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

[Gerd Bavendiek]

Hi,

thanks for responding.

...

I had another look on my handmade config file and found that I have made a
very dumb typing error:

> > name     = "celles"
...
> > disk = [ 'file:/xen/abba/hda,hda1,w' ]

This should read /xen/celles/hda. There is no directory /etc/abba.

Maybe xm could issue a little more helpful error message helping such dumb
users like me ...

Anyway, it boots !

> 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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