[Fedora-xen] xenguest-install.py issues

Riaan van Niekerk riaan at obsidian.co.za
Mon May 15 06:40:35 UTC 2006


Mark A Heilpern wrote:
> Looks like you don't have the xenU rpm installed. I think the pygrub bootloader needs it. Try installing (into dom0) kernel-xenU-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5.
> 

You do not need the xenU RPM installed into dom0
the python script grab kernel and ramdisk from the installation location.

Are you sure your install tree is set up correctly?
Copy everything from CD1/DVD to /mnt, since the installer takes its 
kernel+initrd from ./images/xen,

Riaan

> 
> -------------------------
> Original Message:
> From: Ashe Canvar <acanvar at gmail.com>
> To: fedora-xen at redhat.com
> Date: Sunday, May 14 2006 03:27 PM
> Subject: [Fedora-xen] xenguest-install.py issues
> Hi all,
> 
> I am following the FC5 Xen install page. However my xenU installs do
> not seem to work using the python script. What am I doing wrong ?
> 
> [root at medusa1 ~]# NM=m1b; export NM; /usr/sbin/xenguest-install.py  -n
> $NM -f /vmd/$NM/$NM.disk -s 5.1 -r 256   -l nfs:10.1.55.40:/mnt
> 
> 
> Starting install...
> Using config file "/etc/xen/m1b".
> Error: Error creating domain: Kernel image does not exist:
> /var/lib/xen/vmlinuz.oZFOHc
> If your install has exited, you can restart your guest by running
> 'xm create -c m1b'.  Otherwise, you can reconnect to the console
> by running 'xm console m1b'
> [root at medusa1 ~]# xm create -c m1b
> Using config file "/etc/xen/m1b".
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/bin/pygrub", line 256, in ?
>     cf = get_config(file, isconfig)
>   File "/usr/bin/pygrub", line 139, in get_config
>     raise RuntimeError, "Unable to read filesystem"
> RuntimeError: Unable to read filesystem
> Error: Boot loader didn't return any data!
> [root at medusa1 ~]#
> 
> 
> [root at medusa1 ~]# uname -a
> Linux medusa1 2.6.16-1.2080_FC5xen0 #1 SMP Tue Mar 28 04:13:51 EST
> 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> [root at medusa1 ~]# rpm -qa | grep -i xen
> xen-3.0.1-4
> kernel-xen0-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks !
> -ansh
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