I made some changes to a VBD based Xen server – here’s what not to do:
- Use a password in the httpd cert – if I ran
xm console serverI did not see that prompt – needed to use the vnc/gui to see this – entered it and got closer - Spaces in device names using
system-config-network– eg;eth0was actually saved as"eth0 "– that extra space messed up starting of"eth0"and other network devices. I will bugzilla this one. - Pretty GUI’s are not a sign of weakness – this time it showed me what 6 hours of console hacking did not. Score +1 for the GUI!!!
Network trouble: www.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-support/2003-December/021076.html
solution: cd /etc; find . -print | grep ifcfg – delete any that are easily replaced – I removed all but the primary IP interface.
Mounting xen vbd img files:
http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Mounting_a_Linux_LVM_volume.html
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tip/19568.html
Now if anyone share how to effectively mount Linux LVM from a server.img file that looks like – I can mount the ext3 boot partition, but not the Linux LVM using lomount or other techniques:
[root@server vm]# fdisk -l /dev/loop0
Disk /dev/loop0: 16.7 GB, 16777216000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2039 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/loop0p1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/loop0p2 14 2039 16273845 8e Linux LVM
as Lundberg would say “That would be great”
http://os-drive.com/en/node/34
I’m in the same boat (trying to mount LVM ext3 partition via lomount. Did you find a solution?
-Chris
You could the boot method used for the install, but instead use your image (make a copy first) and the right boot CD – boot into rescue mode and I think that would work.
http://bderzhavets.blogspot.com/2007/09/install-solaris-domu-64-bit-under-xen-3.html