Hi,
I wanted to ask it on elli_dbergs''s thread ''problem with xm
create'', but it
seems that my message was never gonna be published (waited for 24 hours til
i figured it was taking way too much time).
So i''m working with Xen unstable, installed dom0 over Ubuntu 8.10, no
problem so far apparently, reboot on Xen, then I go to /etc/xen to get some
example config files, modify one to match my configuration, ''xend
start'' and
then i try to create the domU with
''xm create xmtest -c'' // xmtest being my config file
I get the following error
Begin: Waiting for root file system... ...
[ 0.495098] blkfront: xvda1: barriers enabled
[ 1.500021] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = 363108584 ns)
Done.
Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems:
- Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
- Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
- Check root= (did the system wait for the right device?)
- Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
ALERT! /dev/sda1 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
And here is the config file I use :
# -*- mode: python; -*-
#===========================================================================#
Python configuration setup for ''xm create''.
# This script sets the parameters used when a domain is created using
''xm
create''.
# You use a separate script for each domain you want to create, or
# you can set the parameters for the domain on the xm command line.
#===========================================================================
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Kernel image file.
kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic"
# Optional ramdisk.
ramdisk = "/boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic"
# The domain build function. Default is ''linux''.
#builder=''linux''
# Initial memory allocation (in megabytes) for the new domain.
#
# WARNING: Creating a domain with insufficient memory may cause out of
# memory errors. The domain needs enough memory to boot kernel
# and modules. Allocating less than 32MBs is not recommended.
memory = 256
# A name for your domain. All domains must have different names.
name = "xmtest"
# 128-bit UUID for the domain. The default behavior is to generate a new
UUID
# on each call to ''xm create''.
uuid = "06ed00fe-1162-4fc4-b5d8-11993ee4a8b9"
# List of which CPUS this domain is allowed to use, default Xen picks
#cpus = "" # leave to Xen to pick
#cpus = "0" # all vcpus run on CPU0
#cpus = "0-3,5,^1" # all vcpus run on cpus 0,2,3,5
#cpus = ["2", "3"] # VCPU0 runs on CPU2, VCPU1 runs on CPU3
# Number of Virtual CPUS to use, default is 1
#vcpus = 1
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Define network interfaces.
# By default, no network interfaces are configured. You may have one
created
# with sensible defaults using an empty vif clause:
#
# vif = [ '''' ]
#
# or optionally override backend, bridge, ip, mac, script, type, or vifname:
#
# vif = [ ''mac=00:16:3e:00:00:11, bridge=xenbr0'' ]
#
# or more than one interface may be configured:
#
# vif = [ '''', ''bridge=xenbr1'' ]
#vif = [ '''' ]
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Define the disk devices you want the domain to have access to, and
# what you want them accessible as.
# Each disk entry is of the form phy:UNAME,DEV,MODE
# where UNAME is the device, DEV is the device name the domain will see,
# and MODE is r for read-only, w for read-write.
disk = [ ''file:/etc/xen/Ubuntu-8.04.img,hda1,w'' ]
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Define frame buffer device.
#
# By default, no frame buffer device is configured.
#
# To create one using the SDL backend and sensible defaults:
#
# vfb = [ ''sdl=1'' ]
#
# This uses environment variables XAUTHORITY and DISPLAY. You
# can override that:
#
# vfb = [ ''sdl=1,xauthority=/home/bozo/.Xauthority,display=:1''
]
#
# To create one using the VNC backend and sensible defaults:
#
# vfb = [ ''vnc=1'' ]
#
# The backend listens on 127.0.0.1 port 5900+N by default, where N is
# the domain ID. You can override both address and N:
#
# vfb = [ ''vnc=1,vnclisten=127.0.0.1,vncdisplay=1'' ]
#
# Or you can bind the first unused port above 5900:
#
# vfb = [ ''vnc=1,vnclisten=0.0.0.0,vncunused=1'' ]
#
# You can override the password:
#
# vfb = [ ''vnc=1,vncpasswd=MYPASSWD'' ]
#
# Empty password disables authentication. Defaults to the vncpasswd
# configured in xend-config.sxp.
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Define to which TPM instance the user domain should communicate.
# The vtpm entry is of the form
''instance=INSTANCE,backend=DOM''
# where INSTANCE indicates the instance number of the TPM the VM
# should be talking to and DOM provides the domain where the backend
# is located.
# Note that no two virtual machines should try to connect to the same
# TPM instance. The handling of all TPM instances does require
# some management effort in so far that VM configration files (and thus
# a VM) should be associated with a TPM instance throughout the lifetime
# of the VM / VM configuration file. The instance number must be
# greater or equal to 1.
#vtpm = [ ''instance=1,backend=0'' ]
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Set the kernel command line for the new domain.
# You only need to define the IP parameters and hostname if the
domain''s
# IP config doesn''t, e.g. in ifcfg-eth0 or via DHCP.
# You can use ''extra'' to set the runlevel and custom
environment
# variables used by custom rc scripts (e.g. VMID=, usr= ).
# Set if you want dhcp to allocate the IP address.
#dhcp="dhcp"
# Set netmask.
#netmask# Set default gateway.
#gateway# Set the hostname.
#hostname= "vm%d" % vmid
# Set root device.
root = "/dev/sda1 ro"
# Root device for nfs.
#root = "/dev/nfs"
# The nfs server.
#nfs_server = ''192.0.2.1''
# Root directory on the nfs server.
#nfs_root = ''/full/path/to/root/directory''
# Sets runlevel 4.
extra = "4"
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Configure the behaviour when a domain exits. There are three
''reasons''
# for a domain to stop: poweroff, reboot, and crash. For each of these you
# may specify:
#
# "destroy", meaning that the domain is cleaned up as normal;
# "restart", meaning that a new domain is started in place of
the
old
# one;
# "preserve", meaning that no clean-up is done until the
domain is
# manually destroyed (using xm destroy, for example); or
# "rename-restart", meaning that the old domain is not cleaned up,
but is
# renamed and a new domain started in its place.
#
# In the event a domain stops due to a crash, you have the additional
options:
#
# "coredump-destroy", meaning dump the crashed domain''s
core and then
destroy;
# "coredump-restart'', meaning dump the crashed domain''s
core and the
restart.
#
# The default is
#
# on_poweroff = ''destroy''
# on_reboot = ''restart''
# on_crash = ''restart''
#
# For backwards compatibility we also support the deprecated option restart
#
# restart = ''onreboot'' means on_poweroff =
''destroy''
# on_reboot = ''restart''
# on_crash = ''destroy''
#
# restart = ''always'' means on_poweroff =
''restart''
# on_reboot = ''restart''
# on_crash = ''restart''
#
# restart = ''never'' means on_poweroff =
''destroy''
# on_reboot = ''destroy''
# on_crash = ''destroy''
#on_poweroff = ''destroy''
#on_reboot = ''restart''
#on_crash = ''restart''
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Configure PVSCSI devices:
#
#vscsi=[ ''PDEV, VDEV'' ]
#
# PDEV gives physical SCSI device to be attached to specified guest
# domain by one of the following identifier format.
# - XX:XX:XX:XX (4-tuples with decimal notation which shows
# "host:channel:target:lun")
# - /dev/sdxx or sdx
# - /dev/stxx or stx
# - /dev/sgxx or sgx
# - result of ''scsi_id -gu -s''.
# ex. # scsi_id -gu -s /block/sdb
# 36000b5d0006a0000006a0257004c0000
#
# VDEV gives virtual SCSI device by 4-tuples (XX:XX:XX:XX) as
# which the specified guest domain recognize.
#
#vscsi = [ ''/dev/sdx, 0:0:0:0'' ]
#===========================================================================
extra = ''xencons=tty''
Many of those things are probably totally useless, but as I did not want to
make any mistake, I just modified an example config file with my own
information.
Let me precise that I''m not really used to Xen, and should i have made
some
really silly mistakes, please forgive me :(
Regards,
John
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