Re: [Xen-users] Loop devices in SuSE 10.1

[Falko Tesch <falko.tesch@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Some more infos:
dmesg says:
---------- snip ---------
Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda2 vga=788 max_loop=64 resume=/dev/sda1 
splash=silent showopt xencons=tty
loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
---------- snap ----------

Falko

Falko Tesch schrieb:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm getting nuts here!
> Whenever I try to start a second vm I get this wonderful "vbd 768 
> backend device not found" (or similar).
> I know, it means I ran out of loop devices.
>
> But!
> I already added max_loop=64 to my grub
> Here's my menul.lst:
> ---------- snip -------------
> title XEN
>     root (hd0,1)
>     kernel /boot/xen.gz console=vga
>     module /boot/vmlinuz-xen root=/dev/sda2 vga=788 max_loop=64 
> resume=/dev/sda1 splash=silent showopt xencons=tty
>     module /boot/initrd-xen
> ---------- snap -------------
>
> I already created 64 loop devices in /dev
> Still SuSE 10.1 shows only 8 loop devices within boot log (and 
> persistently removing all but 8 loop devices in /dev on reboot!).
> I also tried
> echo 'options loop max_loop=64' > /etc/modprobe.d/loop
> and creating devices manually after booting.
>
> Still, no avail!
>
> Anyone who had and solved this issue?
>
> Regards
> Falko
>
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