[Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#479197: xen-hypervisor-3.2-1-amd64: hypervisor fails to load dom0 ("not an ELF binary")

[Samuel Thibault]

James Youngman, le Sat 03 May 2008 16:03:16 +0100, a écrit :
> Package: xen-hypervisor-3.2-1-amd64
> The hypervisor loads OK but then fails to load my dom0 kernel.  I get
> an erorr message "not an ELF binary" followed after 5s by a hypervisor
> reboot.
> 
> menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Xen 3.2-1-amd64, Linux
> 2.6.22-3-vserver-amd64 (single-user mode)" {
>         set root=(hd0,1)
>         multiboot (hd0,1)/xen-3.2-1-amd64.gz
>         module  (hd0,1)/vmlinuz-2.6.22-3-vserver-amd64
> root=/dev/mapper/mirror_a-root_fs ro single
>         module  (hd0,1)/initrd.img-2.6.22-3-vserver-amd64
> }

Is that really a xen dom0 kernel?  It doesn't like like it (it would
have -xen part)

> On the other hand, this boot configuration works, though without the
> hypervisor, Xen is of course not running:
> 
> 
> menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.22-3-vserver-amd64 (single-user mode)" {
>         linux   (hd0,1)/vmlinuz-2.6.22-3-vserver-amd64
> root=/dev/mapper/mirror_a-root_fs ro single
>         initrd  (hd0,1)/initrd.img-2.6.22-3-vserver-amd64
> }

That would confirm that this is not a dom0 kernel: dom0 kernels can't
boot without Xen.

Samuel