Hello,
I am using XEN 2.0.7, kernel 2.6.11.12, EVMS 2.5.2.
I am trying to use EVMS in my domU but it is not detecting a "virtual"
disk. I get the following error when issuing evms_activate -d debug:
---
Dec 01 17:20:34 samba _8_ LocalDskMgr: get_geometry: Error getting
geometry for disk sda: 38: Function not implemented.
---
So sda is "seen", but evms doesn't like it because-- it would appear--
it can't get the drive's geometry.
This is the domU configuration:
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hostname = 'samba'
domainname = 'blah.com'
config_eth0 = 'dhcp'
# domU configuration
name = hostname + '.' + domainname
kernel = '/boot/kernel.xen-dom0'
ramdisk = '/boot/initrd'
memory = 128
cpu = -1
nics = 1
vif = [ 'mac=00:48:45:44:01:01, bridge=xen-br0' ]
disk = [ 'phy:loop0,hda,r', 'phy:sda4,sda,w' ]
root = '/dev/ram0 ro init=/linuxrc cdroot hostname=' + hostname + \
' domainname=' + domainname + ' config_eth0=' + config_eth0
---
Note that the sda device is what I'm unable to detect. (Note that the
'hostname', 'domainname', 'config_eth0' root parameters are my own
customizations and unrelated to this discussion.)
I should note that:
1. I don't have these problems in domU when detecting an iSCSI volume in
EVMS; everything works perfectly under these conditions.
2. The O/S itself in dom-U has no problems; I can fdisk /dev/sda, make
partitions, make file systems, mount it, etc. It's just EVMS that's
having trouble with the drive geometry.
3. In dom-0 I have no problems with EVMS; it detects sda4. The problem
only occurs when I try EVMS within the dom-U. I've tried exporting sda4
into the dom-U as sda1 (instead of sda) as well, with the same results.
So the question is: Is there something unique about xen disks in domU
that might cause EVMS to fail reading the disk geometry? What else
might be the cause?
Thank you,
James
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