booting fedora image

sanaz · 08-21-2012, 05:03 PM

Hi all I'm trying to boot my fedora image:
but I got the error:

grubdom> boot
xc: error: elf_xen_note_check: ERROR: Will only load images built for the generic loader or Linux images: Invalid kernel
xc_dom_parse_image returned -1
close(3)

and this is the result of root and kernel command:

grubdom> root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83

grubdom> kernel /vmlinuz-3.3.4-5.fc17.i686 root=(hd0,0) ro quiet splash

Any help is appreciated.

John VV · 08-21-2012, 09:53 PM

how did you install fedora 17 ?
from the
dvd
net
or usb

is this a full install to the drive
or
a virtual install

fpmurphy · 08-21-2012, 10:10 PM

You did add an initrd entry also? Not going to boot without initrd.

sanaz · 08-22-2012, 02:23 PM

I install Fedora from inertnet on a VMware machine and then convert the .vmdk file to .img using qemu.

sanaz · 08-22-2012, 02:31 PM

what is initrd?
This is my config file:

Quote:

kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-2.fc17.x86_64"
name = "fedora1"
disk = [ 'file:/etc/xen/fedora1.img,hda,w' ]
#bootloader = "/usr/bin/pygrub"
kernel="/usr/lib/xen/boot/pv-grub-x86_64.gz"

extra="console=hvc0 xencons=tty"
memory = 1024
vif = [ '' ]
root = "/dev/sda1 ro"

sdl=0
vnc=1
vnclisten="0.0.0.0"
vncconsole=1
vncpasswd='howtoforge'
stdvga=0
serial='pty'
usbdevice='tablet'

on_poweroff = 'destroy'
on_reboot = 'restart'
on_crash = 'restart'

John VV · 08-22-2012, 03:06 PM

This is not a fedora issue.
Nor is it a linux issue.

it is a VMware issue.

please see your documentation on this virtual machine that you are using

sanaz · 08-27-2012, 11:48 AM

Is it VMware issue? Could you please elaborate?
How can I solve he problem?