Re: Problem when making a domain

[aq <aquynh@gmail.com>]

Hello,

> > Doesn't look like it from your boot messages. It's either a garbage
> > file, or it needs decompressing.
>
> You could try running file(1) on it to determine type.

I check again the rootfs, and found nothing wrong, like below
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$ file rootfs
rootfs: Linux rev 1.0 ext2 filesystem data
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I can even mount the rootfs (with -o loop), and found all the data
inside it in perfectly shape.

One more thing I noticed in the bootup message is:
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fsck.ext2: Invalid argument while trying to open /dev/ram0
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It seems the bootup process tried to check /dev/ram0? why is that? I
expect it would check /dev/hda1, like what I declared in my
configuration file (!!??)

Please help me. I struggle a lot at this step. Making a first domain
in Xen looks tedious for me ;-)

I posted again my configuration file (which follows the demo in the
2.0 manual, with ttylinux as rootfs).

Here is my configuration file:
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$ cat tty.xm
kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-xenU"
memory = 64
name = "tty"
disk = [ 'file:~/myxen/rootfs,hda1,w' ]
root = "/dev/hda1 ro"
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And finally here is the excerpt of bootup message. It always ask me to
enter root password then it enters System maintenance mode, which
mounts / as read-only:

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...
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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Best regards,
AQ


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