Re: [Xen-users] Error: Device 2049 (vbd) could not be connected. Backend device not found.

[Joe Warren-Meeks <joe.warren-meeks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 28 Apr 2006, at 12:55, Joe Warren-Meeks wrote:

Hey guys,

> I read xen-create-image to see why it seemed to work if I used  
> that. Just by an aside I noticed that there is an option of use-ide
> So, I've set "use-ide = 1" in /etc/xen-tools/xen-tools.conf and  
> recreated my images and it seems to work now.
> I figure that an IDE server has problems trying to run a SCSI domU
>
> I'm creating a bunch of domUs now and rebooting to see if they all  
> start ok. (I also had to up my loopback devices as indicated in  
> another post)
> Give it a shot and report back.
Just to confirm, changing use-ide = 1 and changing my /etc/init.d/ 
xend to read:
  start)
        modprobe loop max_loop=64
        cd /dev && /dev/MAKEDEV loop
        xend start
        await_daemons_up
        ;;

fixed my problems. I now have three domU's working happily.

Good luck.

 -- joe.

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