Hello, I'm trying to configure cobbler<->koan and cann't resolve the following problems, it would be great if you will help me! by steps: # cobbler import --path=/vm/CentOS- 4.4-x86_64 /vm/CentOS-4.4-x86_64 /vm/CentOS-4.4-x86_64/CentOS /vm/CentOS-4.4-x86_64/CentOS/base /vm/CentOS-4.4-x86_64/CentOS/RPMS /vm/CentOS-4.4-x86_64/images /vm/CentOS-4.4-x86_64/images/pxeboot (distro added) (profile added) /vm/CentOS-4.4-x86_64/NOTES *** SCRUBBING ORPHANS # cobbler system add --name="00:09:3D:14:A6:D8" --profile="vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot " --pxe-address=<a href="http://10.147.105.6" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">10.147.105.6</a> # cobbler list defaults kernel options : append devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=16438 lang=text distro 1 : vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot kernel : /vm/CentOS-4.4-x86_64/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz initrd : /vm/CentOS-4.4-x86_64/images/pxeboot/initrd.img kernel options : architecture : x86_64 ks metadata : profile 1 : vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot distro : vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot kickstart : /etc/cobbler/default.ks kernel options : ks metadata : virt name : vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot virt file size : virt ram : virt paravirt : system 1 : 00:09:3D:14:A6:D8 profile : vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot kernel options : ks metadata : pxe address : <a href="http://10.147.105.6" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">10.147.105.6</a> # cobbler sync del /var/www/cobbler/images del /var/www/cobbler/profiles del /var/www/cobbler/systems del /var/www/cobbler/distros del /var/www/cobbler/kickstarts_sys del /var/www/cobbler/kickstarts del /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg del /tftpboot/images koan path = loader path = /var/lib/cobbler/elilo- 3.6-ia64.efi loader new name = elilo-3.6-ia64.efi destpath = /tftpboot/elilo-3.6-ia64.efi /var/lib/cobbler/elilo-3.6-ia64.efi -> /tftpboot/elilo-3.6-ia64.efi loader path = /usr/lib/syslinux/pxelinux.0 loader new name = pxelinux.0 destpath = /tftpboot/pxelinux.0 /usr/lib/syslinux/pxelinux.0 -> /tftpboot/pxelinux.0 /vm/CentOS-4.4-x86_64/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz -> /tftpboot/images/vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot/vmlinuz /vm/CentOS-4.4-x86_64/images/pxeboot/initrd.img -> /tftpboot/images/vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot/initrd.img /vm/CentOS-4.4-x86_64/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz -> /var/www/cobbler/images/vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot/vmlinuz /vm/CentOS-4.4-x86_64/images/pxeboot/initrd.img -> /var/www/cobbler/images/vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot/initrd.img Reloading httpd: [ OK ] /etc/cobbler/default.pxe -> /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default Shutting down dhcpd: [ OK ] Starting dhcpd: [ OK ] # koan -x -p vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot -s <a href="http://10.147.105.6" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">10.147.105.6</a> - processing profile: vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot - fetching configuration for profile: vm_CentOS- 4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot - url=<a href="http://10.147.105.6/cobbler/profiles/vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://10.147.105.6/cobbler/profiles/vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot</a> - {'kickstart': '<a href="http://10.147.105.6/cobbler/kickstarts/vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot/ks.cfg" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://10.147.105.6/cobbler/kickstarts/vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot/ks.cfg </a>', 'name': 'vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot', 'virt_ram': '', 'virt_paravirt': '', 'kernel_options': 'lang=text ramdisk_size=16438 devfs=nomount ', 'virt_name': 'vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot', 'virt_file_size': '', 'distro': 'vm_CentOS- 4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot', 'ks_meta': ''} - fetching configuration for distro: vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot - url=<a href="http://10.147.105.6/cobbler/distros/vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://10.147.105.6/cobbler/distros/vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot </a> - {'kernel': '/vm/CentOS-4.4-x86_64/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz', 'ks_meta': '', 'kernel_options': 'lang=text ramdisk_size=16438 devfs=nomount ', 'initrd': '/vm/CentOS-4.4-x86_64/images/pxeboot/initrd.img', 'arch': 'x86_64', 'name': 'vm_CentOS- 4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot'} - downloading initrd initrd.img to /tmp/initrd.img - url=<a href="http://10.147.105.6/cobbler/images/vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot/initrd.img" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://10.147.105.6/cobbler/images/vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot/initrd.img </a> - downloading kernel vmlinuz to /tmp/vmlinuz - url=<a href="http://10.147.105.6/cobbler/images/vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot/vmlinuz" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> http://10.147.105.6/cobbler/images/vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot/vmlinuz </a> - kernel saved = /tmp/vmlinuz - initrd saved = /tmp/initrd.img - invalid RAM size specified, defaulting to 256 MB - invalid file size specified, defaulting to 1 GB libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: (xend.err "Error creating domain: (22, 'Invalid argument')") Failed to create domain vm_CentOS-4.4-x86_64_images_pxeboot Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/koan/app.py", line 96, in main k.run() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/koan/app.py", line 154, in run self.do_virt() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/koan/app.py", line 295, in do_virt return self.do_net_install("/tmp",after_download) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/koan/app.py", line 253, in do_net_install after_download(self, distro_data, profile_data) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/koan/app.py", line 294, in after_download self.do_virt_net_install(profile_data, distro_data) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/koan/app.py", line 574, in do_virt_net_install extra=kextra File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/koan/virtcreate.py", line 196, in start_paravirt_install dom = conn.createLinux(cfgxml, 0) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 249, in createLinux if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed') libvirtError: virDomainCreateLinux() failed # xm list Name ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State Time(s) Domain-0 0 32047 8 r----- 1050.8 # uname -a Linux akc-xen 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6xen #1 SMP Fri Nov 10 12:57:36 EST 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux # ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:09:3D:14:A6:D8 inet addr:<a href="http://10.147.105.6" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 10.147.105.6</a> Bcast: <a href="http://255.255.255.127" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">255.255.255.127</a> Mask:<a href="http://255.255.255.128" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 255.255.255.128</a> inet6 addr: fe80::209:3dff:fe14:a6d8/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:196918 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:120557 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:69478332 (66.2 MiB) TX bytes:111429235 ( 106.2 MiB) lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:<a href="http://127.0.0.1" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">127.0.0.1</a> Mask:<a href="http://255.0.0.0" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> 255.0.0.0</a> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:18642 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:18642 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:3122795 (2.9 MiB) TX bytes:3122795 ( 2.9 MiB) peth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:274248 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:168037 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:75214944 (71.7 MiB) TX bytes:115129157 (109.7 MiB) Interrupt:25 vif0.0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:120572 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:196931 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:111432257 (106.2 MiB) TX bytes:69479190 (66.2 MiB) xenbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF inet6 addr: fe80::200:ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:43554 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:4237721 (4.0 MiB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Thank in advance. P.S. kernel_option in /var/lib/cobbler/settings -- wbr, Anton A. Arapov. e-mail: <a href="mailto:anton.arapov@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">anton.arapov@gmail.com</a>