Bug#504095: installation-report: xen paravirt installation

2008-11-23 Thread Ian Campbell
On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 13:56 +0100, Jérémy Bobbio wrote: On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 03:31:42PM +, Ian Campbell wrote: Jérémy are you OK with me reverting r55059. According to #464962 the issue is fixed in the kernel with 2.6.26-8. Please do so… Thanks. I've committed it now. I'm not an

Bug#504095: installation-report: xen paravirt installation

2008-11-22 Thread Jérémy Bobbio
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 03:31:42PM +, Ian Campbell wrote: Jérémy are you OK with me reverting r55059. According to #464962 the issue is fixed in the kernel with 2.6.26-8. Please do so… (and for the whole team: please accept my apologies for being mostly MIA these days.) Cheers, -- Jérémy

Bug#504095: installation-report: xen paravirt installation

2008-11-21 Thread Guido Günther
Hi Ian, On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 04:32:16PM +, Ian Campbell wrote: On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 17:22 +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 04:31:00PM +0100, Guido Günther wrote: So to me it seems the workaround can be removed: * removed for VIA Ester altogeher * removed

Bug#504095: installation-report: xen paravirt installation

2008-11-21 Thread Ian Campbell
On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 16:20 +0100, Guido Günther wrote: Hi Ian, On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 04:32:16PM +, Ian Campbell wrote: On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 17:22 +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 04:31:00PM +0100, Guido Günther wrote: So to me it seems the workaround can be

Bug#504095: installation-report: xen paravirt installation

2008-11-21 Thread Guido Günther
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 03:31:42PM +, Ian Campbell wrote: On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 16:20 +0100, Guido Günther wrote: Hi Ian, On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 04:32:16PM +, Ian Campbell wrote: On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 17:22 +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 04:31:00PM +0100,

Bug#504095: installation-report: xen paravirt installation

2008-11-21 Thread Ian Campbell
On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 16:36 +0100, Guido Günther wrote: virt-install -n xenfoo1 -r 96 --disk path=/dev/blockdevice,device=disk --location=http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386 Neat tool, I hadn't seen it before. BTW, the Vcs-{Browser,Git} tags in your

Bug#504095: installation-report: xen paravirt installation

2008-10-31 Thread Guido Guenther
Package: installation-reports Version: 2.38 Severity: normal Boot method: network Image version: http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/current/ Date: 20081031 Machine: Xen Paravirtual machine on a lenny Dom0 Partitions: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

Bug#504095: installation-report: xen paravirt installation

2008-10-31 Thread Ian Campbell
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 12:58 +0100, Guido Guenther wrote: Package: installation-reports Version: 2.38 Severity: normal Boot method: network Image version: http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/current/ Date: 20081031 Machine: Xen Paravirtual machine on a lenny Dom0 Partitions:

Bug#504095: installation-report: xen paravirt installation

2008-10-31 Thread Ian Campbell
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 12:56 +, Ian Campbell wrote: The installtion itself worked great but d-i failed to install an appropriate kernel for Xen Paravirt so the system failed to boot. To fix this up I mounted the partition in the dom0 and installed the correct kernel. d-i installed

Bug#504095: installation-report: xen paravirt installation

2008-10-31 Thread Guido Günther
Hi Ian, On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 01:26:08PM +, Ian Campbell wrote: [..snip..] d-i should have installed the 686-bigmem image when running under Xen due to the use of the 686-bigmem kernel for the Xen variant of the installer. I'll investigate why this didn't happen. It seems to be

Bug#504095: installation-report: xen paravirt installation

2008-10-31 Thread Ian Campbell
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 16:31 +0100, Guido Günther wrote: Hi Ian, On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 01:26:08PM +, Ian Campbell wrote: [..snip..] d-i should have installed the 686-bigmem image when running under Xen due to the use of the 686-bigmem kernel for the Xen variant of the installer.

Bug#504095: installation-report: xen paravirt installation

2008-10-31 Thread Guido Günther
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:56:48PM +, Ian Campbell wrote: On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 12:58 +0100, Guido Guenther wrote: Package: installation-reports Version: 2.38 Severity: normal Boot method: network Image version: http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/current/ Date: 20081031

Bug#504095: installation-report: xen paravirt installation

2008-10-31 Thread Ian Campbell
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 15:38 +, Ian Campbell wrote: So to me it seems the workaround can be removed: * removed for VIA Ester altogeher * removed vor VIA Nehemiah once we ship 2.6.27 Do you happen to know the Family/Model for the Nehemiah? Your cpuinfo shows that Esther is Family

Bug#504095: installation-report: xen paravirt installation

2008-10-31 Thread Ian Campbell
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 16:44 +0100, Guido Günther wrote: On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:56:48PM +, Ian Campbell wrote: On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 12:58 +0100, Guido Guenther wrote: Package: installation-reports Version: 2.38 Severity: normal Boot method: network Image version:

Bug#504095: installation-report: xen paravirt installation

2008-10-31 Thread Guido Günther
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 03:38:30PM +, Ian Campbell wrote: On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 16:31 +0100, Guido Günther wrote: Hi Ian, On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 01:26:08PM +, Ian Campbell wrote: [..snip..] d-i should have installed the 686-bigmem image when running under Xen due to the

Bug#504095: installation-report: xen paravirt installation

2008-10-31 Thread Guido Günther
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 03:46:22PM +, Ian Campbell wrote: diff --git a/packages/base-installer/kernel/i386.sh b/packages/base-installer/kernel/i386.sh index cba6d9b..e8929ea 100644 --- a/packages/base-installer/kernel/i386.sh +++ b/packages/base-installer/kernel/i386.sh @@ -36,10 +36,17

Bug#504095: installation-report: xen paravirt installation

2008-10-31 Thread Bastian Blank
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 04:31:00PM +0100, Guido Günther wrote: So to me it seems the workaround can be removed: * removed for VIA Ester altogeher * removed vor VIA Nehemiah once we ship 2.6.27 Please read #464962 first. Bastian -- Women professionals do tend to over-compensate.

Bug#504095: installation-report: xen paravirt installation

2008-10-31 Thread Ian Campbell
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 17:11 +0100, Guido Günther wrote: Yes, this looks just right! This is functionally identical but is more self-documenting... diff --git a/packages/base-installer/debian/changelog b/packages/base-installer/debian/changelog index 59404b5..5fd1b4c 100644 ---

Bug#504095: installation-report: xen paravirt installation

2008-10-31 Thread Guido Günther
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 03:52:43PM +, Ian Campbell wrote: [..snip..] d-i should have installed the 686-bigmem image when running under Xen due to the use of the 686-bigmem kernel for the Xen variant of the installer. I'll investigate why this didn't happen. Could you please

Bug#504095: installation-report: xen paravirt installation

2008-10-31 Thread Ian Campbell
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 17:22 +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 04:31:00PM +0100, Guido Günther wrote: So to me it seems the workaround can be removed: * removed for VIA Ester altogeher * removed vor VIA Nehemiah once we ship 2.6.27 Please read #464962 first. OK, so I