Re: [Xen-users] jailtime machine doesn't boot. root=

[Sadique Puthen <sputhenp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You might have to use a ramdisk to boot the guest properly. It can be 
specified by passing "ramdisk = <name>" in the guest configuration file.
--Sadique


Vincent wrote:
> when i run xm create centos.5-0.xen3.cfg -c i get the boot output from 
> the machine, but it doesn't actually go to completion, as i get this 
> error:
> XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vbd/2049
> XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vbd/2050
> XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vif/0
> md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
> md: autorun ...
> md: ... autorun DONE.
> VFS: Cannot open root device "sda1" or unknown-block(0,0)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 
> unknown-block(0,0)
> the .cfg looks like this:
> kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5xen"
> memory = 256
> name = "centos.5-0 "
> vif = [ '' ]
> dhcp = "dhcp"
> disk = ['file:/xen/centos/centos.5-0.img,sda1,w', 
> 'file:/xen/centos/centos.swap,sda2,w']
> root = "/dev/sda1 ro"
>
> I have seen some people with their root = option set to a /dev/hda1, 
> but when i run that in the config it gives the same error but with hda1
> any ideas?
>
>
>
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