Problem when making a domain

[aq <aquynh@gmail.com>]

Hello,

I am trying to make the first domain. I follow the demo in Xen manual,
by getting the minimalist ttylinux. Here is my configuration file:

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$ more tty.xm 
kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-xenU"
memory = 64
name = "ttyDomain"
disk = [ 'file:~/myxen/rootfs,hda1,w' ]
root = "/dev/hda1 ro"
ip = "192.168.1.222"
netmask = "255.25.255.0"
gateway = "192.168.1.1"
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In that file, rootfs is from ttylinux tarball.

Then I make the domain with that configuration file, but I got the
error. Here is the excerpt:

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$ xm create tty.xm -c
...
Starting fsck for root filesystem.
e2fsck 1.35 (28-Feb-2004)
Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks...
fsck.ext2: Invalid argument while trying to open /dev/ram0

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem.  If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
    e2fsck -b 8193 <device>

WARNING: Errors found while checking root filesystem.
You can login as root now, the system will reboot after logout.

Give root password for system maintenance
(or type Control-D for normal startup):
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Then I must enter "root" as root password to login. Could you tell me
how to fix this "maintenance system" problem?


One more thing I notice: in the configuration file, following the manual, I set:

root = "/dev/hda1 ro"

Is that fine? I am afraid that it makes the root filesystem read-only,
so once logging in, I cannot modify anything inside ?

Thank you a lot,
AQ


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