[Lguest] general protection error

[John mathews]

Rusty,
 attached is config file. I have used no options for console. Here is my
command to start the lguest:
"lguest 256m vmlinux --tunnet=192.168.19.1 --block=xen1GB.img
root=/dev/lgba.

Thanks for help.

John

On 9/7/07, Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 23:45 -0400, John mathews wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am new to this list. So, i may not be aware of some protocols of
> > communication. Here is the issue i am facing:
> >
> > I am using linux-2.6.23-rc5 and trying to boot lguest guest machine.
> > I get following error during the boot time ( and boot stops):
> >
> > Freeing unused kernel memory: 296l freed
> > Warning: unable to open an initial console
> > hwclock[939] general protection eip:804b7b3 esp:bf8f5fe0 error:0
>
> Hi John,
>
>         The hwclock error is harmless and expected.  The "unable to open
> an
> initial console" is more concerning, however, which is why you're not
> seeing a prompt.
>
>         Are you booting with "console=" on the command line?  You
> shouldn't
> need to.  If not, can you send your .config and your exact lguest
> command line?
>
> Thanks for the report,
> Rusty.
>
>
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