I have been trying to do an install on to an empty system, but the creation continues to fail. I have tried following the instructions at 'Empty Systems', but still end with the same error.
Not sure if I'm missing something, or if I should report this as a bug. Host OS: debian lenny
Creating virtual system with Xen .. .. creation failed : Failed to create partition : Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x7adca8d6. Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable. You must set cylinders. You can do this from the extra functions menu. Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite) Command (m for help): You must set cylinders. You can do this from the extra functions menu. Command (m for help): Disk /data/xen/test.img: 0 MB, 0 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 0 cylinders, total 0 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x7adca8d6 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System Command (m for help): 1: unknown command Command action a toggle a bootable flag b edit bsd disklabel c toggle the dos compatibility flag d delete a partition l list known partition types m print this menu n add a new partition o create a new empty DOS partition table p print the partition table q quit without saving changes s create a new empty Sun disklabel t change a partition's system id u change display/entry units v verify the partition table w write table to disk and exit x extra functionality (experts only) Command (m for help): Command (m for help): +: unknown command Command action a toggle a bootable flag b edit bsd disklabel c toggle the dos compatibility flag d delete a partition l list known partition types m print this menu n add a new partition o create a new empty DOS partition table p print the partition table q quit without saving changes s create a new empty Sun disklabel t change a partition's system id u change display/entry units v verify the partition table w write table to disk and exit x extra functionality (experts only) Command (m for help): The partition table has been altered! Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 25: Inappropriate ioctl for device. The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at the next reboot. Syncing disks.