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RE: [Xen-users] Newbie: Can't boot vm1

To: "Ben Schmidt" <janedoe200@xxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Newbie: Can't boot vm1
From: "Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:01:38 +0200
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Ben Schmidt
> Sent: 04 October 2006 13:53
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-users] Newbie: Can't boot vm1
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I use Debian etch (Testing) on my Machine running 
> 2.6.17-2-xen-686 kernel 
> from etch. I tryed to set up vm1 in xen. Here is my config:
> ****************************************
> kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-2-xen-686"
> memory = 128
> name = "xenvm1"
> disk = [ 'file:/var/images/vm1disk,sda1,w', 
> 'file:/var/images/vm1swap,sda2,w' ]
> root = "/dev/sda1 ro"
> ****************************************
> 
> here is my /etc/fstab for the vm:
> ****************************************
> /dev/sda1       /       ext3    errors=remount-ro       0       1
> /dev/sda2       none    swap    sw                      0       0
> proc            /proc   proc    defa ults                0       0
> ****************************************

And you've formatted your vm1disk as ext3? 
Can you mount the /var/images/vm1disk with the loop-back protocol?

--
Mats
> 
> /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-2-xen-686, /var/images/vm1disk and 
> /var/images/vm1swap 
> are there and I can chroot to /var/images/vm1disk without any 
> problems.
> 
> When I try to boot the Mashine I get the message that the 
> kernel can't find 
> the Partition:
> ****************************************
> NET: Registered protocol family 20
> Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
> Registering block device major 8
> No filesystem could mount root, tried:  cramfs
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 
> unknown-block(8,1
> ****************************************
> You can find the whole output at: http://pastebin.ca/raw/190905
> 
> Could somebody please explain what I did do wrong. I really want to 
> understand that the Problem is.
> 
> Thank
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
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