Re: [Xen-users] Newbie DomU problem

[Brian <cabernet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 11:25:12AM +0800, Tim Post wrote:
> Brian, also thought about something I usually take for granted after I
> pushed send - the kernel you're using to boot the dom-u was compiled
> with ext3 support, yes? 

>From my checks (had to search for the Xen kernel sources) yes it is
installed as a module.

I wonder if the xen initrd needs to have ext3 available as a module. Still
going on this...

Brian
 
> > etfront: Initialising virtual ethernet driver.
> > Loading xenblk
> > Registering block device major 3
> > Loading reiserfs
> > Waiting for device /dev/hda1 to appear:  ok
> > rootfs: major=3 minor=1 devn=769
> > Mounting root /dev/hda1
> > mount: unknown filesystem type 'ext3'
> > umount: /dev: device is busy
> > umount: /dev: device is busy
> > Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------
> > > In other words, this line :
> > > 
> > > disk = [ 'file:/home/poncho/gentoo/gentoo.2006-1.img,hda1,w' ]
> > > 
> > > Is telling the dom-u to mount that image as its own hda1.
> > 
> > Ok,
> > > 
> > > root=/dev/hda1 ro is telling it that the newly created hda1 should also
> > > be the root file system, initially read only (as any Linux system would
> > > boot ..), then remount as read-write once init starts. 
> > > 
> > > I can't help you further with this issue unless you make these
> > > corrections first :) Again, completely forget hda6.
> > 
> > Yes, thanks for trying to point this out.
> > > 
> > > You're also still missing a swap file system, which I really recommend
> > > due to the amount of RAM you've allocated the dom-u or you'll be back
> > > shortly wondering about malloc() error messages ;)
> > 
> > A swap file came with the gentoo.img. It is in the same directory at the
> > moment.
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > > Tim
> > 
> > He looks to the sky ;)
> > 
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