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RE: [Xen-users] Cannot open root device "sda1" or unknown-block ..

To: "'Tait Clarridge'" <Tait.Clarridge@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, <Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Cannot open root device "sda1" or unknown-block ..
From: "Pallab Chakrabarty" <pchakrabarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 09:43:26 -0500 (CDT)
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Sorry it don?t work ..

- regards
   Pallab




-----Original Message-----
From: Tait Clarridge [mailto:Tait.Clarridge@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 8:07 PM
To: 'Pallab Chakrabarty'; Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Cannot open root device "sda1" or unknown-block
..

Hello,



Try with hda1 or xvda1. I remember getting that a while ago and replacing
sda with hda? but that could be wrong. Try it anyways!



Tait



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[mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pallab
Chakrabarty
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 10:16 AM
To: Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Xen-users] Cannot open root device "sda1" or unknown-block ..







Hi,





Kindly advice on below Error? Not able to start the VM..



Host2:~ # vim ubuntu.9-04.x86.xen3.cfg



kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-xenpae"

memory = "256"

name = "ubuntu.9-04"

vif = ['']

dhcp = "dhcp"

disk = ['file:/root/ubuntu.9-04.x86.img,sda1,w']

root = "/dev/sda1 ro"





=============ERROR===========





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)





Thanks in advance,



- regards
   Pallab




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