[Fedora-xen] kernel-2.6.38-1.xendom0.fc15.x86_64 & Xen 4.1.0

[Steven Haigh]

On 16/04/2011 11:00 PM, M A Young wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, 16 Apr 2011, Steven Haigh wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've rebuilt my xen server to Fedora 15 Beta which has Xen 4.1.0.
>>
>> I've copied the config files from a working Fedora 14 & Xen 4.0.1 xen
>> server, however it seems that the guests refuse to start.
>>
>> My config file is as follows:
>> memory = 512
>> name = "zeus.vm"
>> vcpus = 2
>> disk = [ 'phy:/dev/RAID1/zeus.vm,xvda,w',
>> 'phy:/dev/RAID5/fileshare,xvdb,w' ]
>
> Try file: instead of phy: and xl rather than xm. I think that kernel has
> kernel block back support in theory but I am not sure it works.

I think I managed to track down the problem!

Replacing the kernel & initrd lines in the config file with:
	bootloader = '/usr/bin/pygrub'

The domains seem to function without issue now.

I still seem to have problems starting hvm DomUs with Windows as the 
guest OS. My guess is that something seems to be wrong with 
pv-grub_x86_64.gz and possible hvmloader?

Has anyone managed to overcome, confirm or suggest a workaround for this?

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Steven Haigh

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