[xenpreview-dev] SLES10 RC1: Error: Device 769 (vbd) could not be connected. Backend device not found.

[Gerd Bavendiek]

Hi,

thanks for responding.

yast2 xen needs a graphical environment, which I do not have, at least in the moment. 

...

> One more idea:
> 
> Are you really using yast dirinstall?  That's no longer the best way to
> install a VM.  Use "yast2 xen" (it's in the System section of YaST).  It
> will perform a proper installation of SUSE in the VM, and it will
> generate the proper config file (with no "nics" option, and domUloader,
> etc.)
> 
> That's what we're using, and it's working well in RC1.
> 
> -Chuck
> 
> >>> On Tue, May 23, 2006 at  8:35 AM, in message
> <4472C86B.30F0.00FC.0 at novell.com>,
> "Lynn Bendixsen" <lbendixs at novell.com> wrote: 
> > Hi Gerd,
> > 
> > During a default install hda1 is set up to be the swap partition and
> > hda2 is the boot partition.  Could it be that you just need to
> change
> > your config file to have hda2's in the place of your hda1's?  That
> > default changed around SLES 10 Beta 8 or 9 and lots of people have
> seen
> > a similar issue.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Lynn
> > 
> >>>> On Tue, May 23, 2006 at  4:29 am, in message
> > <20060523102959.161830 at gmx.net>,
> > "Gerd Bavendiek" <Gerd.Bavendiek at gmx.net> wrote: 
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> I'm running 
> >> 
> >> xenia:/root>>> cat /etc/SuSE-  release 
> >> SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (i586)
> >> VERSION = 10
> >> xenia:/root>>> uname -  a
> >> Linux xenia 2.6.16.14-  6-  xen #1 SMP Tue May 9 12:09:06 UTC 2006
> i686
> > i686 i386 
> >> GNU/Linux
> >> 
> >> i.e. SLES10 RC1. 
> >> 
> >> I'm trying to start a guest, which I installed using yast
> > dirinstall.
> >> 
> >> xenia:/root>>> cat /etc/xen/celles
> >> name     = "celles"
> >> memory   = 512
> >> kernel   = "/boot/vmlinuz-  xen"
> >> ramdisk  = "/boot/initrd-  xen"
> >> root     = "/dev/hda1"
> >> extra    = "3"
> >> vif      = [ 'mac=aa:cc:00:00:00:01, bridge=xenbr0' ]
> >> disk = [ 'file:/xen/abba/hda,hda1,w' ]
> >> nics=1
> >> 
> >> Unfortunately all I get is
> >> 
> >> xenia:/root>>> xm create -  c /etc/xen/celles
> >> Using config file "/etc/xen/celles".
> >> Warning: The nics option is deprecated.  Please use an empty vif
> > entry 
> >> instead:
> >> 
> >>   vif = [ '' ]
> >> 
> >> Error: Device 769 (vbd) could not be connected. Backend device not
> > found.
> >> xenia:/root>>> 
> >> 
> >> Someone on the Xen users list suggested to enhance the number of
> > loop
> >> devices. Now I have 
> >> 
> >> xenia:/root>>> dmesg | grep loop
> >> loop: loaded (max 64 devices)
> >> 
> >> but I still cannot boot celles.
> >> 
> >> Any hints really appreciated !
> >> 
> >> Kind regards
> >> 
> >> Gerd
> > 
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