GNU Linux installation on HPVM Guest

[IT Response]

Hi guys!

Is something missing here?

While booting from DVD using IA64Debian .iso image I got error,

"No common CD-ROM drive was detected
..
"

Load CD-ROM drivers from removable media?


After I go over I got,

"There was a problem reading data from the removable media. Please make sure that the right media is present. If you continue to have
trouble, your removable media might be bad.
Cannot read removable media, or no drivers found. â
"

then it goes to '[?] Debian installer main menu' so basically I go over 'Abort the installation '

Some other informaiton on the txt file attached.

[Shibin_2]

Your DVD drive is external ( via USB ) or internal ?

[IT Response]

I was expecting that my file was uploaded..here some information, it was added as a virtual storage,

Host information:

# model
ia64 hp server rx7640

# osinfo
OperatingSystem Information
Host: odin.midgard.lab
Name: HP-UX
Version: B.11.31
UserLicense: Unlimited user license
Number of Users: 3 users
Number of Processes: 209 processes
OSCapability: 64 bit
LastBootTime: Mar 9, 2011 17:52:00 (-0600)
LocalDateTime: Mar 10, 2011 18:21:20 (-0600)
SystemUpTime: 88160 seconds = 1 day, 0 hrs, 29 mins, 20 secs


# swlist |grep AVIO
GuestAVIOStor B.11.31.1003 HPVM Guest AVIO Storage Software
GuestAvioLan B.11.31.1003 HPVM Guest AVIO LAN Software
HostAVIOStor B.11.31.1009 HPVM Host AVIO Storage Software
HostAvioLan B.11.31.1009 HPVM Host AVIO LAN Software


# hpvmstatus -P linuxvm |more
[Virtual Machine Details]
Virtual Machine Name VM # OS Type State
==================== ===== ======= ========
linuxvm 10 LINUX On (OS)

[Authorized Administrators]
Oper Groups :
Admin Groups :
Oper Users :
Admin Users :

[Virtual CPU Details]
#vCPUs Entitlement Maximum
====== =========== =======
2 10.0% 100.0%

[Memory Details]
Total Reserved
Memory Memory
======= ========
4 GB 64 MB

[Storage Interface Details]
Guest Physical
Device Adaptor Bus Dev Ftn Tgt Lun Storage Device
Standard input

Device Adaptor Bus Dev Ftn Tgt Lun Storage Device
======= ========== === === === === === ========= =========================
disk scsi 0 0 0 0 0 disk /dev/rdisk/disk6
dvd scsi 0 0 0 1 0 file /var/opt/hpvm/ISO-images/linux/debian-6
.0.0-ia64-DVD-1.iso
disk scsi 1 0 0 0 0 disk /dev/rdisk/disk50
disk scsi 1 0 0 1 0 disk /dev/rdisk/disk51
disk scsi 1 0 0 2 0 disk /dev/rdisk/disk52
disk scsi 2 0 0 0 0 disk /dev/rdisk/disk53
disk scsi 2 0 0 1 0 disk /dev/rdisk/disk54
disk scsi 2 0 0 2 0 disk /dev/rdisk/disk55
disk scsi 3 0 0 0 0 disk /dev/rdisk/disk56
disk scsi 3 0 0 1 0 disk /dev/rdisk/disk57

[Network Interface Details]
Interface Adaptor Name/Num PortNum Bus Dev Ftn Mac Address
========= ========== ========== ======= === === === =================
vswitch lan admin 5 0 1 0 1e-2d-08-3c-e3-cf
vswitch avio_lan linuxvm 1 0 2 0 62-2b-65-ea-a8-2c

[Misc Interface Details]
Guest Physical
Device Adaptor Bus Dev Ftn Tgt Lun Storage Device
======= ========== === === === === === ========= =========================
serial com1 tty console
Standard input: END

o boot from the File menu:

a. Exit the EFI shell.
b. Select Boot from a file.
c. Select the option Removable Media Boot, then press Enter.

The guest boots from the media.

Add the console=ttyS0 option by entering the following command:
ELILO boot: linux console=ttyS0



Add the console=ttyS0 option by entering the following command:
ELILO boot: linux console=ttyS0

[IT Response]

Pretty much following the 'HPVM Guide' and Debian page, http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/ia64/ch05s01.html.en

# swlist -l product |grep -i "integrity"
HPVM B.04.20 Integrity VM HPVM
PHKL_36261 1.0 Integrity Virtual Machine Capabilities Interface
PHKL_40210 1.0 Integrity Processor Migration Performance
PHSS_39102 1.0 Integrity Unwind Library
VMAGENT B.04.20.05 HP Resource Allocation Agent for Integrity VM
VMCONVERT B.04.20 Integrity VM Machine Conversion Tools
VMMIGRATE B.04.20 Integrity VM Migration Tools
VMUPGRADE B.04.20 Integrity VM Machine VM Upgrade Tools
vmGuestLib B.04.20.05 Integrity VM vmGuestLib
vmGuestSW B.04.20.05 Integrity VM vmGuestSW
vmKernel B.04.20 Integrity VM vmKernel
vmProvider B.04.20.05 WBEM Provider for Integrity VM vmProvider
vmVirtProvider B.04.20 Integrity VM vmVirtProvider
vmmgr A.4.1.1.79962 HP Integrity VM Manager


Going home now, I will check back these entries in a few minutes, thanks in advance !

[Shibin_2]

Sorry, in a sudden I thought installation on physical server. Now realized its VM.

[melvyn burnard]

Well Debian is not supported as a Guest OS for Integrity Virtual Machines:
http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02545643/c02545643.pdf
Page 16
We only support RedHat and Suse Linux

[IT Response]

I was afraid to read that, though finding some CD-ROM drivers somewhere for make it bootable. How is possible HP left Debian out of the box?!, anyway..thanks a lot for the help!

[IT Response]

Closing thread