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Re: [Xen-users] Suse 9.3 "kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable tomoun
hi david & thanks,
the fstab is changed within the image to root / as /dev/sda1 :-) and
I assume that the ttylinux file rootfs.gz has the same root device
"/dev/sda1" (... you can't change it anyway)
ciao
On 6/14/05, David_Schmidt@xxxxxxxx <David_Schmidt@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It's possible that the fstab is incorrect inside your image. Make sure
> it is mounting / as /dev/sda1.
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of e&v
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 3:12 PM
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-users] Suse 9.3 "kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable
> tomount root fs on unknown-block (8, 1)"
>
> hi, hope you can help or at least give me a hint how to proceed.... I
> have Xen up and running with a domain0 but having huge problems in
> getting additional domains created.
>
> I followed the instructions in the Suse "readme for xen packages " ->
> http://www.suse.de/~garloff/linux/xen/README.SuSE and I get to e)
>
> These are the steps I followed:
> Ad 3) YaST dirinstall
> a) Create a root FS image
> - create disc image file (dd if=/dev/zero of=img ...)
> - create file system (mkXYZfs img)
> - mount image (mount -o loop img ...)
> b) start yast2 dirinstall module, select mounted directory as a target,
> select required packages (don't forget to select XEN kernel, you
> need
> some of the kernel modules in the root FS)
> c) create /etc/fstab in the root FS
> d) umount image/FS
> e) configure and start XEN (use the image/FS as storage)
>
> When I use the config below, when starting a new domain with
>
> xm create configfile vmid=1 -c .... I get the following error in the
> start up sequence:
>
> "kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-block (8,1)"
>
> Config.file:
> kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11.4-21.7-xen"
> memory = 100
> name = "suse931"
> nics = 1
> ip = "1.2.3.4"
> disk = ['file:/home/name/vm1disk,sda1,w']
> root = "/dev/sda1"
>
> By the way I get the same error when trying to start TTYLINUX ... and I
> followed the instructions in the Xen Manual
> (http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/readmes/user/user.html#S
> ECTION02330000000000000000
>
> --
>
> ciao ev
>
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mvh/best regards ervin
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