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Re: [Xen-users] Problems with SCSI

To: "billy lau" <billylau@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Problems with SCSI
From: "Todd Deshane" <deshantm@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:10:24 -0400
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On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 4:07 PM, billy lau <billylau@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> When I am trying to 'boot' my domU kernel (debian etch) using Xen 3.3.0, I
> encountered the error message of
>
> register_blkdev: cannot get major 8 for sd,
>
> I have read in the wiki somewhere that the solution is CONFIG_SCSI=n.
> However, even setting this environment variable, I noticed that the SCSI
> subsystem is still initialized as I fire up the domU kernel using
>

CONFIG_SCSI is a kernel option.

I wouldn't expect that to be your problem though.

What dom0 and domU kernels are you using and where did they come from?

Can you give more of the output and exactly what is going wrong?

Do you get to a busybox prompt for example?

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