[CentOS-virt] Fedora 12 2.6.31.5-127.fc12 domU on CentOS 5.4 2.6.18-164.6.1.el5xen fails to boot

Fri Dec 4 07:36:49 UTC 2009
Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik at iki.fi>

On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 01:22:06PM -0500, Scot P. Floess wrote:
> 
> What happens is /boot is always installing as ext4 - no matter what I set 
> it to be in my kickstart file.
> 
> I use Cobbler/KOAN for my VM installs...  What did you do to get F12 
> installed as a VM?
>

I did manual installation using virt-manager. I didn't use kickstart or
Cobbler/KOAN.

The normal manual installation allows you to set /boot to ext3. 

-- Pasi


> On Tue, 1 Dec 2009, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 09:22:55AM -0500, Scot P. Floess wrote:
> >>
> >>So, to be honest, I don't recall seeing that option in my BIOS - but I've
> >>not looked either.  I installed the x86_64 version of F11 and it works
> >>fine.
> >>
> >>Again, this isn't really a big issue as this is all stuff on my home
> >>network.  I was pleased just to be able to run F11 in some capacity as a
> >>Xen guest :)
> >>
> >>Now, if I could just get F12 to work ;)
> >>
> >
> >What's the problem with F12? :)
> >
> >Works for me, both as Xen PV domU and as dom0 (using custom dom0 kernel).
> >
> >-- Pasi
> >
> >>On Tue, 1 Dec 2009, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 09:44:13PM -0500, Scot P. Floess wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>So, as it turns out, my issue seems to be running a CentOS 5.4 x86_64 
> >>>>host
> >>>>and an i386 F11 VM.  I used another machine running CentOS 5.4 i386
> >>>>host and was able to launch, no changes, the F11 i386 VM.
> >>>>
> >>>>Is there any reason I should see the failure listed below?  I've not yet
> >>>>tried to install F11 x86_64 as a VM on the CentOS 5.4 x86_64 host.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>Hmm.. iirc F11 GA kernel has some xen-related bugs (at least NX and 
> >>>xsave).
> >>>Not sure if your crash is one of those though..
> >>>
> >>>Did you try toggling the NX (No eXecute memory protection) setting in
> >>>BIOS?
> >>>
> >>>There was workarounds for those in post RHEL 5.4 virttest kernels, so
> >>>could try those aswell..
> >>>
> >>>Some bugzillas that might be related:
> >>>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502826
> >>>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524719
> >>>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=525290
> >>>
> >>>You could try updated post-5.4 Xen / dom0 kernel rpms from here:
> >>>
> >>>http://people.redhat.com/clalance/virttest/
> >>>or from: http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5/
> >>>
> >>>-- Pasi
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >
> >_______________________________________________
> >CentOS-virt mailing list
> >CentOS-virt at centos.org
> >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt
> >
> 
> Scot P. Floess
> 27 Lake Royale
> Louisburg, NC  27549
> 
> 252-478-8087 (Home)
> 919-890-8117 (Work)
> 
> Chief Architect JPlate   http://sourceforge.net/projects/jplate
> Chief Architect JavaPIM  http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapim
> 
> Architect Keros          http://sourceforge.net/projects/keros

> _______________________________________________
> CentOS-virt mailing list
> CentOS-virt at centos.org
> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt