I installed a fresh copy of Debian 4.0 and Xen 3.1.0 SMP PAE
from the binaries. I had a few issues getting fully virtualized guests up and
running, but finally managed to figure everything out. Now I’m having a
problem with paravirtualized guests and hoping that someone can help.
 
My domU config:
 
#
# Configuration file for the Xen instance dev.umucaoki.org,
created
# by xen-tools 3.4 on Thu Jun 14 20:46:55 2007.
#
 
#
#  Kernel + memory size
#
kernel      = '/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-xen'
ramdisk     = '/boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-xen'
memory      = '256'
 
#
#  Disk device(s).
#
root        = '/dev/sda1 ro'
disk        = [ 'phy:hfd/dev-disk,sda1,w', 'phy:hfd/dev-swap,sda2,w'
]
 
#
#  Hostname
#
name        = 'dev'
 
#
#  Networking
#
dhcp        = 'dhcp'
vif         = [ 'mac=mac=00:16:3e:00:00:12' ]
 
#
#  Behaviour
#
on_reboot   = 'restart'
on_crash    = 'restart'
 
 
domU console:
 
vif vif-0: 2 parsing device/vif/0/mac
xen-vbd: registered block device major 8
blkfront: sda1: barriers enabled
blkfront: sda2: barriers enabled
XENBUS: Timeout connecting to device: device/vif/0 (state 6)
XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/console/0
Freeing unused kernel memory: 196k freed
softcursor: no version for "struct_module" found:
kernel tainted.
SCSI subsystem initialized
register_blkdev: cannot get major 8 for sd
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 1 seconds for /sys/block/sda/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 2 seconds for /sys/block/sda/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 4 seconds for /sys/block/sda/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 8 seconds for /sys/block/sda/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 16 seconds for /sys/block/sda/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/dev: No such file or directory
Device /sys/block/sda/dev seems to be down.
/bin/mknod: missing operand after `b'
Special files require major and minor device numbers.
Try `/bin/mknod --help' for more information.
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 1 seconds for /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 2 seconds for /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 4 seconds for /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 8 seconds for /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 16 seconds for /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev: No such file or directory
Device /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev seems to be down.
/bin/mknod: missing operand after `b'
Special files require major and minor device numbers.
Try `/bin/mknod --help' for more information.
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 1 seconds for /sys/block/sdc/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 2 seconds for /sys/block/sdc/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 4 seconds for /sys/block/sdc/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 8 seconds for /sys/block/sdc/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 16 seconds for /sys/block/sdc/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/dev: No such file or directory
Device /sys/block/sdc/dev seems to be down.
/bin/mknod: missing operand after `b'
Special files require major and minor device numbers.
Try `/bin/mknod --help' for more information.
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 1 seconds for /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 2 seconds for /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 4 seconds for /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 8 seconds for /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 16 seconds for /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev: No such file or directory
Device /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev seems to be down.
/bin/mknod: missing operand after `b'
Special files require major and minor device numbers.
Try `/bin/mknod --help' for more information.
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 1 seconds for /sys/block/sdb/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 2 seconds for /sys/block/sdb/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 4 seconds for /sys/block/sdb/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 8 seconds for /sys/block/sdb/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 16 seconds for /sys/block/sdb/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/dev: No such file or directory
Device /sys/block/sdb/dev seems to be down.
/bin/mknod: missing operand after `b'
Special files require major and minor device numbers.
Try `/bin/mknod --help' for more information.
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 1 seconds for /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 2 seconds for /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 4 seconds for /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 8 seconds for /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 16 seconds for /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev: No such file or directory
Device /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev seems to be down.
/bin/mknod: missing operand after `b'
Special files require major and minor device numbers.
Try `/bin/mknod --help' for more information.
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 1 seconds for /sys/block/sdd/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 2 seconds for /sys/block/sdd/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 4 seconds for /sys/block/sdd/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 8 seconds for /sys/block/sdd/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 16 seconds for /sys/block/sdd/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/dev: No such file or directory
Device /sys/block/sdd/dev seems to be down.
/bin/mknod: missing operand after `b'
Special files require major and minor device numbers.
Try `/bin/mknod --help' for more information.
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 1 seconds for /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 2 seconds for /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 4 seconds for /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 8 seconds for /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev: No such file or directory
Waiting 16 seconds for /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev to show up
/bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev: No such file or directory
Device /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev seems to be down.
/bin/mknod: missing operand after `b'
Special files require major and minor device numbers.
Try `/bin/mknod --help' for more information.
raid5: automatically using best checksumming function:
pIII_sse
   pIII_sse  :  1352.800 MB/sec
raid5: using function: pIII_sse (1352.800 MB/sec)
raid6: int32x1    635 MB/s
raid6: int32x2    821 MB/s
raid6: int32x4    686 MB/s
raid6: int32x8    557 MB/s
raid6: mmxx1     1709 MB/s
raid6: mmxx2     1978 MB/s
raid6: sse1x1    1044 MB/s
raid6: sse1x2    1156 MB/s
raid6: sse2x1    1982 MB/s
raid6: sse2x2    2062 MB/s
raid6: using algorithm sse2x2 (2062 MB/s)
md: raid6 personality registered for level 6
md: raid5 personality registered for level 5
md: raid4 personality registered for level 4
md: md1 stopped.
mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md1
device-mapper: ioctl: 4.7.0-ioctl (2006-06-24) initialised:
dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx
  Volume group "hfd" not found
mount: special device /dev/mapper/hfd-xenfv1debian does not
exist
Switching root ...
/usr/lib/yaird/exec/run_init: current directory on the same
filesystem as the root: Success
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!