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Apr 24, 2011, 2:35 AM

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Requesting help

Hi,

I recently downloaded XCP 1.0.0 and installed it in one of my external hard drives. Now, when I tried to load the installed XCP (Immediately after installation), it's not loading. The system is booted up to the "Boot:" prompt and loads to a white show bear (with a hap and a stick) picture and hangs my system. Caps lock key and the hard disk light is flashing.

Please help me to solve the problem.

Thanks
Ramesh

george.shuklin at gmail

Apr 24, 2011, 3:25 AM

Post #2 of 12 (2008 views)
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Re: Requesting help [In reply to]

try to use fallback or safe option in boot menu (it shown as dark blue
on black before boot) to see what happens.

My guess: using an external drive is simply not supported.

On 24.04.2011 13:35, Ramesh wrote:
> Hi,
> I recently downloaded XCP 1.0.0 and installed it in one of my external
> hard drives. Now, when I tried to load the installed XCP (Immediately
> after installation), it's not loading. The system is booted up to the
> "Boot:" prompt and loads to a white show bear (with a hap and a stick)
> picture and hangs my system. Caps lock key and the hard disk light is
> flashing.
> Please help me to solve the problem.
> Thanks
> Ramesh
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Xen-community mailing list
> Xen-community [at] lists
> http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-community
>

list at rameshtr

Apr 24, 2011, 10:29 AM

Post #3 of 12 (2005 views)
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Re: Requesting help [In reply to]

I didn't get a boot menu either. I got a boot prompt (CLI) with the test "Boot:". I tried 'help', 'verbose' and lot more, but unfortunately nothing worked. Could you please explain a bit how to turn on the verbose mode or safe mode turn on?

Thanks
Ramesh

From: George Shuklin
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:25 AM
To: xen-community [at] lists
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

try to use fallback or safe option in boot menu (it shown as dark blue on black before boot) to see what happens.

My guess: using an external drive is simply not supported.

On 24.04.2011 13:35, Ramesh wrote:
Hi,

I recently downloaded XCP 1.0.0 and installed it in one of my external hard drives. Now, when I tried to load the installed XCP (Immediately after installation), it's not loading. The system is booted up to the "Boot:" prompt and loads to a white show bear (with a hap and a stick) picture and hangs my system. Caps lock key and the hard disk light is flashing.

Please help me to solve the problem.

Thanks
Ramesh

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Apr 24, 2011, 10:34 AM

Post #4 of 12 (2009 views)
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Re: Requesting help [In reply to]

Yes, and here you shall print noted below commands.

Do you expect nice menu with helpers? Use hyper-v and be microsoft's slave.

On 24.04.2011 21:29, Ramesh wrote:
> I didn't get a boot menu either. I got a boot prompt (CLI) with the
> test "Boot:". I tried 'help', 'verbose' and lot more, but
> unfortunately nothing worked. Could you please explain a bit how to
> turn on the verbose mode or safe mode turn on?
> Thanks
> Ramesh
>
> *From:* George Shuklin <mailto:george.shuklin [at] gmail>
> *Sent:* Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:25 AM
> *To:* xen-community [at] lists
> <mailto:xen-community [at] lists>
> *Subject:* Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help
>
> try to use fallback or safe option in boot menu (it shown as dark blue
> on black before boot) to see what happens.
>
> My guess: using an external drive is simply not supported.
>
> On 24.04.2011 13:35, Ramesh wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I recently downloaded XCP 1.0.0 and installed it in one of my
>> external hard drives. Now, when I tried to load the installed XCP
>> (Immediately after installation), it's not loading. The system is
>> booted up to the "Boot:" prompt and loads to a white show bear (with
>> a hap and a stick) picture and hangs my system. Caps lock key and the
>> hard disk light is flashing.
>> Please help me to solve the problem.
>> Thanks
>> Ramesh
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Xen-community mailing list
>> Xen-community [at] lists
>> http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-community
>>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> _______________________________________________
> Xen-community mailing list
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> http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-community

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Apr 24, 2011, 11:10 AM

Post #5 of 12 (2014 views)
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Re: Requesting help [In reply to]

Thanks for your quick response.
I believe I haven't made my point clear.

* I am not getting a menu at boot time (no choices)
* what ever I typed there on the prompt, it says kernel not found or invalid kernel.

I am pretty confused how to activate the safe option.

Also, I tried to load the kernel by typing the following,

/boot/xen.gz

and, it shows me an error like 'Kernel Corrupted"

I also started believing external drive may not be supported.

From: George Shuklin
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 10:34 AM
To: xen-community [at] lists
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

Yes, and here you shall print noted below commands.

Do you expect nice menu with helpers? Use hyper-v and be microsoft's slave.

On 24.04.2011 21:29, Ramesh wrote:
I didn't get a boot menu either. I got a boot prompt (CLI) with the test "Boot:". I tried 'help', 'verbose' and lot more, but unfortunately nothing worked. Could you please explain a bit how to turn on the verbose mode or safe mode turn on?

Thanks
Ramesh

From: George Shuklin
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:25 AM
To: xen-community [at] lists
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

try to use fallback or safe option in boot menu (it shown as dark blue on black before boot) to see what happens.

My guess: using an external drive is simply not supported.

On 24.04.2011 13:35, Ramesh wrote:
Hi,

I recently downloaded XCP 1.0.0 and installed it in one of my external hard drives. Now, when I tried to load the installed XCP (Immediately after installation), it's not loading. The system is booted up to the "Boot:" prompt and loads to a white show bear (with a hap and a stick) picture and hangs my system. Caps lock key and the hard disk light is flashing.

Please help me to solve the problem.

Thanks
Ramesh

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Apr 24, 2011, 11:17 AM

Post #6 of 12 (2006 views)
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Re: Requesting help [In reply to]

I figured out something, that fallback worked for me and I found the problem is a 'Kernel Panic'
see the errors below

switchroot : mount failed: No such file or directory
Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill Init!

I think boot from external drive is not supported. I there any solution for this like loading a driver or something...

Thanks George Shuklin for your help, and much appreciated...

From: Ramesh
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 11:10 AM
To: George Shuklin ; xen-community [at] lists
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

Thanks for your quick response.
I believe I haven't made my point clear.

* I am not getting a menu at boot time (no choices)
* what ever I typed there on the prompt, it says kernel not found or invalid kernel.

I am pretty confused how to activate the safe option.

Also, I tried to load the kernel by typing the following,

/boot/xen.gz

and, it shows me an error like 'Kernel Corrupted"

I also started believing external drive may not be supported.

From: George Shuklin
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 10:34 AM
To: xen-community [at] lists
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

Yes, and here you shall print noted below commands.

Do you expect nice menu with helpers? Use hyper-v and be microsoft's slave.

On 24.04.2011 21:29, Ramesh wrote:
I didn't get a boot menu either. I got a boot prompt (CLI) with the test "Boot:". I tried 'help', 'verbose' and lot more, but unfortunately nothing worked. Could you please explain a bit how to turn on the verbose mode or safe mode turn on?

Thanks
Ramesh

From: George Shuklin
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:25 AM
To: xen-community [at] lists
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

try to use fallback or safe option in boot menu (it shown as dark blue on black before boot) to see what happens.

My guess: using an external drive is simply not supported.

On 24.04.2011 13:35, Ramesh wrote:
Hi,

I recently downloaded XCP 1.0.0 and installed it in one of my external hard drives. Now, when I tried to load the installed XCP (Immediately after installation), it's not loading. The system is booted up to the "Boot:" prompt and loads to a white show bear (with a hap and a stick) picture and hangs my system. Caps lock key and the hard disk light is flashing.

Please help me to solve the problem.

Thanks
Ramesh

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http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-community

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Apr 24, 2011, 1:55 PM

Post #7 of 12 (2004 views)
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Re: Requesting help [In reply to]

If 'safe' does not work, that means installation went wrong. Boot from
other media and check content of /boot. And try to install not to
USB/eSATA drive but to normal SATA/SAS/ATA drive.

On 24.04.2011 22:10, Ramesh wrote:
> Thanks for your quick response.
> I believe I haven't made my point clear.
> * I am not getting a menu at boot time (no choices)
> * what ever I typed there on the prompt, it says kernel not found or
> invalid kernel.
> I am pretty confused how to activate the safe option.
> Also, I tried to load the kernel by typing the following,
> /boot/xen.gz
> and, it shows me an error like 'Kernel Corrupted"
> I also started believing external drive may not be supported.
>
> *From:* George Shuklin <mailto:george.shuklin [at] gmail>
> *Sent:* Sunday, April 24, 2011 10:34 AM
> *To:* xen-community [at] lists
> <mailto:xen-community [at] lists>
> *Subject:* Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help
>
> Yes, and here you shall print noted below commands.
>
> Do you expect nice menu with helpers? Use hyper-v and be microsoft's
> slave.
>
> On 24.04.2011 21:29, Ramesh wrote:
>> I didn't get a boot menu either. I got a boot prompt (CLI) with the
>> test "Boot:". I tried 'help', 'verbose' and lot more, but
>> unfortunately nothing worked. Could you please explain a bit how to
>> turn on the verbose mode or safe mode turn on?
>> Thanks
>> Ramesh
>>
>> *From:* George Shuklin <mailto:george.shuklin [at] gmail>
>> *Sent:* Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:25 AM
>> *To:* xen-community [at] lists
>> <mailto:xen-community [at] lists>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help
>>
>> try to use fallback or safe option in boot menu (it shown as dark
>> blue on black before boot) to see what happens.
>>
>> My guess: using an external drive is simply not supported.
>>
>> On 24.04.2011 13:35, Ramesh wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I recently downloaded XCP 1.0.0 and installed it in one of my
>>> external hard drives. Now, when I tried to load the installed XCP
>>> (Immediately after installation), it's not loading. The system is
>>> booted up to the "Boot:" prompt and loads to a white show bear (with
>>> a hap and a stick) picture and hangs my system. Caps lock key and
>>> the hard disk light is flashing.
>>> Please help me to solve the problem.
>>> Thanks
>>> Ramesh
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Xen-community mailing list
>>> Xen-community [at] lists
>>> http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-community
>>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> _______________________________________________
>> Xen-community mailing list
>> Xen-community [at] lists
>> http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-community
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> _______________________________________________
> Xen-community mailing list
> Xen-community [at] lists
> http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-community

george.shuklin at gmail

Apr 24, 2011, 1:56 PM

Post #8 of 12 (2006 views)
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Re: Requesting help [In reply to]

OK, we got very clear answer: do not install on removable drives.
Simple, isn't it?

On 24.04.2011 22:17, Ramesh wrote:
> I figured out something, that fallback worked for me and I found the
> problem is a 'Kernel Panic'
> see the errors below
> switchroot : mount failed: No such file or directory
> Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill Init!
> I think boot from external drive is not supported. I there any
> solution for this like loading a driver or something...
> Thanks George Shuklin for your help, and much appreciated...
>
> *From:* Ramesh <mailto:list [at] rameshtr>
> *Sent:* Sunday, April 24, 2011 11:10 AM
> *To:* George Shuklin <mailto:george.shuklin [at] gmail> ;
> xen-community [at] lists
> <mailto:xen-community [at] lists>
> *Subject:* Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help
>
> Thanks for your quick response.
> I believe I haven't made my point clear.
> * I am not getting a menu at boot time (no choices)
> * what ever I typed there on the prompt, it says kernel not found or
> invalid kernel.
> I am pretty confused how to activate the safe option.
> Also, I tried to load the kernel by typing the following,
> /boot/xen.gz
> and, it shows me an error like 'Kernel Corrupted"
> I also started believing external drive may not be supported.
>
> *From:* George Shuklin <mailto:george.shuklin [at] gmail>
> *Sent:* Sunday, April 24, 2011 10:34 AM
> *To:* xen-community [at] lists
> <mailto:xen-community [at] lists>
> *Subject:* Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help
>
> Yes, and here you shall print noted below commands.
>
> Do you expect nice menu with helpers? Use hyper-v and be microsoft's
> slave.
>
> On 24.04.2011 21:29, Ramesh wrote:
>> I didn't get a boot menu either. I got a boot prompt (CLI) with the
>> test "Boot:". I tried 'help', 'verbose' and lot more, but
>> unfortunately nothing worked. Could you please explain a bit how to
>> turn on the verbose mode or safe mode turn on?
>> Thanks
>> Ramesh
>>
>> *From:* George Shuklin <mailto:george.shuklin [at] gmail>
>> *Sent:* Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:25 AM
>> *To:* xen-community [at] lists
>> <mailto:xen-community [at] lists>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help
>>
>> try to use fallback or safe option in boot menu (it shown as dark
>> blue on black before boot) to see what happens.
>>
>> My guess: using an external drive is simply not supported.
>>
>> On 24.04.2011 13:35, Ramesh wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I recently downloaded XCP 1.0.0 and installed it in one of my
>>> external hard drives. Now, when I tried to load the installed XCP
>>> (Immediately after installation), it's not loading. The system is
>>> booted up to the "Boot:" prompt and loads to a white show bear (with
>>> a hap and a stick) picture and hangs my system. Caps lock key and
>>> the hard disk light is flashing.
>>> Please help me to solve the problem.
>>> Thanks
>>> Ramesh
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Xen-community mailing list
>>> Xen-community [at] lists
>>> http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-community
>>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> _______________________________________________
>> Xen-community mailing list
>> Xen-community [at] lists
>> http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-community
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> _______________________________________________
> Xen-community mailing list
> Xen-community [at] lists
> http://lists.xensource.com/mailman/listinfo/xen-community

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Apr 24, 2011, 2:17 PM

Post #9 of 12 (2008 views)
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Re: Requesting help [In reply to]

Thanks much..
I am going to dig more about this, and will let you know the progress..
As of now, I am following the link
http://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2008/05/09/installing-and-running-xenserver-41-on-an-external-usb-drive.aspx

From: George Shuklin
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 1:56 PM
To: xen-community [at] lists
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

OK, we got very clear answer: do not install on removable drives. Simple, isn't it?

On 24.04.2011 22:17, Ramesh wrote:
I figured out something, that fallback worked for me and I found the problem is a 'Kernel Panic'
see the errors below

switchroot : mount failed: No such file or directory
Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill Init!

I think boot from external drive is not supported. I there any solution for this like loading a driver or something...

Thanks George Shuklin for your help, and much appreciated...

From: Ramesh
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 11:10 AM
To: George Shuklin ; xen-community [at] lists
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

Thanks for your quick response.
I believe I haven't made my point clear.

* I am not getting a menu at boot time (no choices)
* what ever I typed there on the prompt, it says kernel not found or invalid kernel.

I am pretty confused how to activate the safe option.

Also, I tried to load the kernel by typing the following,

/boot/xen.gz

and, it shows me an error like 'Kernel Corrupted"

I also started believing external drive may not be supported.

From: George Shuklin
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 10:34 AM
To: xen-community [at] lists
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

Yes, and here you shall print noted below commands.

Do you expect nice menu with helpers? Use hyper-v and be microsoft's slave.

On 24.04.2011 21:29, Ramesh wrote:
I didn't get a boot menu either. I got a boot prompt (CLI) with the test "Boot:". I tried 'help', 'verbose' and lot more, but unfortunately nothing worked. Could you please explain a bit how to turn on the verbose mode or safe mode turn on?

Thanks
Ramesh

From: George Shuklin
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:25 AM
To: xen-community [at] lists
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

try to use fallback or safe option in boot menu (it shown as dark blue on black before boot) to see what happens.

My guess: using an external drive is simply not supported.

On 24.04.2011 13:35, Ramesh wrote:
Hi,

I recently downloaded XCP 1.0.0 and installed it in one of my external hard drives. Now, when I tried to load the installed XCP (Immediately after installation), it's not loading. The system is booted up to the "Boot:" prompt and loads to a white show bear (with a hap and a stick) picture and hangs my system. Caps lock key and the hard disk light is flashing.

Please help me to solve the problem.

Thanks
Ramesh

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Apr 24, 2011, 3:30 PM

Post #10 of 12 (2003 views)
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Re: Requesting help [In reply to]

I am really glad to say that XCP is up and running from an external drive.

From: Ramesh
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 2:17 PM
To: xen-community [at] lists
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

Thanks much..
I am going to dig more about this, and will let you know the progress..
As of now, I am following the link
http://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2008/05/09/installing-and-running-xenserver-41-on-an-external-usb-drive.aspx

From: George Shuklin
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 1:56 PM
To: xen-community [at] lists
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

OK, we got very clear answer: do not install on removable drives. Simple, isn't it?

On 24.04.2011 22:17, Ramesh wrote:
I figured out something, that fallback worked for me and I found the problem is a 'Kernel Panic'
see the errors below

switchroot : mount failed: No such file or directory
Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill Init!

I think boot from external drive is not supported. I there any solution for this like loading a driver or something...

Thanks George Shuklin for your help, and much appreciated...

From: Ramesh
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 11:10 AM
To: George Shuklin ; xen-community [at] lists
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

Thanks for your quick response.
I believe I haven't made my point clear.

* I am not getting a menu at boot time (no choices)
* what ever I typed there on the prompt, it says kernel not found or invalid kernel.

I am pretty confused how to activate the safe option.

Also, I tried to load the kernel by typing the following,

/boot/xen.gz

and, it shows me an error like 'Kernel Corrupted"

I also started believing external drive may not be supported.

From: George Shuklin
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 10:34 AM
To: xen-community [at] lists
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

Yes, and here you shall print noted below commands.

Do you expect nice menu with helpers? Use hyper-v and be microsoft's slave.

On 24.04.2011 21:29, Ramesh wrote:
I didn't get a boot menu either. I got a boot prompt (CLI) with the test "Boot:". I tried 'help', 'verbose' and lot more, but unfortunately nothing worked. Could you please explain a bit how to turn on the verbose mode or safe mode turn on?

Thanks
Ramesh

From: George Shuklin
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:25 AM
To: xen-community [at] lists
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

try to use fallback or safe option in boot menu (it shown as dark blue on black before boot) to see what happens.

My guess: using an external drive is simply not supported.

On 24.04.2011 13:35, Ramesh wrote:
Hi,

I recently downloaded XCP 1.0.0 and installed it in one of my external hard drives. Now, when I tried to load the installed XCP (Immediately after installation), it's not loading. The system is booted up to the "Boot:" prompt and loads to a white show bear (with a hap and a stick) picture and hangs my system. Caps lock key and the hard disk light is flashing.

Please help me to solve the problem.

Thanks
Ramesh

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Apr 24, 2011, 6:58 PM

Post #11 of 12 (2006 views)
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Re: Requesting help [In reply to]

Now I am facing another issue with the realtek network card. Instead of r8168 driver, linux automatically detects r8169 driver.

Please help me if anybody solved this issue.

I have seen a lot of threads discussing the same issue when searched in google. Also, I managed to download and copy the source of the driver 8168 to the machine, but was not able to make it as build-essentials are missing (I am not having an internet connection to the machine as my lan is not working).

Thanks
Ramesh

From: Ramesh
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:30 PM
To: xen-community [at] lists ; George Shuklin
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

I am really glad to say that XCP is up and running from an external drive.

From: Ramesh
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 2:17 PM
To: xen-community [at] lists
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

Thanks much..
I am going to dig more about this, and will let you know the progress..
As of now, I am following the link
http://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2008/05/09/installing-and-running-xenserver-41-on-an-external-usb-drive.aspx

From: George Shuklin
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 1:56 PM
To: xen-community [at] lists
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

OK, we got very clear answer: do not install on removable drives. Simple, isn't it?

On 24.04.2011 22:17, Ramesh wrote:
I figured out something, that fallback worked for me and I found the problem is a 'Kernel Panic'
see the errors below

switchroot : mount failed: No such file or directory
Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill Init!

I think boot from external drive is not supported. I there any solution for this like loading a driver or something...

Thanks George Shuklin for your help, and much appreciated...

From: Ramesh
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 11:10 AM
To: George Shuklin ; xen-community [at] lists
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

Thanks for your quick response.
I believe I haven't made my point clear.

* I am not getting a menu at boot time (no choices)
* what ever I typed there on the prompt, it says kernel not found or invalid kernel.

I am pretty confused how to activate the safe option.

Also, I tried to load the kernel by typing the following,

/boot/xen.gz

and, it shows me an error like 'Kernel Corrupted"

I also started believing external drive may not be supported.

From: George Shuklin
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 10:34 AM
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Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

Yes, and here you shall print noted below commands.

Do you expect nice menu with helpers? Use hyper-v and be microsoft's slave.

On 24.04.2011 21:29, Ramesh wrote:
I didn't get a boot menu either. I got a boot prompt (CLI) with the test "Boot:". I tried 'help', 'verbose' and lot more, but unfortunately nothing worked. Could you please explain a bit how to turn on the verbose mode or safe mode turn on?

Thanks
Ramesh

From: George Shuklin
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:25 AM
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Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

try to use fallback or safe option in boot menu (it shown as dark blue on black before boot) to see what happens.

My guess: using an external drive is simply not supported.

On 24.04.2011 13:35, Ramesh wrote:
Hi,

I recently downloaded XCP 1.0.0 and installed it in one of my external hard drives. Now, when I tried to load the installed XCP (Immediately after installation), it's not loading. The system is booted up to the "Boot:" prompt and loads to a white show bear (with a hap and a stick) picture and hangs my system. Caps lock key and the hard disk light is flashing.

Please help me to solve the problem.

Thanks
Ramesh

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Re: Requesting help [In reply to]

After a lot of search and experiments, I solved the problem.

I have added the following line to the file /etc/modprobe.conf

options r8169 use_dac=1

From: Ramesh
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 6:58 PM
To: xen-community [at] lists ; George Shuklin
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

Now I am facing another issue with the realtek network card. Instead of r8168 driver, linux automatically detects r8169 driver.

Please help me if anybody solved this issue.

I have seen a lot of threads discussing the same issue when searched in google. Also, I managed to download and copy the source of the driver 8168 to the machine, but was not able to make it as build-essentials are missing (I am not having an internet connection to the machine as my lan is not working).

Thanks
Ramesh

From: Ramesh
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:30 PM
To: xen-community [at] lists ; George Shuklin
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

I am really glad to say that XCP is up and running from an external drive.

From: Ramesh
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 2:17 PM
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Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

Thanks much..
I am going to dig more about this, and will let you know the progress..
As of now, I am following the link
http://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2008/05/09/installing-and-running-xenserver-41-on-an-external-usb-drive.aspx

From: George Shuklin
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 1:56 PM
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Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

OK, we got very clear answer: do not install on removable drives. Simple, isn't it?

On 24.04.2011 22:17, Ramesh wrote:
I figured out something, that fallback worked for me and I found the problem is a 'Kernel Panic'
see the errors below

switchroot : mount failed: No such file or directory
Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill Init!

I think boot from external drive is not supported. I there any solution for this like loading a driver or something...

Thanks George Shuklin for your help, and much appreciated...

From: Ramesh
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 11:10 AM
To: George Shuklin ; xen-community [at] lists
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

Thanks for your quick response.
I believe I haven't made my point clear.

* I am not getting a menu at boot time (no choices)
* what ever I typed there on the prompt, it says kernel not found or invalid kernel.

I am pretty confused how to activate the safe option.

Also, I tried to load the kernel by typing the following,

/boot/xen.gz

and, it shows me an error like 'Kernel Corrupted"

I also started believing external drive may not be supported.

From: George Shuklin
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 10:34 AM
To: xen-community [at] lists
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

Yes, and here you shall print noted below commands.

Do you expect nice menu with helpers? Use hyper-v and be microsoft's slave.

On 24.04.2011 21:29, Ramesh wrote:
I didn't get a boot menu either. I got a boot prompt (CLI) with the test "Boot:". I tried 'help', 'verbose' and lot more, but unfortunately nothing worked. Could you please explain a bit how to turn on the verbose mode or safe mode turn on?

Thanks
Ramesh

From: George Shuklin
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:25 AM
To: xen-community [at] lists
Subject: Re: [Xen-community] Requesting help

try to use fallback or safe option in boot menu (it shown as dark blue on black before boot) to see what happens.

My guess: using an external drive is simply not supported.

On 24.04.2011 13:35, Ramesh wrote:
Hi,

I recently downloaded XCP 1.0.0 and installed it in one of my external hard drives. Now, when I tried to load the installed XCP (Immediately after installation), it's not loading. The system is booted up to the "Boot:" prompt and loads to a white show bear (with a hap and a stick) picture and hangs my system. Caps lock key and the hard disk light is flashing.

Please help me to solve the problem.

Thanks
Ramesh

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