Re: [Xen-devel] Please help on Xen installation

[Ning Wu <ni...@ee...>]

Thanks Keir and Ian!

You are right that host doesn't have video card. It's one of many
"barebones" (is this the right term?) in a cluster on the shelf. I
accessed it by telnetting to a terminal server. There might be conflicts.
Do you recommend to install Xen on a regular machine?

I can't access that host now because some network issues. Once I can
access it, I will post more information.

BTW, is there a user manual somewhere?

Thanks a lot,

Ning

On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Keir Fraser wrote:

> > Initially it seemed ok.
> >   Booting 'Xen (2.4.22)'
> >
> > kernel /image.gz dom0_mem=131072 ser_baud=115200 noht
> >    [Multiboot-elf, <0x100000:0xce3f0:0x1c430>, shtab=0x1eb258,
> > entry=0x100000]
> > module /xenolinux.gz root=/dev/sda4 console=tty0
> >    [Multiboot-module @ 0x206000, 0x18b8cc bytes]
> >
> > Then I can see many strange characters on the screen. Then the machine
> > rebooted. Any suggestions?
>
> A few thoughts:
>
> What hardware are you using? The output of 'dmesg' from a working
> Linux kernel might be useful.
>
> Does the CD work if you boot from it directly?
>
> Do you have a VGA-compatible video card? Xen assumes you do and things
> will not be pretty otherwise.
>
> Do you see random garbage on the monitor, or over the serial line? I
> assume the former, in which case you may get useful information out by
> reading console output from the first serial port (COM1) --- it will
> be 115200 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity.
>
> I hope this helps --- we really need more info and for you to try some
> of the above tests to pin down what the problem might be.
>
>  Regards,
>  Keir
>