp0.1.1.
>> > >        >
>> > >
>> > >        You need to re-generate the dom0 kernel initrd to match your
>> kernel.
>> > >        You cannot use the default xcp initrd image.
>> > >
>> > >        Please provide the full serial console boot log so we can
>> troubleshoot
>> > >        it:
>> > >        [4]http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenSerialConsole
>> > >
>> > >        -- Pasi
>> > >
>> > >        >    Thanks
>> > >        >
>> > >        >    On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Ritu kaur
>> > >        <[1][5]ritu.kaur.us@[2][6]gmail.com>
>> > >        >    wrote:
>> > >        >
>> > >        >      Hi Pasi,
>> > >        >
>> > >        >      Messages seen with not-working case
>> > >        >
>> > >        >
>> > >
>> /***********************************************************************************
>> > >        >      kernel:/boot/xen.3.4.3.gz dom0-mem=752M
>> > >        lowmem-emergency-pool=1M
>> > >        >      crashkernel=64M@32M console=comX vga=mode-0x0311
>> > >        >      loading /boot/xen.3.4.3.gz..........
>> > >        >      Module:/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32 root=LABEL=root-mhycetek ro
>> > >        Xencons=hvc
>> > >        >      console=hvc0 console=tty0 quiet vga=785 splash
>> > >        >      Loading /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.........
>> > >        >      Module:/boot/initrd-2.6-xen.img
>> > >        >      Loading
>> > >        >
>> > >
>> /boot/initrd-2.6-xen.img...............................................................................................
>> > >        >      Booting:MBI=0x00010120, entry=0x00100000
>> > >        >
>> > >
>> ***************************************************************************************/
>> > >        >
>> > >        >      Screen is blank after these messages and system returns
>> to BIOS
>> > >        setup.
>> > >        >
>> > >        >      Messages seen with working case
>> > >        >
>> > >
>> /***********************************************************************************
>> > >        >      kernel:/boot/xen.gz dom0-mem=752M
>> lowmem-emergency-pool=1M
>> > >        >      crashkernel=64M@32M comsole=comX vga=mode-0x0311
>> > >        >      loading /boot/xen.gz..........
>> > >        >      Module:/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.xen root=LABEL=root-mhycetek ro
>> > >        Xencons=hvc
>> > >        >      console=hvc0 console=tty0 quiet vga=785 splash
>> > >        >      Loading /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.xen.........
>> > >        >      Module:/boot/initrd-2.6-xen.img
>> > >        >      Loading
>> > >        >
>> > >
>> /boot/initrd-2.6-xen.img...............................................................................................
>> > >        >      Booting:MBI=0x00010120, entry=0x00100000
>> > >        >
>> > >
>> ***************************************************************************************/
>> > >        >
>> > >        >      Versions used in Non-working case
>> > >        >
>> > >        >      xen - 3.4.3/4.0.0
>> > >        >      kernel - xen/next
>> > >        >      initrd - default one which came with xcp0.1.1
>> download.(Ps
>> > >        note, in xcp
>> > >        >      ddk cannot build initrd image)
>> > >        >
>> > >        >      in Working case
>> > >        >
>> > >        >      xen - 3.4.2
>> > >        >      kernel - xcp 0.1.1
>> > >        >      initrd - one that came with xcp 0.1.1
>> > >        >
>> > >        >      Checked in my .config and changed CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START
>> to
>> > >        0x00100000
>> > >        >      and CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN=0x100000, didn't help.
>> > >        >
>> > >        >      Inputs appreciated.
>> > >        >
>> > >        >      Thanks
>> > >        >
>> > >        > References
>> > >        >
>> > >        >    Visible links
>> > >        >    1. [7]http://ritu.kaur.us/
>> > >        >    2. [8]http://gmail.com/
>> > >
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>> > >
>> > >    Visible links
>> > >    1. http://ritu.kaur.us/
>> > >    2. http://gmail.com/
>> > >    3. mailto:pasik@iki.fi
>> > >    4. http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenSerialConsole
>> > >    5. http://ritu.kaur.us/
>> > >    6. http://gmail.com/
>> > >    7. http://ritu.kaur.us/
>> > >    8. http://gmail.com/
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>> > >   10. http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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