Subject: Re: Cannot use multiple disks in domU! (missing /dev/xbd[1...9]*
To: None <port-xen@netbsd.org>
From: Juan RP <juan@xtraeme.nopcode.org>
List: port-xen
Date: 03/15/2005 03:07:21
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 02:46:31 +0100
Juan RP <juan@xtraeme.nopcode.org> wrote:

> 
> Hi, I wanted to install NetBSD in a domU via sysinst, and using the cdrom image
> I created a few hours ago, this task cannot be acomplished... because the install
> kernels cannot access to /dev/xbd[1...9]*, there's only xbd0*.
> 
> Can we change that? I want to add more xbd devices into the MAKEDEV template.

This time with patch, I think that 8 xbd devices will be enough, comments?

Index: MAKEDEV.conf
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/etc/etc.i386/MAKEDEV.conf,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -b -u -u -r1.4 MAKEDEV.conf
--- MAKEDEV.conf        11 Mar 2005 20:55:10 -0000      1.4
+++ MAKEDEV.conf        15 Mar 2005 02:06:13 -0000
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
        makedev ed0 ed1
        makedev raid0
        makedev ld0 ld1 ld2 ld3
-       makedev xbd0
+       makedev xbd0 xbd1 xbd2 xbd3 xbd4 xbd5 xbd6 xbd7
        makedev usbs
        makedev ipty
        makedev local