[Xen-users] EVMS in dom-U

[Jim Henderson <his_jimboness@xxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I am using XEN 2.0.7, kernel 2.6.11.12, EVMS 2.5.2.

I am trying to use EVMS in my domU but it is not detecting a "virtual"
disk.  I get the following error when issuing evms_activate -d debug:
---
Dec 01 17:20:34 samba _8_ LocalDskMgr: get_geometry: Error getting
geometry for disk sda: 38: Function not implemented.
---
So sda is "seen", but evms doesn't like it because-- it would appear--
it can't get the drive's geometry.


This is the domU configuration:
---
hostname = 'samba'
domainname = 'blah.com'
config_eth0 = 'dhcp'

# domU configuration
name = hostname + '.' + domainname
kernel = '/boot/kernel.xen-dom0'
ramdisk = '/boot/initrd'
memory = 128
cpu = -1

nics = 1
vif = [ 'mac=00:48:45:44:01:01, bridge=xen-br0' ]

disk = [ 'phy:loop0,hda,r', 'phy:sda4,sda,w' ]
root = '/dev/ram0 ro init=/linuxrc cdroot hostname=' + hostname + \
        ' domainname=' + domainname + ' config_eth0=' + config_eth0
---

Note that the sda device is what I'm unable to detect.  (Note that the
'hostname', 'domainname', 'config_eth0' root parameters are my own
customizations and unrelated to this discussion.)

I should note that:

1. I don't have these problems in domU when detecting an iSCSI volume in
EVMS; everything works perfectly under these conditions.

2. The O/S itself in dom-U has no problems; I can fdisk /dev/sda, make
partitions, make file systems, mount it, etc.  It's just EVMS that's
having trouble with the drive geometry.

3. In dom-0 I have no problems with EVMS; it detects sda4.  The problem
only occurs when I try EVMS within the dom-U.  I've tried exporting sda4
into the dom-U as sda1 (instead of sda) as well, with the same results.

So the question is: Is there something unique about xen disks in domU
that might cause EVMS to fail reading the disk geometry?  What else
might be the cause?

Thank you,
James

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