[Fedora-xen] can't create domU after failed install

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 10:55:33PM -0400, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 03:22 +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > > virt-install -n pbx -r 256 --vcpus=1 -m 00:16:3E:66:94:5D --vnc krs -p
> > 
> > What is this 'krs' arg you're providing                         ^^^^^^ ?
> 
> That's me being gay.  I thought I could specify an argument to "--vnc"
> to get the vnc connection on my local desktop (I ssh'ed to the dom0
> machine to start a remote install).  Eventually I figured out what the
> --vnc option was for, and removed the "krs" (my laptop's hostname).
> 
> > BTW, you can use    --file /dev/vg00/asterisk     to specify the disk
> > on the command line.
> 
> Yep - started to do that after reading the man page again.
> 
> > > There was a "pbx" config file in /etc/xen, but even after deleting it, I
> > > get the same error when I try to recreate the domU.
> > 
> > Try  'virsh undefine pbx' to ensure all trace is removed.
> 
> Is that in the man page?  Anyway, I noticed that the pbx domU was
> actually running - that is, the install had started, but since I had
> ssh'ed to the dom0 machine, DISPLAY wasn't set.  So, the vnc session
> couldn't start.  It was waiting for me to connect to "localhost:5900".
> 
> I destroyed the pbx domU, forwarded vnc ports over ssh, restarted the
> install, and connected to "localhost:5900" on my laptop.  I proceeded
> with the install at that point.  Yeah!
> 
> Only hang up: the graphical install failed, which forced me to do a text
> install via the vnc session.  I'm not sure why that happened.  Any
> ideas?

Not enough RAM probably - try increasing to 300-400 MB just for the install
time.

Dan.
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