Fajar A. Nugraha schrieb:
> On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Florian Manschwetus
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I'm using pygrub with no problems at all. I use zvols directly as
>>> domU's storage (without partition).
>> would be like:
>> /dev/dsk/c0t600A0B800049E902000007FD49B54652d0p1
>> (what works well for the domU if I map it as xvda1)
>>
>> normally I map
>> /dev/dsk/c0t600A0B800049E902000007FD49B54652d0p0 directly as xvda to
>> domU so the domU has a full disk to partition on its own.
The ...p0 I use as full disk (xvda)
> 
> It depends more on your preferences, actually.
> You could map a file (.img, .vmdk, whatever), a zvol, a disk, or a
> partition as domU's disk or partition. So mapping
> /dev/dsk/c0t600A0B800049E902000007FD49B54652d0p0 as xvda1 should work
> as well. But that would somewhat limit scalability since xvda1 will be
> limited to that size (i.e. you can't grow it), which is why I prefer
> to use zvol (on opensolaris) or LVM (on Linux).
Those device are mapped from FC SAN.
> 
> pygrub can work with block devices mapped as disk (xvda) or partition
> (xvda1), so I'm curious why you're experiencing problem.
> 
so why he always say that he is unable to find anything (what is about
symlinks for the kernel?)

>> I have a /boot/grub/grub.conf
> 
> Try symlink it to menu.lst. Should work.
Those symlink is already in place, but I'll alter it to use a base path,
not relative one.
> 
>> I have no initrd (isn't needed normally)
> 
> So I take it you're not using RHEL/Centos or Debian/Ubuntu domU, or
> you're building your own kernel? By default those systems need initrd
> to boot correctly.
> 
Yes I build my kernel on my own it is normal for gentoo linux

>>From pygrub's perspective it doesn't really matter though, it can work
> with or without initrd.
> 
So where is the problem?
I pygrub unable to read the ext3 partition when the dom0 is solaris
nevada (SXCE b109)?

> Regards,
> 
> Fajar
> 

Regards,
Florian

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