[9fans] Xen 3.1 w/ Plan 9 domU: plan9.img file after install not recognized.

[Mike <mc-al34luc@sbcglobal.net>]

Greetings,

I followed these instructions:

http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Installing_in_Xen/index.html


for installing plan9 in a Xen domU. It appeared to go swimmingly, until
I tried booting the image file after my successful install:

216# xm create -c plan9.py
Using config file "./plan9.py".
Error: unknown image type: plan9
217# file plan9.img
plan9.img: x86 boot sector
218# ls -l plan9.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1073741824 2007-07-04 08:56 plan9.img
219#

My plan9.py looks like:

kernel = "/export/2/Guests/Plan9/9xenpcf.gz"
builder = "plan9"
memory = 256
name = "plan9"
vif = [ 'mac=aa:00:10:00:00:1b, bridge=xen-br0' ]
disk = [ 'file:/export/2/Guests/Plan9/plan9.img,loop0,w' ]
ip = "10.10.0.9/24"         # <- IP you will give to xen9
#restart = 'never'
console = 999

# This is the equivalent of plan9.ini:
extra="""
nobootprompt=local
"""

My dom0 is Fedora 7 + Xen 3.1, both compiled with PAE turned off.

Apparently, Xen on F7 doesn't recognize the boot image plan9.img,
created by the plan9 install.

Any hints as to what incantations I may have missed?

Thank you,

Mike