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

[Michael DeHaan]

Bill McGonigle wrote:
> 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

I could use some more information on this one...

What does your full /etc/dhcp.conf as generated by cobbler look like? 
How about /var/lib/cobbler/settings?

Thanks,

Michael