[Fedora-xen] xenguest-install problem with 08/28 build

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 10:39:14AM -0400, Mark Wisner wrote:
> I am seeing the following failure while doing a xenguest-install.
> 
> ****************************************************
> What is the name of your virtual machine? vm1
>  How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes)? 512
>  What would you like to use as the disk (path)? /var/xen/vm1/hda
>  How large would you like the disk to be (in gigabytes)? 5
>  What is the install location? 
> http://porkchop.redhat.com/nightly/rawhide-latest/tree-i386/
>  
> Starting install...
> libvir: Xen Daemon error : GET operation failed: No such domain vm1
> libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: No such domain vm1
> Failed to get devices for domain vm1
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install", line 237, in ?
>     main()
>   File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install", line 229, in main
>     r = guest.start_install(True)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xeninst/ParaVirtGuest.py", line 
> 183, in start_install
>     self.domain = conn.createLinux(cxml, 0)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 249, in 
> createLinux
>     if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed')
> libvirt.libvirtError: virDomainCreateLinux() failed
> ***********************************************************

So the domain failed to start, which suggests the kernel failed to boot
successfully. If you check in /var/log/xend.log you may well find some
more useful debug information about the problem. Oh, /var/log/xend-debug.log
too, and maybe 'xm dmesg' for the HyperVisor logs.

Regards,
Dan.
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