Re: using linux as domU. --- almost done

[Cem Kayali <cemkayali%eticaret.com.tr@localhost>]

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Thanks for your help!

Almost done! Ubuntu booted as domU domain...

No error message, all services initialized. It seems the *only remaining 
problem* is that, i couldn't specify a console for domU. It boots, and i 
just do not see "login:".  If i run "xm shutdown linux", it properly 
shutdowns.

Do you know how to pass console variable to domU kernel?


PS: You are right, this is already installed linux.


Regards,
Cem


Manuel Bouyer, 11/16/08 20:59:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 08:43:41PM +0200, Cem Kayali wrote:
>   
> > It is not xvda... nor hda... I didn't see any hd* sd* and xvd* entries 
> > in ~linux/dev. I also installed grub and tried using ubuntu way: 
> > kernel+initrd as module.
> >     
>
> Not surprising as /dev is probably a kernfs-like filesystem. What do you
> see on console when the linux kernel boots ?
>   
> > I think im just unlucky... I need to play more or maybe better to ask 
> > someone how he/she installed xen enabled a favorite distribution as 
> > domU; ie; ubuntu, opensuse, fedora... from their CDs/DVDs.
> >
> >     
>
> For scientific linux 5 (clone of RHEL5), I boot:
> kernel = "/usr/pkg/etc/xen/kernels/vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.el5xen"
> ramdisk = "/usr/pkg/etc/xen/kernels/initrd-2.6.18-92.el5xen.img"
>
> both kernel and initrd being provided by the distribution in
> scientific/52/{i386,x86_64}/images/xen/
> this start the usual SL5 installed in the domU. Once installed, I change the
> config to
> bootloader = "/usr/pkg/bin/pygrub"
> (removing the kernel and ramdisk lines), and the domU loads the SL5
> kernel/initrd using pygrub from the domU's root.
>
> Now if I understood you properly you want to boot from an already-installed
> linux partition. I've not tried this for a long time, and I don't know
> how to build the initial ramdisk (required if your xen kernel has
> disk driver build as module).
>
>
>