I stole the kernel from debian’s pool.
wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-modules-2.6.26-2-xen-686_2.6.26-15_i386.deb wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-image-2.6.26-2-xen-686_2.6.26-15_i386.deb sudo dpkg -i linux-modules-2.6.26-2-xen-686_2.6.26-15_i386.deb sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.26-2-xen-686_2.6.26-15_i386.deb
* It’s a good idea to look for newer version. I don’t know why we cannot search by the debian website. But you can use the FTP…
June 2, 2009 at 1:39 am
Where you gonna steel Xen Hypervisor ? ;)
June 9, 2009 at 3:44 pm
I believe the xen hypervisor is in the linux-image-2.6.26-2-xen-686_2.6.26-15_i386.deb
I don’t have Ubuntu PC anymore… I switched to CentOS 5.3
June 10, 2009 at 1:50 pm
I have an Intel® 2 Core(TM) Duo processor E6600. According to http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/HVM_Compatible_Processors this processor is able to run a Xen kernel.
Still I got the error message when executing sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.26-2-xen-686_2.6.26-15_i386.deb command:
Ignoring Xen kernel on non-Xen host: vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-xen-686
The /boot/grub/menu.lst is not updated with the Xen kernel :-(
Any hints?
A Google revealed that such error messages usual appear on processor not capable of handling Xen, but I am sure the E6600 is able to handle Xen.
Thanks in advance
June 10, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Installation seems OK. The error message is caused by the “update-grub” command which has no idea about Xen.
So, you have to edit the menu.lst manually. You may have to depmod and mkinitrd if you don’t have the kernel image in /boot
I no longer have Ubuntu at my PC, not sure about all the details…
Good Luck
June 11, 2009 at 12:39 am
Thanks for sharing! I’ll give it a try
June 11, 2009 at 2:17 am
Last info:
Still no luck.
1) Like you said all required files are in the /boot directory. So that’s fine.
2) /boot/grub/menu.lst adjusted:
title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.26-2-xen-686
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-xen-686 root=UUID=4fee0d77-b8fa-44a5-b2b0-c647bf4b96fd ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-xen-686
quiet
(All the files and images specified in the menu.lst surely exist in the /boot folder.)
3) when booting and select the Xen kernel I got immediately the message: “Invalid Executable format”. A key press brings me nicely back to the grub menu.
I someone have any clue, please let me know?
Thanks
June 11, 2009 at 2:36 am
itle Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.26-2-xen-686
root (hd0,0)
# Severe errors when trying to load xenified kernel as vanilla.
# Fixed bellow
kernel /boot/xen-3.4.gz
module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-xen-686 root=UUID=4fee0d77-b8fa-44a5-b2b0-c647bf4b96fd ro quiet splash
module /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-xen-686
quiet
June 11, 2009 at 2:38 am
Thanks!!
June 18, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Hi,
I am trying to install Ubuntu 9.04 desktop as a Xen Guest on Citrix XenServer.
I have installed the Debian 2.6.26-2 kernel modules and image.
I get the “Invalid Executable format”.
I understand that can be solved by putting xen-3.4.gz in the menu.lst. I suppose that there must be a file of that name in /boot.
Do I get that file there by installing the binary distribution of Xen 3.4 just by ./install.sh ??
Thanks for your help.
September 18, 2009 at 4:50 am
Trying todo the same thing but with Ubuntu server edition running as a DomU Guest on Citrix XenServer. I’ve followed the guide to make xen-3.4.gz… now xen-3.5.gz actually. However now I’m looking at a Grub error 15 File Not Found. I’ve checked the paths in the menu.lst and everything is perfect.
Any ideas?
June 11, 2009 at 2:40 am
Xen 3.4 (5) port to Ubuntu 9.04 ( aka Jaunty) Server:-
http://bderzhavets.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/light-weight-x-windows-system-for-xen-3-5-unstable-dom0-on-top-of-xubuntu-9-04-server/
June 25, 2009 at 8:31 am
Straight forward setup Xen 3.4.1 Dom0 on top of Ubuntu 9.04 Server via Marc – A. Dahlhaus’s UDEV patch.
http://bderzhavets.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/setup-xen-3-4-1-dom0-on-top-of-ubuntu-9-04-server-via-marc-a-dahlhauss-udev-patch/
June 29, 2009 at 11:38 am
Setup Xen 3.5 unstable on Ubuntu 9.04 Server is just straight forward.
The only Config.mk should be tuned as above. Patches are already there.