Re: domU install question

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

On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 01:50:21AM -0400, Brent Verner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>   I've installed netbsd-INSTALL_XEN3_DOMU onto a linux dom0 (xen 3.3.0),
> onto an LVM volume with the following drive configuration...
> 
>   #root = 'xbd0'
>   root = 'xbd0d'
>   #root = 'xbd0a'
>   disk = [ 'phy:/dev/vg0/xen-3-root,hda,w' ]
> 
>   Everything seems to work fine except that there are no partitions
> created on the xbd0 drive within the domU, nor can I see any partitions
> on the device from dom0.  Is this the normal behaviour of the installer?
> Or should I expect to see partitions (using fdisk)?  I've tried creating
> one large partition from dom0 prior to install, but this results in
> a write error during newfs.

Didn't sysinst offer you to create partitions ?
Note that NetBSD doens't use fdisk-style partitions: it will create
one large fdisk-style partition for the NetBSD space, which will then
be subdivised using disklabel-style partitions.

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