Ok, I think I got it, the pygrub delivered with SXCE b109, supports only
Solaris (or similar), if I read the source right.
There is nothing in it about ext or so.

Regards,
Florian

Florian Manschwetus schrieb:
> 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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