Re: [Xen-devel] Bug of xl?

[Yang Hongyang <yanghy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Stefano,

On 06/09/2010 11:27 PM, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jun 2010, Yang Hongyang wrote:
>> While I'm using 'xl create' to install centos 5,
>> I got following error. But with the same config,
>> 'xm create' succesfully installed the vm.
>> So I wonder if this is a bug of xl?
>>
>> Below is the config and xl output, If it doesn't
>> help, ask me for more imformations if you want.
>>
>> config:
>> ==========================================
>> kernel = "/mnt/images/xen/vmlinuz"
>> ramdisk = "/mnt/images/xen/initrd.img"
>> extra = "text"
>> name = "centos"
>> memory = "256"
>> disk = [ 'file:/home/yanghy/vm/centos.img,xvda,w' ]
>> vif = [ 'bridge=eth0' ]
>> vcpus=1
>> on_reboot = 'destroy'
>> on_crash = 'destroy'
>> =======================================
>>
> 
> I think it is worth trying with a loop device instead of a file:
> 
> - create a loop device on your host
> losetup /dev/loop0 /home/yanghy/vm/centos.img
> 
> - use 'disk = [ 'phy:/dev/loop0,xvda,w' ]' in your config
> 
> If it works it is probably a bug in libxl's blktap support.
> 
> 
> 


Still have the problem with loop devices.


-- 
Regards
Yang Hongyang

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