Re: amd64 xen3_dom0 failing to boot - stalls (generic boots fine)

[Mike Bowie <mbowie%buzmo.com@localhost>]

Sarton O'Brien wrote:
> Mike Bowie wrote:
>> I'm pretty sure you can just add it to the end of the "module" line for
>> the NetBSD kernel in question... should be that simple.
>>
>>   
> 
> It was that simple, thanks :)
> 
>> If you've got the box down, boot is (obviously) *much* nicer... I have a
>> few machines which will be switching back to boot on their next
>> maintenance cycle. ;-)
>>   
> 
> That's a good point, what's the basic procedure for overwriting grub
> outside having the relevant boot.cfg? If there's a doc somewhere feel
> free to point me to it or make me find it :)
> 
> I've only ever used netbsd with grub as my motivation was running xen. I
> generally understand the principles though, having used *BSD variants
> for quite a while.
> 
> Sarton

Take a look at installboot(8).

As far as your boot stall goes, you could try booting single user by
setting "-s" rather than "-c" and see if that will get you to a console.

Mike.