[kernel-xen] Xen 4.1 and latest CentOS 7.2.1511
Steffan Cline
steffan at hldns.com
Tue Dec 29 14:36:33 AEDT 2015
No dice for me with -1. I'll wipe clean and try again in case something is hosed from -2
It too gets stuck at dracut
Thanks,
Steffan Cline
steffan at hldns.com
602-793-0014
> On Dec 28, 2015, at 7:20 PM, Steven Haigh <netwiz at crc.id.au> wrote:
>
> Hmm - I've noticed that 4.1.15-3.1 in el7-testing gives me the same...
>
> Have you tried 4.1.15-1? This works properly in EL7 for me - however it
> seems something has happened with either other updates - or in the
> changes I've made between 4.1.15-1 and 4.1.15-2.
>
> I have updated to 4.1.15-3.1 in an EL7 Xen DomU, and I get this on boot:
> [ *** ] A start job is running for dev-xvda.device (3min 15s / no limit)
>
> Back in the old days, this would be easy to debug - however I'm not sure
> how to get systemd to play along and figure out the problem here.
>
> It seems because /dev/xvda (in my case) isn't 'starting', it doesn't log
> anything, and I can't seem to get to a shell.
>
> --
> Steven Haigh
>
> Email: netwiz at crc.id.au
> Web: https://www.crc.id.au
> Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897
>
>> On 29/12/2015 1:09 PM, Glenn Enright wrote:
>> It might be possible the step 4 broke something in your installs. It
>> might even be as simple as the grub configuration being messed up.
>>
>> Consider purging and then reinstalling kernel-xen packages? eg...
>>
>> yum remove kernel-xen*
>> yum clean all
>> grub2-set-default 0
>> yum install kernel-xen kernel-xen-firmware
>>
>> Regards, Glenn
>> http://ri.mu - Startups start here.
>> Hosting. DNS. Web Programming. Email. Backups. Monitoring.
>>
>>> On 29/12/15 13:21, Steffan Cline wrote:
>>> Steve,
>>>
>>> Here is how I had installed it.
>>>
>>> 1) Installed CentOS 7 from an image I had
>>> 2) Installed Cloudmin which did this: (from an excerpt of
>>> http://cloudmin.virtualmin.com/gpl/scripts/cloudmin-gpl-redhat-install.sh)
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> # Enable Xen kernels repo, if on CentOS 6
>>> yum info kernel-xen >/dev/null 2>&1
>>> if [ "$?" != 0 ]; then
>>> echo Enabling Xen kernel repo for CentOS 6 ..
>>> yum install wget
>>> yum install
>>> http://au1.mirror.crc.id.au/repo/kernel-xen-release-6-5.noarch.rpm
>>> if [ "$?" != 0 ]; then
>>> echo .. repo install failed
>>> exit 1
>>> fi
>>> echo .. done
>>> echo ""
>>> fi
>>>
>>>
>>> # YUM install Perl, modules and other dependencies
>>> echo Installing required Perl modules using YUM ..
>>> yum install -y perl openssl perl-Net-SSLeay vixie-cron bind bind-utils
>>> kernel-xen kernel-xen-devel xen xen-libs lsof perl-Data-Dumper
>>> if [ "$?" != 0 ]; then
>>> echo .. install failed
>>> exit 1
>>> fi
>>> yum install -y perl-JSON
>>> yum install -y dhcp
>>> yum install -y openssh-clients
>>> echo .. done
>>> echo ""
>>>
>>> ————————————————————————
>>> 3) Did a reboot, all was well using the Xen kernel
>>> vmlinuz-4.1.15-2.el7xen.x86_64.
>>>
>>> 4) Did a yum update, all seemed ok, rebooted and ended up in the new
>>> CentOS kernel.
>>>
>>> 5) Changed it back using grub2-set-default 2 (which was the xen kernel)
>>>
>>> 6) Reboot - stuck in dracut.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Steffan Cline
>>> 602-793-0014
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/28/15, 5:07 PM, "Steven Haigh"
>>> <kernel-xen-bounces at lists.wireless.org.au on behalf of
>>> netwiz at crc.id.au> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is this using the kernel-xen package as a Dom0, DomU or on bare metal?
>>>>
>>>>> On 29/12/15 07:20, Steffan Cline wrote:
>>>>> If you figure it out, please let us know. I have several hours into it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have 4 dead Dell R610 hosts until I figure out what to do about this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sadly I must keep going until I figure it out.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>> Steffan Cline
>>>>> 602-793-0014
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> From: <kernel-xen-bounces at lists.wireless.org.au
>>>>> <mailto:kernel-xen-bounces at lists.wireless.org.au>> on behalf of
>>>>> Christiaan den Besten <chris at prolocation.net
>>>>> <mailto:chris at prolocation.net>>
>>>>> Reply-To: Xen Dom0 kernel for EL6 <kernel-xen at lists.wireless.org.au
>>>>> <mailto:kernel-xen at lists.wireless.org.au>>
>>>>> Date: Monday, December 28, 2015 at 12:36 PM
>>>>> To: Xen Dom0 kernel for EL6 <kernel-xen at lists.wireless.org.au
>>>>> <mailto:kernel-xen at lists.wireless.org.au>>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [kernel-xen] Xen 4.1 and latest CentOS 7.2.1511
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Steffan!
>>>>>
>>>>> Wont help you right away, but i had the same issue with a freshly
>>>>> installed system last night.
>>>>>
>>>>> So this will probably influence others as well if they would update.
>>>>>
>>>>> Haven't started troubleshooting just yet ...
>>>>>
>>>>> bye,
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
>>>>> On 28 dec. 2015, at 20:18, Steffan Cline <steffan at hldns.com
>>>>> <mailto:steffan at hldns.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> dracut keeps stopping at “A start job is running for
>>>>>> dev-maps…\x2root.device (XXs / no limit)”
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A couple times I was able to hit the emergency shell still though, not
>>>>>> sure what to do from there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I’ve read up on this and everything says it’s an issue with initramfs.
>>>>>> I have redone it a few times now and no change.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bit of a problem. Have a dead host.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Suggestions?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>> Steffan Cline
>>>>>> 602-793-0014
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From: <kernel-xen-bounces at lists.wireless.org.au
>>>>>> <mailto:kernel-xen-bounces at lists.wireless.org.au>> on behalf of
>>>>>> Steffan Cline <steffan at hldns.com <mailto:steffan at hldns.com>>
>>>>>> Reply-To: Xen Dom0 kernel for EL6 <kernel-xen at lists.wireless.org.au
>>>>>> <mailto:kernel-xen at lists.wireless.org.au>>
>>>>>> Date: Monday, December 28, 2015 at 12:01 AM
>>>>>> To: <kernel-xen at lists.wireless.org.au
>>>>>> <mailto:kernel-xen at lists.wireless.org.au>>
>>>>>> Subject: [kernel-xen] Xen 4.1 and latest CentOS 7.2.1511
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was using the kernel-xen-4.1.15-2.el7xen.x86_64.rpm with CentOS 7
>>>>>> but after the update to 7.2.511 I can’t get past dracut.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have regenerated grub.cfg and the initramfs file but it still gets
>>>>>> stuck.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I’ve reached the limits of my skill set. Anyone have any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Steven Haigh
>>>>
>>>> Email: netwiz at crc.id.au
>>>> Web: https://www.crc.id.au
>>>> Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897
>>>>
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