Re: [Xen-users] losetup /dev/loop0 /xen/centos.img failed

[Sadique Puthen <sputhenp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Your guest configuration file, please.

--Sadique

lee hartley wrote:
> I am new to xen, and trying to get things up and going...this looks
> like it might be an obvious thing for someone who has seen it...
>
> I have installed centos 5.1 w/virtulization
> untarred a prebuilt image (I ran the same image on ubuntu without any
> startup issues)
> I have changed modprobe.conf (options loop max_loop=64) and if i ls
> /dev/loop*, i see them all there
> when I try to start it up, here is what i see
>
> xm create /home/xen/centos51/centos.5-1.xen3.cfg -c
> Using config file "/home/xen/centos51/centos.5-1.xen3.cfg".
> Error: Device 2049 (vbd) could not be connected. losetup /dev/loop0
> /home/xen/centos51/centos.5-1.img failed
>
> I can run
> # losetup /dev/loop0 /home/xen/centos51/centos.5-1.img
> with out error
> and see it
> losetup -a
> /dev/loop0: [fd00]:39190531 (/home/xen/centos51/centos.5-1.img)
>
> however, it does not like this
> losetup /dev/loop0
> loop: can't get info on device /dev/loop0: No such device or address
>
> which might be ok, not sure, but makes me think this is the kind of
> response xm is getting to say it failed (maybe checks first and then
> does the losetup?)
>
> I would be very grateful for someone to point me in a direction of
> things to try or what package or conf I might be lacking....
>
> thanks a lot
> lee
>
>
>   
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