Re: [Libguestfs] libguestfs supermin error
On Wed, Jun 04, 2014 at 03:29:11PM +0530, abhishek jain wrote:
supermin: kernel: SUPERMIN_KERNEL environment variable /boot/uImage
supermin: failed to find a suitable kernel (host_cpu=powerpc64).
I looked for kernels in /boot and modules in /lib/modules.
If you follow the code in src/kernel.ml you'll see that this means
supermin was unable to get the kernel version from the supplied kernel
file. The code is fairly simple to follow. I barely have internet
access here and in any case I don't know what's in that uImage file,
so I suggest compiling supermin yourself, running the command by hand,
and adding printf's to src/kernel.ml in supermin to find the problem.
Rich.
If this is a Xen guest, and you only have Xen domU kernels
installed, try installing a fullvirt kernel (only for
supermin use, you shouldn't boot the Xen guest with it).
libguestfs: error: /usr/bin/supermin exited with error status 1, see debug
messages above
libguestfs-test-tool: failed to launch appliance
libguestfs: closing guestfs handle 0x10016848 (state 0)
libguestfs: command: run: rm
libguestfs: command: run: \ -rf /tmp/libguestfsfPWXx0
I think i need to enable virtio-serial in my kernel.
I'll you let you know the result after enabling virtio-seriel in the kernel
inn 5-10 min.
Well sorry to disturb you on vocations.:-(
Thanks
On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones(a)redhat.com>
wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 04, 2014 at 02:25:58PM +0530, abhishek jain wrote:
> > Hi RIch
> >
> >
> > Below are the details of the powerpc ubuntu system ...
> >
> > ls -l /boot/
> > total 10200
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5224765 Nov 22 2013 uImage
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5192861 Nov 22 2013 uImage.orig
> >
> >
> > ls -l /lib/modules/
> > total 4
> > drwxr-xr-x 3 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Jun 3 07:21 3.8.13-rt9-QorIQ-SDK-V1.4
> >
> >
> > uname -a
> > Linux t4240-ubuntu1310 3.8.13-rt9-QorIQ-SDK-V1.4 #10 SMP Tue May 27
> > 10:48:24 IST 2014 ppc64 ppc64 ppc64 GNU/Linux
>
> Well, assuming the modules directory matches the kernel (uImage)
> you could try:
>
> export SUPERMIN_KERNEL=/boot/uImage
> export SUPERMIN_MODULES=/lib/modules/3.8.13-rt9-QorIQ-SDK-V1.4
>
> Are these homebrew kernels? I'm surprised that an official Ubuntu
> ppc kernel would have such a non-standard name. Anyway, if homebrew
> you'll also need to ensure the kernel supports all the usual virtio
> devices (especially virtio-serial, which is required by libguestfs).
>
> Rich.
>
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