I installed a fresh copy of Debian 4.0 and Xen 3.1.0 SMP PAE from the binaries. I had a few issues getting fully virtualized guests up and running, but finally managed to figure everything out. Now I''m having a problem with paravirtualized guests and hoping that someone can help. My domU config: # # Configuration file for the Xen instance dev.umucaoki.org, created # by xen-tools 3.4 on Thu Jun 14 20:46:55 2007. # # # Kernel + memory size # kernel = ''/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-xen'' ramdisk = ''/boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-xen'' memory = ''256'' # # Disk device(s). # root = ''/dev/sda1 ro'' disk = [ ''phy:hfd/dev-disk,sda1,w'', ''phy:hfd/dev-swap,sda2,w'' ] # # Hostname # name = ''dev'' # # Networking # dhcp = ''dhcp'' vif = [ ''mac=mac=00:16:3e:00:00:12'' ] # # Behaviour # on_poweroff = ''destroy'' on_reboot = ''restart'' on_crash = ''restart'' domU console: vif vif-0: 2 parsing device/vif/0/mac xen-vbd: registered block device major 8 blkfront: sda1: barriers enabled blkfront: sda2: barriers enabled XENBUS: Timeout connecting to device: device/vif/0 (state 6) XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/console/0 Freeing unused kernel memory: 196k freed softcursor: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted. SCSI subsystem initialized register_blkdev: cannot get major 8 for sd /bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 1 seconds for /sys/block/sda/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 2 seconds for /sys/block/sda/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 4 seconds for /sys/block/sda/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 8 seconds for /sys/block/sda/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 16 seconds for /sys/block/sda/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/dev: No such file or directory Device /sys/block/sda/dev seems to be down. /bin/mknod: missing operand after `b'' Special files require major and minor device numbers. Try `/bin/mknod --help'' for more information. /bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 1 seconds for /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 2 seconds for /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 4 seconds for /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 8 seconds for /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 16 seconds for /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev: No such file or directory Device /sys/block/sda/sda2/dev seems to be down. /bin/mknod: missing operand after `b'' Special files require major and minor device numbers. Try `/bin/mknod --help'' for more information. /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 1 seconds for /sys/block/sdc/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 2 seconds for /sys/block/sdc/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 4 seconds for /sys/block/sdc/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 8 seconds for /sys/block/sdc/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 16 seconds for /sys/block/sdc/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/dev: No such file or directory Device /sys/block/sdc/dev seems to be down. /bin/mknod: missing operand after `b'' Special files require major and minor device numbers. Try `/bin/mknod --help'' for more information. /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 1 seconds for /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 2 seconds for /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 4 seconds for /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 8 seconds for /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 16 seconds for /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev: No such file or directory Device /sys/block/sdc/sdc2/dev seems to be down. /bin/mknod: missing operand after `b'' Special files require major and minor device numbers. Try `/bin/mknod --help'' for more information. /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 1 seconds for /sys/block/sdb/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 2 seconds for /sys/block/sdb/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 4 seconds for /sys/block/sdb/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 8 seconds for /sys/block/sdb/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 16 seconds for /sys/block/sdb/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/dev: No such file or directory Device /sys/block/sdb/dev seems to be down. /bin/mknod: missing operand after `b'' Special files require major and minor device numbers. Try `/bin/mknod --help'' for more information. /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 1 seconds for /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 2 seconds for /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 4 seconds for /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 8 seconds for /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 16 seconds for /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev: No such file or directory Device /sys/block/sdb/sdb1/dev seems to be down. /bin/mknod: missing operand after `b'' Special files require major and minor device numbers. Try `/bin/mknod --help'' for more information. /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 1 seconds for /sys/block/sdd/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 2 seconds for /sys/block/sdd/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 4 seconds for /sys/block/sdd/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 8 seconds for /sys/block/sdd/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 16 seconds for /sys/block/sdd/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/dev: No such file or directory Device /sys/block/sdd/dev seems to be down. /bin/mknod: missing operand after `b'' Special files require major and minor device numbers. Try `/bin/mknod --help'' for more information. /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 1 seconds for /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 2 seconds for /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 4 seconds for /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 8 seconds for /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev: No such file or directory Waiting 16 seconds for /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev to show up /bin/cat: /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev: No such file or directory Device /sys/block/sdd/sdd1/dev seems to be down. /bin/mknod: missing operand after `b'' Special files require major and minor device numbers. Try `/bin/mknod --help'' for more information. raid5: automatically using best checksumming function: pIII_sse pIII_sse : 1352.800 MB/sec raid5: using function: pIII_sse (1352.800 MB/sec) raid6: int32x1 635 MB/s raid6: int32x2 821 MB/s raid6: int32x4 686 MB/s raid6: int32x8 557 MB/s raid6: mmxx1 1709 MB/s raid6: mmxx2 1978 MB/s raid6: sse1x1 1044 MB/s raid6: sse1x2 1156 MB/s raid6: sse2x1 1982 MB/s raid6: sse2x2 2062 MB/s raid6: using algorithm sse2x2 (2062 MB/s) md: raid6 personality registered for level 6 md: raid5 personality registered for level 5 md: raid4 personality registered for level 4 md: md1 stopped. mdadm: no devices found for /dev/md1 device-mapper: ioctl: 4.7.0-ioctl (2006-06-24) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com Volume group "hfd" not found mount: special device /dev/mapper/hfd-xenfv1debian does not exist Switching root ... /usr/lib/yaird/exec/run_init: current directory on the same filesystem as the root: Success Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users