Re: [Xen-devel] Bug of xl?

[Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 10 Jun 2010, Yang Hongyang wrote:
> Hi Stefano,
> 
> On 06/09/2010 11:27 PM, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > On Wed, 9 Jun 2010, Yang Hongyang wrote:
> >> While I'm using 'xl create' to install centos 5,
> >> I got following error. But with the same config,
> >> 'xm create' succesfully installed the vm.
> >> So I wonder if this is a bug of xl?
> >>
> >> Below is the config and xl output, If it doesn't
> >> help, ask me for more imformations if you want.
> >>
> >> config:
> >> ==========================================
> >> kernel = "/mnt/images/xen/vmlinuz"
> >> ramdisk = "/mnt/images/xen/initrd.img"
> >> extra = "text"
> >> name = "centos"
> >> memory = "256"
> >> disk = [ 'file:/home/yanghy/vm/centos.img,xvda,w' ]
> >> vif = [ 'bridge=eth0' ]
> >> vcpus=1
> >> on_reboot = 'destroy'
> >> on_crash = 'destroy'
> >> =======================================
> >>
> > 
> > I think it is worth trying with a loop device instead of a file:
> > 
> > - create a loop device on your host
> > losetup /dev/loop0 /home/yanghy/vm/centos.img
> > 
> > - use 'disk = [ 'phy:/dev/loop0,xvda,w' ]' in your config
> > 
> > If it works it is probably a bug in libxl's blktap support.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> Still have the problem with loop devices.
> 
> 

I tried to reproduce this problem on my test machine but I couldn't, I
have even used the same config file as you.


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