Re: [Xen-devel] xenU wont boot, cannot open root device

[Derrik Pates <dpates@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Maurice Meeden wrote:
> I am trying to replace uml with xen, but I cant get the unpreviliged Domains
> booting..
> Ive tested a cuple of filesystems in a file (ext3 or xfs formatted) and Ive also
> tried the ttylinux-xen image. But I always get this error:
> VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(3,1)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,1)
> Ive no ideas what else I could try, can somebody give me an hint please?
Are you using the prebuilt unprivileged-domain kernel image? If so, the 
one in 2.0.1 at least (maybe others, not sure) has devfs support 
enabled. This breaks things. I suggest you rebuild your domU kernel 
_without_ devfs support, and it should work correctly. I had this same 
problem when I began playing with Xen, but after rebuilding the kernel 
as I mentioned, it all worked correctly.
--
Derrik Pates
dpates@xxxxxxxxxx


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