[Fedora-xen] virt-install hangs for fc6,7

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 01:21:04AM +0000, John Maclean wrote:
> Hey guys, 
> 
> First post and apologies if this has been up OT before. virt-install
> fails to create a domU for FC6/7. Distro of node is BLAG, an FC
> derivative. Just jump to the end to the end of the boot up message to
> see where the domU hangs. /var/log/xen/xend.log indicate no warnings or
> explanations why this domain has failed to be "born".

This is a bug in the F7 install kernel. When running in nographics mode
it still sends boot output to the graphical console instead o the text
console.

Add  '--append console=xvc0' to the virt-install args when doing a nographics
install of Fedora 7.   FC6/F8 get the text mode  stuff right - only F7 is
broken in this respect.

> 
> Commands used:- 
> 
>  /usr/sbin/virt-install --name fx6foo  \
> --paravirt \ 
> --ram 256 \ 
> --nographics \
> --file-size 10 \
> --file /dev/zulu_images/fx6foo \
> --location
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/7/Fedora/i386/os/

Your VM name is FC6, but you're still pointing at a F7 repo here...

> 
> or
> 
> [root at zulu ~]# virt-install --paravirt \
> > --name fx7template \
> > --ram 256 \
> > --nographics \
> > --file-size 10 \
> > --file /dev/zulu_images/fx7template \
> > --location
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/7/Fedora/i386/os/
> 
> Typical output:-


Dan.
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