On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 10:18 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to use xen for the first time. This box is running a recent > install of Lenny. > > I've reading web howtos, the man pages and user.pdf, so it could be that I > am mixing and matching too much and not following the debian way, but here > goes: > > > > # time xm create -c config.mabelle_vm > /ramdisk=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-xen-686 > Using config file "/etc/xen/config.mabelle_vm". > Error: Device 769 (vbd) could not be connected. Hotplug scripts not working. > > real 1m44.306s > user 0m0.748s > sys 0m0.200s > > > > >From my googling I'M guessing that vbd stands for "virtual block device" > > > # cat /etc/xen/config.mabelle_vm > # -*- mode: python; -*- > kernel="/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-xen-686" > memory=128 > name="mabelle_vm" > disk=[' > phy:/dev/Bun_vg/mabelleSys_lv,hda1,w','phy:/dev/Bun_vg/mabelleSwap_lv,hda2,w'] > hostname="mabelle" > root="/dev/hda1 ro" > extra="2" > > > > # ls -l /dev/mapper/Bun_vg-mabelle* > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 9 2009-04-25 21:23 > /dev/mapper/Bun_vg-mabelleSwap_lv > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 8 2009-04-25 20:03 > /dev/mapper/Bun_vg-mabelleSys_lv > > # mount > [irrelevant stuff deleted] > /dev/mapper/Bun_vg-mabelleSys_lv on /mnt type ext3 (rw)
Having partition mounted is not a good idea for xen machines, umount it ant try again. Latter you can see at /var/log/xend.log , it could give you any hints Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
