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Wed Mar 7 00:37:19 UTC 2012


How can I downgrade my Fedora 16 kernel to get around this kernel bug
identified by Konrad?

Yum does not list any other kernels other than 3.2.10.



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [Xen-devel] Fedora 16 w/encrypted filesystem: unable to
boot Xen kernels
Date: 	Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:03:25 -0400
From: 	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk at oracle.com>
To: 	Gerry Reno <greno at verizon.net>
CC: 	xen-devel at lists.xensource.com



On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 01:04:42PM -0400, Gerry Reno wrote:
> I installed Fedora 16 on my laptop and selected encrypted filesystem for
> security.
> 
> I then installed Xen from yum.
> 
> I have the following grub entries:
> 
>     Fedora Linux, with Linux 3.2.10-3.fc16.i686.PAE
>     Fedora Linux, with Linux 3.2.10-3.fc16.i686.PAE (recovery mode)
>     Xen 4.1
>     Xen 4.1.2
>     Xen syms-4.1.2
>     Xen xen
> 
> When I boot the baremetal kernel entries I get prompted for the
> encrypted disk password and the machine boots fine (no Xen).
> 
> When I boot from any of the Xen entries I do not get prompted for the
> encrypted disk password and get an immediate kernel panic.
> 
> How do I boot Xen kernel from encrypted filesystem on my laptop?

Wel, the 3.2.10 has a bug that crashes the kernel. So use the older kernel
(3.2.6?) There is a BZ openned for this.

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