Re: xenU install fails on newfs.

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 04:36:36PM -0500, John Hayward wrote:
> >># Set root device. This one does matter for NetBSD
> >>#root = "/dev/wd0a"
> >>#below for run
> >>root = "xbd0a"
> >>#below for install
> >>#root = "xbd1d"
> ...
> >I copied over a NetBSD install image to my system and tried following
> >your example.  It did work just like you said.  Below is the disk line I
> >used.
> >disk = [ 'file:/home/glen/img/netbsd.img,0x1,w',
> >'file:/home/glen/img/i386cd-5.0.1.iso,0x2,r' ]
> >
> >So the template I followed from you was:
> >disk = [ 'file:/path/to/image/filename.img,0x1,w',
> >'file:/path/to/install/image/install.img,0x2,r' ]
> >
> >I am still trying to do this using the install cd so I can install other
> >OSes.  Currently I have:
> >disk = [ 'file:/path/to/image/filename.img,0x1,w', 'phy:/dev/cd0a,0x2,r' ]
> >I keep seeing this "xbd IO domain 2: error 22" message.  I am not sure
> >exactly what to do with this.
> Did you set for install
> root = "xbd1d"
> 
> so it boots off of the cd?

that won't work, the cd is not bootable for Xen PV guests.

> 
> Also I'm not sure if you want /dev/cd0a or /dev/cd0d in the diskline

This should not matter.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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