Re: [Xen-users] Can't find root when start vm

[Erwan RENIER <erwan.renier@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 10/02/2011 11:35, Jose Legido a écrit :
> On 10/02/11 11:13, James Harper wrote:
> > > Hello.
> > > I can't start Virtual Machine, have the message:
> > >   Waiting for root file system ... done.
> > > Gave up waiting for root device.  Common problems
> > > .....
> > > ALERT!  /dev/xvda2 does not exist.  Dropping to a shell!
> > >
> > > I have installed Xen 4 in a debian squeeze:
> > > # uname -a
> > > 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 #1 SMP Wed Jan 12 05:46:49 UTC 2011 x86_64
> > GNU/Linux
> > > xen-hypervisor-4.0-amd64                4.0.1-2
> > The
> > > Xen Hypervisor on AMD64
> > >
> > > I have created the virtual machine with this command:
> > > # xen-create-image --size=2Gb --swap=128Mb --dhcp --dist=stable
> > > --dir=/home/xen --hostname=debian
> > >
> > > My debian.cfg is:
> > > kernel      = '/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64'
> > > ramdisk     = '/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-xen-amd64'
> > > vcpus       = '1'
> > > memory      = '128'
> > > root        = '/dev/xvda2 ro'
> > > disk        = [
> > >                    'file:/home/xen/domains/debian2/disk.img,xvda2,w',
> > >                    'file:/home/xen/domains/debian2/swap.img,xvda1,w',
> > >                ]
> > > on_poweroff = 'destroy'
> > > on_reboot   = 'restart'
> > > on_crash    = 'restart'
> > >
> > > In my Server the filesystem is /dev/sda1.
> > > I have tried with:
> > > root        = '/dev/xvda1 ro'
> > > root        = '/dev/sda1 ro'
> > > root        = '/dev/sda2 ro'
> > >
> > > And the same problem
> > >
> > > In the /dev vm I have:
> > > (initramfs) ls /dev
> > > char console core cpu_dma_latency fd full hvc0 hvc1 hvc2 hvc3 hvc4
> > hvc5
> > > hvc6 hvc7 input kmsg mapper mem network_latency network_throughput
> > null
> > > port psaux ptmx pts random snapshot ttyx urandom vcs vcs1 vcsa vcsa1
> > > vga_arbiter xen zero
> > >
> > > I have tried with vcs vcs1 vcsa vcsa1 but have the error:
> > > mount: mounting /dev/vcs1 on /root failed: No such file or directory
> > >
> > > Any idea? I'm making wrong something?
> > >
> > > A lot of thanks!
> > Does /dev/xvda1 exist?
> No, only vcs, vcsa and sda
> > Is the frontend block device driver compiled as a
> > module?
> I have installed xen from aptitude install. I didn't configured frontend
> block device driver, should I?
> > James
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Hi , what's in the log of the vm ( like  /var/log/xen/qemu-dm-debian.log ) ?
And in the xend.log ?

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