Subject: Re: port-xen/29856: Cannot add vnd files in domU when it's already running
To: None <gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/06/2005 21:21:23
On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 04:53:02PM +0000, Juan RP wrote:
> > > $ xm create /etc/xen/foo
> > > $ dd if=/dev/zero of=mydisk.img count=512 bs=1m
> > > $ vnconfig vnd0 mydisk.img
> > > $ xm vbd-create nbsd1 phy:/dev/vnd0a wd1d w
> >
> > You should use vnd0d, not vnd0a. Either use the raw partition, or a
> > partition not starting at offset 0. The first sectors of the vnd device are
> > read-only for normal partitions, to protect the disklabel.
>
> I tried with vnd0d, it failed. Which are the required steps to add a new vbd
> disk?
Hum, it looks like it doesn't work as expected. It's properly created on
the domain0 side, but the guest doesn't detect it. I suspect it's a problem
in the xbd frontend.
I have another PR to handle, which may help fixing this.
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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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