Re: [Xen-devel] Problem: "short write" while starting domain

[Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Sometimes when I try to start a domain (with a config file similar to the one 
> in
> /etc/xen/xmexample1), I get the following error:
> 
> ------------------------------------------------
> 
> Checking root filesystem
> [/sbin/fsck.ext3 (1) -- /] fsck.ext3 -a /dev/hda4
> /1: clean, 124212/2441216 files, 676342/4873719 blocks
> Error writing block 522 (Attempt to write block from filesystem resulted in
> short write).  Error writing block 522 (Attempt to write block from filesystem
> resulted in short write).
> ---------------------------------------------------
> 
> I have'nt done any changes apart from from the simple installation 
> instructions
> given on the website. Can anyone give a pointer as to where I should look, and
> what I should be looking to correct?

Odd. What are you using to back hda4? A physical partition,
LVM volume, or a loop back file?  Does dom0 'dmesg' report any
errors? 

If you login, does the file system look OK? Does fsck fail if you
run it manually? Can you remount the file system rw? Do writes
otherwise seem to work?

Ian


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