[Ocfs2-users] OCFS2 + Xen node

[Jorge Cabello]

Hi Randy,

El mié, 07-11-2007 a las 15:48 -0500, Randy Ramsdell escribió:
> Jorge Cabello wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm trying to use ocfs2 as the root filesystem for xen virtual nodes. If
> > I leave ocfs2 as a module the system doesn't boot as it doesn't find a
> > supported filesystem for the root partition. 
> >
> >   
> How does the VM access the shared storage? Lets say you use Iscsi.
> For the root partition to mount an ocfs2 volume, you will need to log in 
> to the iscsi target and then  mount the ocfs2 volume all this handled by 
> the initrd. This may be difficult to accomplish. I would start with  
> getting a iscsi target (ext3 )  root partition working , then  work on 
> ocfs2.

Its a local hard drive. 

Im going to take a look to Open-Sharedroot as Marc point out. It looks
like they have already done what im trying to do.

> > I have also tried to include ocfs2 inside the kernel (not as a module)
> > on the virtual node to be able to mount the root partition but it also
> > doesnt work. With this option I'm not even able to mount other
> > partitions as o2cb doesn't find the module.
> >   
> Once again, try mounting the root partition on boot only using iscsi.  
> This is easier as you avoid creating a custom initrd.
> > Has anyone been able to do something similar to this? Do I need to do
> > anything special to include ocfs2 inside the kernel so I can mount the
> > root partition at boot?
> >
> >
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