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Re: Re: [Xen-users] Why creating DomU failed (seems it is due to LVM)

I moved a little :-)
Something does be wrong with initrd.
I make a new initrd according to DomU's fstab:
        # mount /dev/GuestVG/DOM1 /mnt
        # mkinitrd --fstab=/mnt/etc/fstab /boot/initrd.2.6.16.29-xenU.img 
2.6.16.29-xen
        # umount /mnt
then create Dom1
there is no more LVM info.
but it still failed to mount /root. I'm working to find out why...

======= 2006-12-12 05:20:33 you wrote:=======

>TMC wrote:
>> On 11/12/06, Steven Dugway <steven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> TMC wrote:
>>> > can you please post your config here?
>>> >
>>> > I suspect that your trying to start LVM configuration from Dom0 in
>>> > DomU...
>>> >
>>> > There are two ways to do things.
>>> >
>>> > a) put all disk in Dom0 under LVM and manage disk for all DomU
>>> > instances that way..
>>> That is how I do it and then export the partitions for each domU, works
>>> fine with old FC5 packages.
>>> Here is an config file:
>>>
>>> kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6xen"
>>> #kernel = "/boot/2.6.16-1.2122_FC5xenU"
>>> memory = 250
>>> name = "spooner"
>>> ramdisk = "/boot/initrd-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6xen.img"
>>> vif = [ '' ]
>>> disk=['phy:/dev/VolGroup00/spooner,sda1,w','phy:/dev/VolGroup00/spoonerHS,sda4,w','phy:/dev/VolGroup00/swap1,sda2,w','file:/img/tmpfiles,sda3,w']
>>>  
>>>
>>> root = "/dev/sda1 ro"
>>>
>>
>> Ok.
>>
>> What I suspect is happening is that you have  copied a whole parent
>> server instance (with a running /etc and such like) instead of doing a
>> clean install to your patritions with kickstart, jump-start or
>> debootstrap.
>>
>This is not working.
>
>There is some mystery about the initrd setup.
>I did everything I could test on my own and from suggestions on this 
>list, in vain.
>
>It is hard to make timely decisions with the current state of affairs 
>with Xen. I spent 4 months since the first broken package in FC5 in 
>september to try to get my Centos domU running and nothing works, which 
>means I am stuck with old version of Xen. I had hope the FC6 version 
>would fix it but no. The centos no better. Does anybody know a GNU linux 
>distro that is serious about supporting Xen?
>
>I did figure out the howtos of mkinird and the ramdisk concepts, the 
>problem is I do not know what to put/modify inside to make it work.
>This is very frustrating.
>
>Thanks anyway.
>
>> This means that your LVM subsystem is looking in /etc, finds configs
>> and goesa looking for disks to  manage and fails, bacuse it must. you
>> are accessing abstracted devices not raw devices in your DomU.
>>
>> I think you need to blow away (or at least rename) all LVM configs in
>> /etc/ of  your DomU. They are not needed.
>>
>> Also you need to change:
>> your networking (unless you DHCP)
>> hostname
>> edit the fstab to refer to /dev/sda1, /dev/sda2, /dev/sda3 and
>> /dev/sda4  as required instead of  lables or /dev/VolGroup** stuff.
>>
>> Also Please boot the XenU specific kernel, if your packages provide
>> it. Its safer.
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps
>>
>> Tomasz
>>
>
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