DDVE Boot error: No such file or directory

Hi all,

I am working on a template for a DataDomain Virtual Appliance for a client to be used on a wmware platform.

the template the have given me doesnt boot correctly, it starts but errors out with the following

Begin to find '/' partition

ls: /sys/block/dm-*/slaves/*da: No such file or directory

***shift

it then exits to a command prompt

I am assuming this is an error mounting a drive, and performing 'df' gives the following:

Filesystem     Size          Used     Available     Use%     Mounted On

/dev               498.7M         0        498.7M          0%          /dev

shm               498.7M         0        498.7M          0%          /dev/shm

I can browse to /sys/block but the folder dm-* doesnt exist so either there should be another disk which it can mount or there is a misconfiguration somewhere.

Can anyone shed any light on this at all, my google searches have found very little information to go on so far.

Thanks