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installing a 4.1 DOMU
I am trying to install a xen4.1 DOMU from pkgsrc and am having a bit of
trouble getting it all set up properly. The root filesystem is a file
presented to xen via vnd0. Specifically, I am having troubles with the
following when I create the domain with 'xl create -c solanum':
- The INSTALL_XEN3PAE_DOMU kernel seems to think that the root filesystem is
readonly. Consequently, disklabel fails and the installation cannot be
completed. However, within the same system a manual installation can be
completed just fine. Is this a deficiency with setup in some way?
- Once the system is installed, it does not seem to find the root filesystem
properly. During booting the kernel gives the following message
boot device: <unknown>
root device:
If 'xbd0a' is manually entered (and defaults accepted for the following prompts
for dump/init/etc.), the system will boot fine. My xen config file has the
following lines:
disk = [ 'phy:/dev/vnd0a,hda1,w' ]
root = "/dev/xbd0a"
How is the root filesystem supposed to be defined?
- If I try to use the root filesystem file directly (instead of via vnd0),
i.e., with the following line in my xen config file:
disk = [ 'file:/export/xen/solanum.img,hda1,w' ]
no console is created and 'xl create -c solanum' yields the following:
xenconsole: Could not read tty from store: No such file or directory
Any help with xen4.1 is greatly appreciated. A few details seem to be
different from xen3 so I'm getting hung up.
Thanks for your help.
Cheers,
Brook
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