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Re: [Xen-users] Help: "Error: int argument required" on Debian Etch?

On Fr, Dez 07, 2007 at 01:53:43 -0600, Peter Curran wrote:
> Hi Igor et All,
> Thanks. Please stay with me a bit; I'm new in this enviroment. After 
> correctiong
> the disk setup in g2.conf:
>    disk = ['phy:/dev/cciss/c0d0p5,hda1,w']
>    root = "/dev/hda1 ro"
> 
> which eliminated the error ("Error: int argument required" on Debian Etch?), 
> the
> processing continued until at this point/error:
> "
> Registering block device major 8
> No filesystem could mount root, tried: cramfs
> kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknow-block(8,1)
> "
> 
> Could you give some light on this also?

When booting the domain, try to load not only a kernel,
but an initrd also.

You can do this specifying  'ramdisk' paramater in the domain config file.

For example:

kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-xen-686"
ramdisk = "/boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-xen-686"




> There are many posts about this problem on the internet but I couldn't fine 
> any
> clear answer.
> thank you for you attention
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 10:28:46 +0200
> Igor Chubin <igor@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Do, Dez 06, 2007 at 04:42:26 -0600, Peter Curran wrote:
> > > Thanks Igor,
> > > Below is the config file:
> > > 
> > > #
> > > kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-xen-686"
> > > memory = 500
> > > name = "g2"
> > > hostname = "g2.gwhopper.com"
> > > ip = "xx.xxx.xxx.x"
> > > netmask = "255.255.255.240"
> > > gateway = "xx.xxx.xxx.1"
> > > disk = ['phy:/dev/cciss/c0d0p5,c0d0p5,w']
> > > root = "/dev/cciss/c0d0p5 ro"
> > > extra = "4"
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > I think, that the disk parameter specified incorrectly.
> > Try to write:
> > 
> > disk = ['phy:/dev/cciss/c0d0p5,hda1,w']
> > root = "/dev/hda1 ro"
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Thank you.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 21:32:02 +0200
> > > Igor Chubin <igor@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Do, Dez 06, 2007 at 11:56:54 -0600, Peter Curran wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I ran "xm create -c host2 vmid=2"   and got this error on a Debian 
> > > > > Etch
> > > > System:
> > > > > 
> > > > > "Error: int argument required"
> > > > 
> > > > Please, show the config file host2.
> > > > 
> > > > It's likely that there is a mistake in that file.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > The vm didn't get created. Could someone help to solve this problem?
> > > > > thank you
> > > > > 
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