[kernel-xen] error 13: invalid or unsupported executable format

Colin Durrant colin at colins-it.co.uk
Mon Jan 12 10:33:52 AEDT 2015 

Is MEFI and EFI the same thing? I think I have this option in the bios I
am going to try tomorrow.

On 09/01/2015 23:28, "Steven Haigh" <netwiz at crc.id.au> wrote:

>Probably - depending if you can disable EFI in the BIOS and use legacy
>booting. You'll have to reinstall the OS after changing this setting
>(not an upgrade).
>
>I'm not sure if anyone here uses an EFI based boot system that can test
>- but it would be nice to know... I don't have any EFI based hardware
>that I can test with...
>
>On 10/01/2015 9:09 AM, Colin Durrant wrote:
>> Am I able to use a different server rather than EFI?
>> 
>> Thanks and kind regards
>> 
>> Colin
>> Colins IT Ltd
>> www.colins-it.co.uk
>> @colinsit
>> 
>>> On 9 Jan 2015, at 21:16, Steven Haigh <netwiz at crc.id.au> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm wondering if this is to do with EFI....
>>>
>>> Does anyone else on the list use an EFI booting server as a Xen Dom0?
>>>
>>>> On 9/01/2015 5:18 PM, Colin Durrant wrote:
>>>> Any ideas on this?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks and kind regards
>>>>
>>>> Colin
>>>> Colins IT Ltd
>>>> www.colins-it.co.uk
>>>> @colinsit
>>>>
>>>>> On 8 Jan 2015, at 06:40, Colin Durrant <colin at colins-it.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> OK, so grub.conf is not saved in /boot/grub for some reason
>>>>>
>>>>> It is here - /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/
>>>>>
>>>>> # grub.conf generated by anaconda
>>>>> #
>>>>> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to
>>>>>this file
>>>>> # NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
>>>>> #          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
>>>>> #          root (hd0,1)
>>>>> #          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro
>>>>>root=/dev/mapper/vg_xen2-lv_root
>>>>> #          initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img
>>>>> #boot=/dev/sdd1
>>>>> device (hd0) HD(1,800,64000,c2b17ae2-c245-47f4-b33b-667df64cbf32)
>>>>> default=1
>>>>> timeout=15
>>>>> splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>>>>> hiddenmenu
>>>>> title Scientific Linux (2.6.32-504.3.3.el6.x86_64)
>>>>>       root (hd0,1)
>>>>>       kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-504.3.3.el6.x86_64 ro
>>>>> root=/dev/mapper/vg_xen2-lv_root rd_NO_LUKS  KEYBOARDTYPE=pc
>>>>>KEYTABLE=uk
>>>>> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_LVM_LV=vg_xen2/lv_swap rd_NO_MD
>>>>> SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 crashkernel=128M rd_LVM_LV=vg_xen2/lv_root
>>>>> rd_NO_DM rhgb quiet
>>>>>       initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-504.3.3.el6.x86_64.img
>>>>> title Scientific Linux (3.14.27-1.el6xen.x86_64)
>>>>>       root (hd0,1)
>>>>>       kernel /xen.gz dom0_mem=1024M cpufreq=xen dom0_max_vcpus=1
>>>>> dom0_vcpus_pin
>>>>>       module /vmlinuz-3.14.27-1.el6xen.x86_64 ro
>>>>> root=/dev/mapper/vg_xen2-lv_root rd_NO_LUKS  KEYBOARDTYPE=pc
>>>>>KEYTABLE=uk
>>>>> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_LVM_LV=vg_xen2/lv_swap rd_NO_MD
>>>>> SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 crashkernel=128M rd_LVM_LV=vg_xen2/lv_root
>>>>> rd_NO_DM rhgb quiet
>>>>>       module /initramfs-3.14.27-1.el6xen.x86_64.img
>>>>> title Scientific Linux 6 (2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64)
>>>>>       root (hd0,1)
>>>>>       kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64 ro
>>>>> root=/dev/mapper/vg_xen2-lv_root rd_NO_LUKS  KEYBOARDTYPE=pc
>>>>>KEYTABLE=uk
>>>>> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_LVM_LV=vg_xen2/lv_swap rd_NO_MD
>>>>> SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 crashkernel=128M rd_LVM_LV=vg_xen2/lv_root
>>>>> rd_NO_DM rhgb quiet
>>>>>       initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64.img
>>>>>
>>>>> title Scientific Linux 6 (2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64)
>>>>>       root (hd0,1)
>>>>>       kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64 ro
>>>>> root=/dev/mapper/vg_xen2-lv_root rd_NO_LUKS  KEYBOARDTYPE=pc
>>>>>KEYTABLE=uk
>>>>> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_LVM_LV=vg_xen2/lv_swap rd_NO_MD
>>>>> SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 crashkernel=128M rd_LVM_LV=vg_xen2/lv_root
>>>>> rd_NO_DM rhgb quiet
>>>>>       initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64.img
>>>>> fer making changes to this file
>>>>> # NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
>>>>> #          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
>>>>> #          root (hd0,1)
>>>>> #          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro
>>>>>root=/dev/mapper/vg_xen2-lv_root
>>>>> #          initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img
>>>>> #boot=/dev/sdd1
>>>>> device (hd0) HD(1,800,64000,c2b17ae2-c245-47f4-b33b-667df64cbf32)
>>>>> default=1
>>>>> timeout=15
>>>>> splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>>>>> hiddenmenu
>>>>> title Scientific Linux (2.6.32-504.3.3.el6.x86_64)
>>>>>       root (hd0,1)
>>>>>       kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-504.3.3.el6.x86_64 ro
>>>>> root=/dev/mapper/vg_xen2-lv_root rd_NO_LUKS  KEYBOARDTYPE=pc
>>>>>KEYTABLE=uk
>>>>> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_LVM_LV=vg_xen2/lv_swap rd_NO_MD
>>>>> SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 crashkernel=128M rd_LVM_LV=vg_xen2/lv_root
>>>>> rd_NO_DM rhgb quiet
>>>>>       initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-504.3.3.el6.x86_64.img
>>>>> title Scientific Linux (3.14.27-1.el6xen.x86_64)
>>>>>       root (hd0,1)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Directory listing of boot
>>>>>
>>>>> [root at xen2 boot]# ls
>>>>> config-2.6.32-504.3.3.el6.x86_64
>>>>>symvers-2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64.gz
>>>>> config-2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64
>>>>> symvers-3.14.27-1.el6xen.x86_64.gz
>>>>> config-3.14.27-1.el6xen.x86_64
>>>>> System.map-2.6.32-504.3.3.el6.x86_64
>>>>> efi          
>>>>>System.map-2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64
>>>>> grub         
>>>>> System.map-3.14.27-1.el6xen.x86_64
>>>>> initramfs-2.6.32-504.3.3.el6.x86_64.img
>>>>> vmlinuz-2.6.32-504.3.3.el6.x86_64
>>>>> initramfs-2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64.img
>>>>>vmlinuz-2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64
>>>>> initramfs-3.14.27-1.el6xen.x86_64.img
>>>>>vmlinuz-3.14.27-1.el6xen.x86_64
>>>>> initrd-2.6.32-504.3.3.el6.x86_64kdump.img  xen-4.2.5.gz
>>>>> initrd-2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64kdump.img      xen-4.2.gz
>>>>> lost+found                                 xen.gz
>>>>> symvers-2.6.32-504.3.3.el6.x86_64.gz       xen-syms-4.2.5
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 07/01/2015 23:06, "Steven Haigh" <netwiz at crc.id.au> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ok, first things first, post your /boot/grub/grub.conf, and a
>>>>>>directory
>>>>>> listing of /boot/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm guessing one of those is off with the fairies somehow....
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 8/01/2015 9:34 AM, Colin Durrant wrote:
>>>>>>> Yes, grub gave me the message on boot
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks and kind regards
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Colin
>>>>>>> Colins IT Ltd
>>>>>>> www.colins-it.co.uk
>>>>>>> @colinsit
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 7 Jan 2015, at 22:10, Steven Haigh <netwiz at crc.id.au> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 8/01/2015 3:26 AM, Colin Durrant wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am following these instructions
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://xen.crc.id.au/support/guides/install/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I then rebooted into the Xen kernel however I am getting the
>>>>>>>>>error
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Invalid magic number: 9090
>>>>>>>>> error 13: invalid or unsupported executable format
>>>>>>>>> Press any key to continue
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What gave this? grub? something else?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>> Steven Haigh
>>>>>>>>
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