Subject: Re: NetBSD -CURRENT with Xen3.0.3: grub failed with Error3 and Error 13
To: Rainer Brinkmöller <rainer.brinkmoeller@web.de>
From: Pavel Cahyna <pavel.cahyna@matfyz.cz>
List: port-xen
Date: 11/04/2006 23:54:04
On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 09:36:44PM +0100, Rainer Brinkmöller wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> after i did install NetBSD 3.0.1 on my new Hardware and did update it to 
> -CURRENT
> on this way: http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/current/#updating
> i did install grub, xentools30, xenkernel30 and xentools-hvm
> 
> Then configured grub. Reboot and .. failure ... remember ... sure, the kernel 
> file is to big
> So, gzip the kernel file and reboot. Failure again.
> 
> First Error when want to start by using kernel xen.gz and netbsd-XEN0.gz as 
> module:
> 
> kernel (hd0,a)/xen.gz dom0_mem=131072
>      [Multiboot-elf, <0x100000:0x7e5d8:0x47a28>
> 
> Error 3: Bad or corrupt data while decompressing file
> 
> Maybe something wrong with the xen.gz kernel file?
> The second Error i've got when want to start by using kernel netbsd-GENERIC.gz 
> as module:
> 
> root (hd0,a)
>     Filesystem type is ffs, partition type 0xa9
> kernel --type=netbsd /netbsd-GENERIC.gz
>      [Multiboot-elf, <0x100000:0x9ddfc0:0x0>

Don't use --type=netbsd if the kernel is Multiboot, I think.

Pavel