Re: [Xen-users] Problem with creating domU

[Arsen Hayrapetyan <ahairape@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Andrej,


On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, Andrej Radonic wrote:

> Arsen Hayrapetyan schrieb:
> > I am tring to create domU (being booted into dom0). I have created the file
> > /vm1disk and populated it with the relevant directories of installed Linux
> > (the same Linux which I have on dom0).
> > I have started the xend daemon and it has started mormally (I have checked
> > the /var/log/xend.log).
> > I have also connected the loop1 loop device to the vm1disk file:
> > "losetup /dev/loop0 /path/to/file".
> > 
> > Then I have created the following conf file (/etc/xen/vm1conf):
> > 
> > ==============begin=======================
> > kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11-xenU"
> > memory = 128
> > name = "alpha"
> > nics=1
> > 
> > #disk = [ 'phy:sda5,sda1,w' ]
> > #disk = [ 'file:/vm1disk, sda1,w' ]
> > disk = [ 'phy:loop1, sda1 ,w' ]
> > 
> > root = "/dev/sda1 ro"
> > extra = "3"
> > ===============end======================
> > 
> > When I am issuing the following command:
> > "xm create /etc/xen/vm1conf -c",
> > it dies with:
> > 'Using config file "/etc/xen/vm1conf".
> > Error: Error creating domain: vbd: Device not found:  sda1'
> > 
> > I am getting the same error when I use "disk = [ 'file:/vm1disk, sda1,w' ]"
> > 
> 
> Arsen,
> 
> you don't have to mount or losetup anything. In fact it will cause Xen to not
> start the domain.
OK, I've detached it.

 
> Your "file" line looks okay, except you should eliminate the blank before sda1
> (syntax problem?). Also check that /etc/fstab in your guest-image specifies
> sda1 as the root device.
> 

After removing the blank which had crept in :) it started to work - at 
least it opened remote console...

Thank you and all who answered for the help.
Arsen.

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