Re: Error creating domain - int argument required

[David F Barrera <dfbp@us.ibm.com>]

On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 12:14 -0700, Ignatia Suwarna wrote:
> Here is my domU config:
> kernel="/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-1.1447_FC4xenU"
> memory=64
> name="rawhide"
> nics=1
> disk=['file:/root/fedora.img, sda1, w']
> root="/dev/sda1"
> extra="rp selinux=0 3"
>  
> I also started over with hda1, since there is /dev/hda1, but it gave
> the same error:
> Error creating domain, int required.
>  
> Is this a known issue? Or something wrong with my config??

I think it is a bug. I am seeing this problem, too, using the latest hg
pull, changeset 6987. I have opened up a bugzilla report on it, #246.

http://bugzilla.xensource.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=246

x335b:/tmp/xen # xm create -c vm1.cfg
Using config file "vm1.cfg".
Error: Error creating domain: int argument required
x335b:/tmp/xen #




> 
>  
> On 9/20/05, Ted Kaczmarek <tedkaz@optonline.net> wrote: 
>         On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 17:37 -0700, Ignatia Suwarna wrote:
>         > I got this error message when trying to create a domain,
>         from the 
>         > Fedora Xen quick start docs.
>         >    "Error: Error creating domain: int argument required"
>         >
>         > I found relevant information from the archive, but I can't
>         clearly
>         > point out what the solution was: 
>         > http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-
>         devel/2004-08/msg00282.html
>         >
>         > It seems like the problem is due to the fact that my system
>         doesn't 
>         > have /dev/sda1.  How do you get away with this?
>         >
>         > Any helps would be greatly appreciated.
>         >
>         > _______________________________________________
>         > Xen-devel mailing list
>         > Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
>         > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
>         
>         Post your domU config and version info for better responses.
>         
>         I really don't think a real physical /dev/sda1 is required but
>         I could 
>         be wrong, both of my test boxes are scsi and do have sda1. I
>         have used
>         designations from hda1 to sdd10 for my domU's root, and it
>         always works
>         as long as the fstab for that image matches.
>         
>         Regards,
>         Ted
>         
>         
>         
>         
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Xen-devel mailing list
> Xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
> http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
-- 
Regards,

David F Barrera
Linux Technology Center
Systems and Technology Group, IBM

"The wisest men follow their own direction. "
                                                        Euripides