Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version Number: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Release Number: beta Architecture: IA64 Kernel Version: 2.6.18-155.el5xen Drivers or hardware or architecture dependency: PV driver Insmod error message is displayed on power-on sequence. "insmod: error inserting '/lib/xen-vbd.ko': -1 File exists" This issue seems to be same as IT#240930, BZ473899 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473899 IT#240930 was already fixed on RHEL5.3. Steps to Reproduce: 1. edit guest config file(etc/modprobe.conf) ----------------------------------------------- alias scsi_hostadapter ata_piix alias eth0 xen-vnif <--- add alias scsi_hostadapter xen-vbd <--- add ----------------------------------------------- 2. create RAM disk image on guest domain guest # /sbin/mkinitrd -f <initrd-image> <kernel-version> 3. edit elilo.conf file ------------------------------------------------------------ prompt timeout=20 default=xen-pv-on-hvm <-- change from "linux" to "xen-pv-on-hvm" relocatable image=vmlinuz-2.6.18-155.el5 label=linux initrd=initrd-2.6.18-155.el5.img read-only append="console=ttyS0,115200,8n1 rhgb quiet root=LABEL=/" image=vmlinuz-2.6.18-155.el5 <-- add label=xen-pv-on-hvm <-- add initrd=initrd-pvhvm-2.6.18-155.el5.img <-- add read-only <-- add append="console=ttyS0,115200,8n1 rhgb quiet root=LABEL=/ ide0=noprobe" <-- add ------------------------------------------------------------ 4. restart guest domain. 5. create RAM disk image on guest domain again. guest # /sbin/mkinitrd -f <initrd-image> <kernel-version> 6. restart guest domain again. Procedure 5 and 6 are different from that of bz 473899
Remove this line from the modprobe.conf file: alias scsi_hostadapter xen-vbd <--- add You should also blacklist the 8139cp & 8139too (unless ia64 doesn't support them).
Can we get the initrd after step 2 and after step 6? These are unfortunately not included in the sosreport. Also, the sosreport for the host is actually also for a guest.
Yes, this information would be helpful. No problem about the confusion.