On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:14:30PM +0100, M A Young wrote: > On Mon, 26 Mar 2012, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > > >So how are you actually trying to install F17? > >I tried: > >virt-install --name F17 --ram 1024 --disk /dev/vg_guest/f17_32 --paravirt --location http://build/tftpboot/f17-i386/ > > > >and it showed the text console, and then rebooted thinking it was complete. > >When using a manual guest config: > >kernel="/root/vmlinuz-PAE" > >ramdisk="/root/initrd-PAE.img" > >append="console=hvc0 loglevel=8 root=http://build/tftpboot/f17-i386"; > >memory=1024 > >maxvcpus = 2 > >vcpus = 2 > >disk = ['phy:/dev/vg_guest/f17_32,xvda,w'] > >vif = [ 'type=netfront, bridge=switch' ] > >vfb = [ 'vnc=1, vnclisten=0.0.0.0 ,vncunused=1'] > > > >I get this: > > 5.680395] Broadcom NetXtreme II iSCSI Driver bnx2i v2.7.0.3 (Jun 15, 2011) > >[ 5.681923] iscsi: registered transport (bnx2i) > >[ 5.696419] iscsi: registered transport (be2iscsi) > >[ 5.763271] dracut: FATAL: No or empty root= argument > >[ 5.764158] dracut: Refusing to continue > >[ 5.769524] dracut Warning: Signal caught! > >[ 5.772973] dracut Warning: dracut: FATAL: No or empty root= argument > >[ 5.776138] dracut Warning: dracut: Refusing to continue > >[ 5.782548] init used greatest stack depth: 5480 bytes left > >[ 5.783425] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! > > > >so is there a new syntax for the root parameter now that is a LiveCD? > > Yes, the F17 install image is now a liveCD so you need to specify > this on the boot command line. This may be as simple as replacing > root= with root=live: So with extra="console=hvc0 loglevel=8 root=live:http://build/tftpboot/f17-i386/LiveOS/squashfs.img"; I was able to succesfully install, but booting proved interestingly. When trying the 'pygrub' it would complain about the 'No OS loader', but if I ran it on the disk (pygrub /dev/vg_guest/f17_32) it would extract the payload properly. (This is with xen-4.1.2-6.fc16). So I worked around by taking those images directly: kernel="/var/run/xend/boot/boot_kernel.jIsJmr" ramdisk="/var/run/xend/boot/boot_ramdisk.I4rBjo" extra="root=/dev/mapper/vg_f17-lv_root ro rd.md=0 rd.lvm.lv=vg_f17/lv_swap SYSFONT=True KEYTABLE=us rd.lvm.lv=vg_f17/lv_root rd.luks=0 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd.dm=0" And when booting F17 either as HVM or PV, in both cases I got Xorg to tell me: (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument and freeze. The /dev/fb0 works fine thought by itslef, if do: "exec /sbin/init 3", then login on the VNC window and run 'fbterm' I get an nice framebuffer terminal. @M A: Is there a BZ for this or should I open one up with Xorg? I would think that KVM would hit the same exact problem when using the default VGA Cirrus framebuffer. -- xen mailing list xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen
