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xen-devel
Re: [Xen-devel] xen 4.1.1 + 3.0.0-rc5 dom0 + blktap2
On Tue, 2011-06-28 at 22:08 -0400, Sébastien Riccio wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently trying xen 4.1.1 with the 3.0.0-rc5 (heard that it now
> contains the xen code to run as front or back xen domain).
>
> Everything seems to run fine, except that I am trying since a few hours
> to mount a .vhd file in the dom0.
>
> What I tried so far:
>
> to create a blank vhd file (this is working):
> host# vhd-util create -n /storage/test.vhd -s 20G
>
> Then i try to mount the file in dom0 (as stated in a blktap2 README file)
> host# tapdisk2 -n vhc:/storage/test.vhd
tap-ctl create -n vhd:/storage/test.vhd # :)
As a rule of thumb, there's no excuse to call tapdisk2 on the command
line. Should actually rather have gone into libexec.
Daniel
> it fails, returning:
> tapdisk2: invalid option -- 'n'
> usage: tapdisk2 <-u uuid> <-c control socket>
>
> Then i've tried:
> host# tap-ctl list
>
> It returns:
> blktap kernel module not installed
>
> Then tried too:
> host# xl block-attach 0 tap:vhd:/storage/test.vhd xvda w 0
>
> It does not complain but nothing happens.
>
> Am I getting something wrong about how to do it ? Does the 3.0.0-rc5
> kernel is missing something ?
> (look like there is no blktap module in the kernel tree, but blkback
> that I enabled, don't know if it's the same)
>
> I have no more ideas about what to try next. Any clue ?
>
> Thanks a lot for your help!
>
> Kind regards,
> Sébastien
>
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