Seems the xen-blkfront module is somehow not available/loaded for the 5.14 kernel. Kernel 5.13: # lsmod | grep xen_ xen_netfront 45056 1 xen_blkfront 49152 6 # ls /lib/modules/5.13.13-1-default/kernel/drivers/block | grep xen xen-blkback xen-blkfront.ko.xz Kernel 5.14 (In emergency mode) # lsmod | grep xen_ xen_netfront 45056 1 # ls /lib/modules/5.14.0-1-default/kernel/drivers/block | grep xen (empty)