[Xen-ia64-devel] [ANNOUNCE] Kexec for Xen on IA64 (Take III)

[tuskentower at gmail.com (TuskenTower)]

> > > # kexec -l --append "dom0_mem=1G -- root=/dev/hda2" --vmm "/boot/xen.gz" "/boot/vmlinux.gz"
> > > Cannot open `dom0_mem=1G -- root=/dev/hda2': stream error

Does IA64 kexec handle "--append" differently?  On x86_64 its
kexec -l --append="dom0_mem=1G -- root=/dev/hda2" --vmm="/boot/xen.gz"
"/boot/vmlinux.gz"
note I put an equals sign after the "--append" and "--vmm".  I believe
that /sbin/kexec thinks that you're trying to load the kernel.

HTH
Amul