Re: Can't start VM after latest kernel update: weird mount failure

2015-11-12 Thread Ross Boylan
I can get around the mount problem by explicitly specifying the filesystem type (e.g., mount -t ext2 /dev/vda1 somedir)--is that some limitation of busybox mount? I still don't know why the system is having trouble starting up. The recent kernel update included a fix for a KVM vunerability( https

Can't start VM after latest kernel update: weird mount failure

2015-11-12 Thread Ross Boylan
After the recent kernel updates one of my virtual machines won't start. GRUB runs and messages indicate the kernel is loaded and the initial ramdisk is loading. Then it says it can't find the root device (identified by correct UUID, though it wouldn't be visible until the logical volumes are activ