On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 04:06:07PM +0000, TuskenTower wrote:
> > > > # kexec -l --append "dom0_mem=1G -- root=/dev/hda2" --vmm 
> > > > "/boot/xen.gz" "/boot/vmlinux.gz"
> > > > Cannot open `dom0_mem=1G -- root=/dev/hda2': stream error
> 
> Does IA64 kexec handle "--append" differently?  On x86_64 its
> kexec -l --append="dom0_mem=1G -- root=/dev/hda2" --vmm="/boot/xen.gz"
> "/boot/vmlinux.gz"
> note I put an equals sign after the "--append" and "--vmm".  I believe
> that /sbin/kexec thinks that you're trying to load the kernel.

You MUST use an equal sign to assign a value to an option.  This is an
artifact of the arg handling.  So, "--append" got interpreted as an empty
value for the commandline, with "dom0_mem=1g..." as an argument.

-- 
David N. Lombard, Intel, Irvine, CA
I do not speak for Intel Corporation; all comments are strictly my own.
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