[xen-tools-discuss] Multi-partition domain not recognizing extra partitions

[Axel Beckert]

Hi Antoine,

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 12:31:56PM +0200, Antoine Benkemoun wrote:
> Ok I solved this !

Ah, good.

> When you have multiple partitions you need to install udev or else the extra
> partitions will not work. This is at least the case for Debian Lenny.
> 
> I added a file called 71-install-udev in /usr/lib/xen-tools/lenny.d that was
> just a copy of 70-install-ssh but replaced ssh with udev.

There is already a role file for that, usable with --role=udev.

> I think udev should be installed for every Debian. I remember that with
> Etch, you needed udev in order to gain ssh access to a domU.

I think this start with lenny. I remember that I had quite some boxes
with Dom0 and DomU being Etch and working fine without udev in the
DomU.

Not sure about Lenny DomU on Etch Dom0. Lenny DomU on Squeeze DomU
worked with a recent snapshot in the way that udev has been installed
automatically if I remember correctly.

Debian Squeeze or Sid DomU on Squeeze Dom0 definitely install udev by
default (not only with xen-tools), so there seems no need to do
anything special in xen-tools.

The only thing I can imagine is that debootstrap in Squeeze (which I
use for testing) installs udev also into Lenny while the debootstrap
from Lenny doesn't. In that case I may add the installation of udev in
Lenny DomUs by default.

I probably have to install for other testing purposes a Lenny DomU on
a Lenny Dom0, so I can have a look at that then there, too.

		Kind regards, Axel
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