Hi, I want install xen on my system debian etch. I install a basic etch system. Then I install Code: aptitude update;aptitute install xen-linux-system-2.6.18-5-xen-686 libc6-xen update-grub Then I reboot my system. All is ok I boot on the new kernel. I have a partition for install my "dom1" : /dev/sda8 /xen2 For test : I do this : Code: dd if=/dev/zero of=/xen2/image1.img bs=1M count=3500 mke2fs -j /xen2/image1.img mount -o loop /xen2/image1.img /xen2 debootstrap etch /xen2 ftp://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian chroot /xen2 /bin/bash I configure my file system fstab Code: /dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 and my file interfaces : Code: auto lo iface lo inet loopback allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp I quit my chroot I lauch the script of network brige of xen with sh /etc/xen/scripts/network-bridge start then I create a file for xen vi /etc/xen/xen1.xsp Code: kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-xen-686" memory = 1024 name = "xen2" root = "/dev/hda1 ro" ramdisk = '/boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-5-xen-686' disk = [ 'file:/xen2/image1.img,hda1,w' ] vif = [ '' ] dhcp="dhcp" extra="3" But when i lauch my xen1 I have a few error : Code: FATAL: Error inserting fan (/lib/modules/2.6.18-5-xen-686/kernel/drivers/acpi/fan.ko): No such device FATAL: Error inserting thermal (/lib/modules/2.6.18-5-xen-686/kernel/drivers/acpi/thermal.ko): No such device Loading kernel modules...FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.18-5-xen-686/modules.dep: No such file or directory /etc/init.d/bootclean: line 24: /var/lock/.clean: Read-only file system /etc/init.d/bootclean: line 24: /tmp/.clean: Read-only file system * bootclean: Failure creating '/tmp/.clean'. rm: cannot remove `./motd': Read-only file system * bootclean: Failure cleaning /var/run. rm: cannot remove `./aptitude': Read-only file system * bootclean: Failure cleaning /var/lock. /etc/rcS.d/S55bootmisc.sh: line 28: /var/run/utmp: Read-only file system At the end I have a lot of line like this : Code: 4gb seg fixup, process logsave (pid 872), cs:ip 73:b7f39cd8 printk: 9 messages suppressed. 4gb seg fixup, process logsave (pid 872), cs:ip 73:b7f39cd8 printk: 9 messages suppressed. 4gb seg fixup, process logsave (pid 872), cs:ip 73:b7f39cd8 printk: 9 messages suppressed. 4gb seg fixup, process logsave (pid 872), cs:ip 73:b7f39cd8 printk: 9 messages suppressed. I can log me, but it's very long to start him. It stay a long time on Starting system log daemon: syslogd And I can't install system, it says me : Code: W: Could not lock the cache file. Opening in read-only mode; any changes you make to the states of packages will NOT be preserved! W: Not using locking for read only lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock E: Unable to open /var/log/aptitude to log actions - do_log (30 Read-only file system) W: Not using locking for read only lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock Can you say me If I do a mistake? Thanks.
Perhaps it is easier to use the Xen tools for creating your virtual machines: http://www.howtoforge.com/debian_etch_xen_3.1_p3
"Read-only file system" you are in read only mode for this partition I see in one file: root = "/dev/hda1 ro" , you may try with rw instead of ro may be.
