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Re: [Xen-users] Booting guest VM on Debian + Xen

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Booting guest VM on Debian + Xen
From: Ralph Passgang <ralph@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:27:56 +0100
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Am Dienstag, 21. März 2006 22:47 schrieb Neal Probert:
> Running Debian 3.1 Sarge, Xen 3.0.1, xen-tools, ...
>
> Am trying to boot my first guest VM, but it doesn't fly.  Ideas?
>
> Here's my .cfg file:
> --------------------
> kernel = '/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12.6-xenU'
> memory = 512
> name   = 'cathedral'
> root   = '/dev/hda1 ro'
> disk   = [ 'phy:vg/cathedral-root,hda1,w', 'phy:vg/cathedral-swap,hda2,w' ]
> vif = ['ip=152.160.178.51']
>
> ...
> register_blkdev: cannot get major 8 for sd
> umount: devfs: not mounted
> mount: unknown filesystem type 'devfs'
> ReiserFS: sda1: warning: sh-2021: reiserfs_fill_super: can not find
> reiserfs on sda1
> kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
> EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
> umount: devfs: not mounted
> pivot_root: No such file or directory
> /sbin/init: 432: cannot open dev/console: No such file
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!


the root filesystem cannot be accessed. the domU kernel tries sda1 but hda1 
seems to be correct.

can you change:
 root = '/dev/hda1 ro'
to:
 root = "/dev/hda1 ro"

and check again?

--Ralph

> Thanks.

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