[Fedora-xen] guest domain couldn't be started

[Mike McGrath]

taoj2 at cs.rpi.edu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I install a guest Fedora inside the host Fedora. When I use the
>
> service xend status
>
> to check the status of xend. It shows xend is running.
>
> However when I use
>
> xm create xen1
>
> to start the guest domain xen1, it failed. The corresponding file xen1 is
> in /etc/xen/xen1. The error msg is as follows:
>
> [root at phillis xen]# xm create xen1
> Using config file "./xen1".
> Going to boot Fedora Core (2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6xen)
>   kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6xen
>   initrd: /initrd-2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6xen.img
> Error: Device 0 (vif) could not be connected. Could not find bridge device
> xenbr1
>
> I found the following line in file /etc/xen/xen1,
> vif = [ 'mac=00:16:3e:5c:5c:31, bridge=xenbr1', ]
>
> Why device 0 couldn't be connected? I don't know the usage of the bridge
> device, xenbr1.
>
> Anybody has similar problem ? Or know how to slove this problem? THanks.
>
> Best
> Angel

when you do an ifconfig do you see a xenbr1 or a xenbr0?

    -Mike