Re: [Xen-users] how to create image file ?

[xen jones <xenwe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Marcus.

 

I figured it out and posted the finding from another email thread.

 

Jeremy

Marcus Brown <marcusbrutus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> I think I see what seems to be your problem (assuming the image file is ok).
> You've created your image file in /temp (/dev/sda2) but specified it as
> being in /root.
> I'm unsure as to your intention, as I guess your xen-domain is too! :)
>
> > mount /dev/sda2 /temp // /dev/sda2 have enough space
> > dd if=/dev/sda7 of=/temp/sda7.imge bs=64k
> > 
>
> right, so you're copying the filesystem in /dev/sda7 to an image called
> sda7.imge ['e' a typo?] in /temp (/dev/sda2)
>
> [snip]
>
> > disk = ['file:/root/sda2.img,sda2,w']
> >
> without changing anything else, perhaps, 'file:/temp/sda7.imge,sda2,w'
> would work?
> [snip]
>
> > root = "/dev/sda2 rw"
>
> Note that this isn't talking about the /dev/sda2 in the dom0,
> it's telling the domU where it's root is (the file you've exported as sda2)
>
> [snip]
>
> >
> > Error:
>  Error creating domain: vbd: Segment not found:
> > uname=file:/root/sda2.img
> > 
>
> see?
>
> Marcus.
>
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