I am running Gentoo (the one provided on the downloads link from this page).

What is the Gentoo equivalent of the Debian instructions (i.e. there is no /etc/modprobe.d folder or an /etc/modules file, but there is a /etc/modules.d/ folder and a /etc/modprobe.conf file)

Jason

Which OS are you running on the vm on..
Am not sure if it has been configured to mount the loop device.. see here on how to configure your machine to load the loop device..

basically you need to add
“options loop max_loop=255″
to /etc/modprobe.d/loop file
and
“loop” to /etc/modules file and reboot before running the xend to load these modules.

http://thpinfo.com/2006/debian-linux-etch-xen

The module is not loaded, but it is also not found, so it cannot be loaded. (this is true after reboot as well)
How do I find it so that I can load it?

thanks,
Jason

Paraphrasing from http://www.dit.upm.es/vnumlwiki/index.php/Xen-test-debian..
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# If you get the following error when trying to create a domU (note that it’s similar to the former bullet, but different):

Error: Device 2049 (vbd) could not be connected. Backend device not found.

you maybe have not load the loop module. Use ‘lsmod | grep loop’ to check it. In that case, load loop (’modprobe loop’) and try again.
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Also this option is an persistent one, so if you try once and it fails you have to reboot the host before trying again.

let us know, if it helps.

thanks.

John did you ever figure this out, because I am stuck at the same place you are…

Thanks,
Jason

I seem to be having the same problem as Nick Anderson (Post #2).

When I try to use ‘modprobe loop’ I get back “FATAL: Module loop not found.”

Any other advice on how to solve this?

Thanks,
John

The tracker issue is fixed now and can start downloading again. Sorry for the hassle