Re: [Xen-devel] Error: Device 768 (vbd) could not be connected. Backend device not found.

[Ryan Harper <ryanh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

* Jonathan M. McCune <jonmccune@xxxxxxx> [2006-04-19 09:14]:
> Hello,
> 
> I am getting this error when I try to start an HVM guest on an AMD 
> Sahara system.  The xen-unstable-hvm.hg revision 8724 works fine.  I 
> tried to upgrade to xen-unstable.hg revision 9668.  I got 9668 to boot 
> using 'yaird' to build the initrd for the -xen kernel. I can 
> successfully start a paravirtualized guest, but I am now having trouble 
> starting an HVM guest.  The error message is:
> 
> Error: Device 768 (vbd) could not be connected. Backend device not found.
<snip>
> disk = [ 'file:/sarge/disk.img,ioemu:hda,w' ]

I got this when the loop driver (which is a module in -xen kernel config
is used) wasn't loaded.  Try modprobe loop, and re-run your create
command.


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Ryan Harper
Software Engineer; Linux Technology Center
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