Subject: Re: Image-based Linux-DomUs fail to boot ("VFS: Cannot open root device "hda1" or unknown-block(0,0)")
To: NetBSD/xen <port-xen@netbsd.org>
From: Mark Weinem <mark.weinem@onlinehome.de>
List: port-xen
Date: 08/03/2006 23:30:59
Sorry for the confusion, but two of the three scenarios boot now


> 1) Copying  a Linux system over to a ext2 filesystem (created by
> NetBSD):

boots now!

> unknown-block(0,0)
> -----
>
>
> 2) Booting a file-based Linux image directly:

boots now!

The strange thing is - I have absolut no clue why they failed today 
morning or what change happend to make them boot kow!!

But the third scenario still fails:

> 3) Using  "vnd" to integrate "linux_hda1.img"
>
> - "vnconfig -u vnd0"
>
> - "vnconfig -c vnd0 linux_hda1.img"
>
> - the config file for the Linux domU:
>
> 	kernel = "/vmlinuz-2.6.16.13-xen"
> 	memory = 300
> 	name = "suse"
> 	vif = [ 'bridge=bridge0' ]
> 	disk = [ 'phy:/dev/vnd0,0x301,w' ]
> 	root = "/dev/hda1 rw"
>
> - error message:
> -----
> "Device 769 (vbd) could not be connected. Hotplug scripts not working"
> -----

Regards, Mark