Solution: apt-get (re)install hotplug (was Re: [Xen-devel] Re: Unable to find root device. domU??)

[Nicholas Lee <emptysands@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/14/05, Nicholas Lee <emptysands@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> VFS: Cannot open root device "sda1" or unknown-block(0,0)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)

Just realised the 3.0 depends on hotplug which I'd uninstalled over
the weekend.  I did this unintentionally when bringing using dpkg
--set-selections from a Xen 2.0 machine.

Reinstalling and createy the privileged domU provided this change:
md: ... autorun DONE.
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,1)

Recompiling the standard domU and looks that the lack of hotplug was
the problem. Or at least one of the problems.

Only issue I seem to be seeing is:
/dev/mem: mmap: Resource temporarily unavailable
Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console


No issue running using sda1 for /, which the same device name as  used
by /boot in dom0.


nic@wuwei:/etc/xen$ sudo xm create breezy -c
Using config file "breezy".
Started domain breezy
Linux version 2.6.12-xenU (nic@wuwei) (gcc version 3.3.5 (Debian
1:3.3.5-13)) #3 SMP Fri Oct 14 12:58:11 NZDT 2005
kernel direct mapping tables upto 10000000 @ 4be000-540000
Built 1 zonelists
Kernel command line:  root=/dev/sda1 ro 4
Initializing CPU#0
...

Network now works:
nic@breezy:~$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr AA:00:00:88:02:40
          inet addr:192.168.88.240  Bcast:192.168.88.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
...

breezy is a 32bit base Breezy ubuntu domain with ubuntu-desktop installed.


Performances seems to be about as expected:
nic@breezy:~/sys/ufc$ ./speedf
Running UFC-crypt for 100 seconds of virtual time ...
Did 147898.370000 fcrypt()s per second.

3.5% less vs native 32bit:

nic@wuwei:~/sys/ufc$ ./speedf
Running UFC-crypt for 100 seconds of virtual time ...
Did 153237.030000 fcrypt()s per second.




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Nicholas Lee
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