Re: [Libguestfs] appliance VM won't start, can't find /init, but /init is in the image.

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 03:21:25PM -0700, David Konerding wrote: > OK, I have a new 2.6.38 kernel with virtio_blk.ko. This solves the failure > to find ext2 root device. > > Still not having any luck running the test-tool to completion. There is no > /sys in the guest root image. There is also no /etc/fstab (is that > expected?) There is no ethernet interface even though it looks like it can > load virtio_net. In my appliance, there is /sys, /etc/fstab (present but empty) and eth0. > Starting /init script ... > warning: can't open /etc/fstab: No such file or directory > mount: mount point /sys does not exist Next step would be to add some debugging to appliance/init to show what commands are being executed, and what's in the filesystem. Also if you do: $ ./run rescue/virt-rescue -a /dev/null then it may manage to get to a shell, in which case you can poke around in the appliance by hand.

Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones virt-df lists disk usage of guests without needing to install any software inside the virtual machine. Supports Linux and Windows. http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-df/