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Re: upgrade to new xen domU on old xen dom0?



On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 11:56:25AM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
> If I try to boot 2.6.32-4-xen-amd64 on a 2.6.26-2-xen-amd64 (lenny) dom0,
> it gets stuck at:

What was the last known working version?

> [    0.120653] XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vbd/769
> [    0.120658] XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vif/0
> [    0.120663] XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/console/0
> [    0.120679] /build/mattems-linux-2.6_2.6.32-10-amd64-Ff7Wwa/linux-2.6-2.6.32-10/debian/build/source_amd64_xen/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c: unable to open rtc device (rtc0)
> [    0.120822] Freeing unused kernel memory: 588k freed
> [    0.121088] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 4264k
> Loading, please wait...
> Begin: Loading essential drivers ... done.
> Begin: Running /scripts/init-premount ... FATAL: Error inserting fan (/lib/modules/2.6.32-4-xen-amd64/kernel/drivers/acpi/fan.ko): No such device
> FATAL: Error inserting thermal (/lib/modules/2.6.32-4-xen-amd64/kernel/drivers/acpi/thermal.ko): No such device
> [    0.610445] blkfront: xvda1: barriers enabled
> done.
> Begin: Mounting root file system ... Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ... done.
> Begin: Waiting for root file system ...

You are supposed to provide the complete log. There are several possible
pitfalls.

If you are upgrading from an old-style image and followed old
documentation it is most likely a wrong root device.

> Can anything be done? I thought the domUs were supposed to be a safe
> upgrade?

It is:
| $ cat /sys/hypervisor/type 
| xen
| $ cat /proc/version 
| Linux version 2.6.32-4-amd64 (Debian 2.6.32-10) (maks@debian.org) (gcc version 4.3.4 (Debian 4.3.4-8) ) #1 SMP Wed Mar 17 03:23:53 UTC 2010

Bastian

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