Re: Xen is unable to find boot device

["Chris Brookes" <cbrookes%gmail.com@localhost>]

Try removing the root= line specified in the xen domu config.

On 09/04/2008, Martti Kuparinen <martti.kuparinen%iki.fi@localhost> wrote:
> I just upgraded one of our netbsd-4 based Xen servers (sources fetched from
> anoncvs.netbsd.org 10 minutes ago) and rebuilt both dom0 and domU kernels
> and now the boot fails like this...
>
>  # xm create -c s181
>  Using config file "/usr/pkg/etc/xen/s181"
>  Started domain s181
>  vcpu0: Intel Pentium Pro, II or III (686-class), 2133.41 MHz, id 0x6f7
>  vcpu0: features
> bfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR>
>  vcpu0: features
> bfebfbff<PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX>
>  vcpu0: features bfebfbff<FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF>
>  ...
>  Kernelized RAIDframe activated
>  xenbus0: using event channel 1
>  xbd0 at xenbus0 id 1: Xen Virtual Block Device Interface
>  xbd0: using event channel 5
>  xennet0 at xenbus0 id 0: Xen Virtual Network Interface
>  xennet0: MAC address 00:16:3e:01:81:01
>  xennet0: using event channel 6
>  unknown type console at xenbus0 id 0 not configured
>  xbd0: 4096 MB, 512 bytes/sect x 8388608 sectors
>  Searching for RAID components...
>  boot device: <unknown>
>  root device:
>
>  At this point I can manually type "xbd0a" and accept the remaining defaults
> to boot my domU but I hear from my co-worker that even dom0 has this issue.
>
>  # uname -a
>  NetBSD s181 4.0_STABLE NetBSD 4.0_STABLE (XEN3_DOMU) #0: Wed Apr  9
> 15:21:51 EEST 2008
> root@xen3:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/XEN3_DOMU i386
>
>  Any ideas what's wrong?
>
>  Martti
>