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

Tue Jan 13 13:15:19 AEDT 2015

It should do... What is the output of 'xl info' and 'uname -r'?

On 13/01/2015 1:16 AM, Colin Durrant wrote:
> Hi
> 
> So I can create windows and Linux VM¹s on my SL6 box. Does this indicate
> everything is ok?
> 
> I still can¹t select the Xen kernel on bootup as I get the error
> originally reported. I did find this but not sure how relevant it is
> 
> http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Xen_EFI
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> On 11/01/2015 23:33, "Colin Durrant" <colin at colins-it.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> 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
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Email: netwiz at crc.id.au
>>>>>>>>>> Web: http://www.crc.id.au
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