[xen-tools-discuss] Defining Partitions

[Axel Beckert]

Hi Tim,

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 05:29:32PM +0200, Tim Bordemann wrote:
> Am Freitag, den 22.10.2010, 17:03 +0200 schrieb Axel Beckert:
> > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 04:19:36PM +0200, Tim Bordemann wrote:
> > > I'm using XEN 4.0.1 and xen-tools 4.2 on one of my servers.
> > > I'd like to define several partitions, like root , /boot and swap, so I
> > > created a file in /etc/xen-tools/partitions.d/ and then created a new vm
> > > using the --partitions= and --pygrub options.
> > > Unfortunately the grub configuration was wrong - I had to remove all
> > > occurrences of "/boot" to get the vm booting:
> > 
> > "remove all occurrences" where? In the configuration for xen-tools or
> > later in the generated xen or grub configurations?
> 
> I had to edit the grub.cfg of the vm (by mounting the boot partition on
> the host machine).

Ok. Sounds unexpected and like a bug.

> > > title           Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
> > > root            (hd0,0)
> > > kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-server root=/dev/xvda2 ro
> > > initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-25-server
> > 
> > Not sure if it's the same thing, but we had big troubles (read: we
> > didn't manage to succeed) on real hardware with Ubuntu 10.04 and
> > separate /boot partitions. Everything worked fine again if we didn't
> > insist on a seperate /boot.
> 
> I have the same problems when creating a lenny vm: I need to correct the
> grub.cfg.

Ok, then it's definitely a different problem. We will have a look into
it. Thanks for the detailed bug report so far.

		Kind regards, Axel
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