Re: [Xen-users] HVM Linux just installed but does not do its first boot

[Yosuke Iwamatsu <y-iwamatsu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

If I remember correctly, booting from scsi disks is not yet supported
for HVM domains. Try using 'hda' instead of 'sda'.

-------------------
Yosuke

Сергей Лукашевич wrote:
> Just successfully installed SLES9.3-32bit as file-backended HVM domU.
> 
> Everything went OK, the distributive partitioned its "harddisk" into root and 
> swap OK, have its grub installed into sda boot sector, but I could not make 
> to boot no one single first time after installation. Every domU boot gives 
> the following screen for a short time and dies:
> 
> 
> 
> Booting from Hard Disk...
> 
> Boot from Hard Disk failed: could not read the boot disk
> 
> FATAL: No bootable device.
> 
> 
> 
> I beleive this it QEMU output, is not it?
> 
> So when I place a Knopix (bootable linux) CD image into domUs cdrom, my domU 
> does recognise the /dev/sda disk just fine: I could run even fdisk, fsck, and 
> mount.
> 
> 
> 
> here is the domU config file I used:
> 
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> 
> import os, re
> 
> arch = os.uname()[4]
> 
> if re.search('64', arch):
> 
>     arch_libdir = 'lib64'
> 
> else:
> 
>     arch_libdir = 'lib'
> 
> 
> 
> kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
> 
> builder='hvm'
> 
> memory = 512
> 
> vcpus=2
> 
> name = "sles9.3-32bit"
> 
> vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=aa:a0:01:ad:a0:a0, bridge=xenbr0' ]
> 
> disk=['file:/IMG/sles9.3-32bit.disk,sda,w']
> 
> #disk=['file:/IMG/sles9.3-32bit.disk,sda,w','file:/ISO/Knoppix-5.0.1.iso,hdc:cdrom,r']
> 
> device_model = '/usr/' + arch_libdir + '/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
> 
> #boot="d"
> 
> sdl=1
> 
> vnc=0
> 
> vncunused=1
> 
> vncconsole=0
> 
> stdvga=0
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> 
> I am not a novice in Linux and do not suspect I made a mistake installing it 
> for some 1000th time. So why disk not recognised by XEN? Could not find an 
> answer so far.
> 
> 
> 
> Environment: XEN3.1, dom0 runs SLES9.3-64bit, SUN X4600 server.
> 
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