[et-mgmt-tools] no network with koan --virt vm?

[Bill McGonigle]

Hi, list,

I'm wondering if anyone has hit this snag before - I don't seem to be  
getting a network in my --virt machines as koan is deploying them.

This is the script I'm running to deploy the VM (yeah, I've tried  
enough times I scripted it ;) ):

   cobbler sync
   cobbler profile add --name=souffle --distro=FC-6-xen-i386 --kick- 
start=/etc/cobbler/kickstart_souffle.ks --virt-file-size=20 --virt- 
ram=1024
   cobbler system add --name=BF:CC:AC:10:00:65 --profile=souffle -- 
pxe-address=172.16.0.101
   cobbler sync
   koan --virt --server=bread --system=BF:CC:AC:10:00:65
   /usr/sbin/xm console BF_CC_AC_10_00_65

What I see is anaconda in interactive mode, trying to get a DHCP  
request.  Cobbler makes this DHCP entry for me:

   host label1 {
       hardware ethernet BF:CC:AC:10:00:65;
       fixed-address 172.16.0.101;
       next-server bread;
   }

I've also tried adding a static IP to the kickstart file:
   network --bootproto=static --ip=172.16.0.101 -- 
netmask=255.255.255.0 --gateway=172.16.0.1 --nameserver=172.16.0.204

but that didn't help.  I also tried entering a static IP config into  
anaconda interactively - no dice.

*Something* is getting some networking, because that is pulling down  
the kernel for boot from apache:

   127.0.0.1 - - [04/Jun/2007:19:29:03 -0400] "GET /cobbler/ 
kickstarts_sys/01-bf-cc-ac-10-00-65/ks.cfg HTTP/1.1" 200 1845 "-"  
"Python-urllib/2.4"
   127.0.0.1 - - [04/Jun/2007:19:29:03 -0400] "GET /cobbler/images/ 
FC-6-xen-i386/initrd.img HTTP/1.1" 200 5949162 "-" "Python-urllib/2.4"
   127.0.0.1 - - [04/Jun/2007:19:29:03 -0400] "GET /cobbler/images/ 
FC-6-xen-i386/vmlinuz HTTP/1.1" 200 1728127 "-" "Python-urllib/2.4"

but I assume that's xen running on the dom0 being successful (there  
are no hits subsequent to these).

I'd really like to hear a, "hey stupid, you forgot to ____". :)   
Failing that, does anybody know how to suspend anaconda so I could  
see what, say, ifconfig has to say about the situation?  Virtual  
Consoles work at the real console, but I'm not figuring it out in xm  
console.

Thanks for any insight,
-Bill

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