Hi, When I try to boot xen, I get this error:>Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up. >VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy. >VFS: Insert root floppy and press EnterThis is my configuration files. I''m not sure what other information is useful here. I would greatly appriciate any help. grub/menu.lst: ... title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.8.1-3-386 root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-3-386 root=/dev/hda2 ro acpr_irq_isa=7 quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8.1-3-386 savedefault boot ... title Xen 2.0 / XenLinux 2.6 kernel /boot/xen-2.0.gz dom0_mem=131072 module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6-xen0 root=/dev/sda4 ro console=tty0 /etc/fstab: # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Hi, On Tuesday 02 August 2005 05:29, Jacek Aviles wrote:> When I try to boot xen, I get this error: > >Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up. > >VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy. > >VFS: Insert root floppy and press Enter > > This is my configuration files. I''m not sure what other information is > useful here. I would greatly appriciate any help. > > > grub/menu.lst: > ... > title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.8.1-3-386 > root (hd0,1) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-3-386 root=/dev/hda2 ro > acpr_irq_isa=7 quiet splash > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8.1-3-386 > savedefault > boot > ... > title Xen 2.0 / XenLinux 2.6 > kernel /boot/xen-2.0.gz dom0_mem=131072 > module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6-xen0 root=/dev/sda4 ro console=tty0Erm, root=/dev/sda4? how''s that supposed to work without a SCSI disc and your root filesystem on /dev/hda2? retry with module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6-xen0 root=/dev/hda2 ro console=tty0 /Ernst _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Hi Jacek, Jacek Aviles schrieb:>Yes, I would appriciate any help with this. I dont really have much >experience with compiling kernels or adding drivers to linux. And I''m >not really sure where I can get these files. Thanks. > >What kind of drive is your root partition on? SCSI, IDE, SATA? And what controler is used? Dirk>Jake Aviles > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dirk H. Schulz" <dirk.schulz@kinzesberg.de> >Date: Tuesday, August 2, 2005 5:51 am >Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Booting Xen > > > >>Jacek Aviles schrieb: >> >> >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>When I try to boot xen, I get this error: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up. >>>>VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy. >>>>VFS: Insert root floppy and press Enter >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>Hi Jacek, >> >>I have also stumbled on this for some time. Here might be the >>solution: >>The xen0 kernel you use does not have the necessary device driver >>to >>access your root partition. >>In my case I had to recompile with support for a symbios logic SCSI >>controller. >> >>The message above is deluting because the kernel tries to find an >>nfs >>server if the root file system is not accessible. >> >>If you need help with finding and compiling the needed device >>driver >>into the kernel, just ask. >> >>Dirk >> >> >>_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users