[Xen-users] debugging VM startup

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I have a Debian domU that is refusing to boot.  Attaching to the console 
(xm console) it seems to be in the middle of mounting a drive, and then 
hanging.
....
[    2.387986] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-bottom ... done.
done.
Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ... done.
INIT: version 2.86 booting
Starting the hotplug events dispatcher: udevd[    5.467529] udevd 
version 125 started
.
Synthesizing the initial hotplug events...done.
Waiting for /dev to be fully populated...done.
Starting boot logger: bootlogd[    6.190409] Adding 3145588k swap on 
/dev/xvda2.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:3145588k
[   89.796051] EXT3 FS on xvda1, internal journal
<hang>

I know how I might proceed if I were booting a physical machine - try to 
come up in single user mode, failing that, boot with a live CD and start 
examining things.  But... this is a VM, with more limited "hooks" into 
the boot process.  Any suggestions on how to proceed?
Note, I'm running what's supposed to be a 2-node high-availability 
configuration (DRBD-mirrored drives, pacemaker).  The underlying RAID10 
and DRBD arrays are reporting good status, and other VMs are running 
just fine.  This one just refuses to come up on either node in the cluster.
Thanks,

Miles Fidelman



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