Re: [Xen-users] interesting installation problem - interaction between drbd and xen

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Miles Fidelman
> <mfidelman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>    
> > Configuration this applies to:
> > Debian Lenny
> >      
> > xendomains was trying to bring up VMs, before drbd devices were initialized
> > - leading to all kinds of weirdness. The domains would try to come up, get
> > through the boot stages, and then hang as soon as they tried to mount root
> > and swap.
> >      
> That, by itself, is strange. Whether you use phy:/dev/drbd*, or
> block-drbd scripts, the drbd resource should not be accessible if drbd
> has not been started yet. Not accessible means the domU should not be
> able to start at all.
>    
That's exactly the point - xen tries to access a non-existent boot 
device, and hangs in the middle of the boot process.
> Since you use debian packages, your best bet is to contact their
> package maintainer, or use their bug report mechanism.
> http://packages.debian.org/lenny/xen-linux-system-2.6.26-2-xen-686
>    
Good point.  Thanks.

Miles


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