[Fedora-xen] Unable to install domU on Fedora 8

[Gastón Keller]

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Pete Kay <petedao at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> When trying to install Cent domU on fedora 8 dom0, I am getting the
> following error.  I have tried both graphics support Yes and No
>
> [root at bogon pete]# virt-install
> What is the name of your virtual machine? serverA
>  How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes)? 256
>  What would you like to use as the disk (file path)? /dev/serverA
>  Would you like to enable graphics support? (yes or no) no
>  What is the install location?
> http://mirror.centos.org/centos-5/5/os/x86_64/
>
>
> Starting install...
> libvir: Xen Daemon error : GET operation failed:
> Retrieving file CentOS...                                       590 kB 00:26
> Retrieving file vmlinuz.. 100% |=========================| 1.8 MB
> 01:10
> Retrieving file initrd.im 100% |=========================| 5.2 MB
> 03:17
> libvir: Xen Daemon error : GET operation failed:
> libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: (xend.err 'Device 51712
> (vbd) could not be connected. losetup /dev/loop0 /dev/serverA failed')
> virDomainCreateLinux() failed POST operation failed: (xend.err 'Device 51712
> (vbd) could not be connected. losetup /dev/loop0 /dev/serverA failed')
> Domain installation may not have been
>  successful.  If it was, you can restart your domain
>  by running 'virsh start serverA'; otherwise, please
>  restart your installation.
> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:09:50 ERROR    virDomainCreateLinux() failed POST
> operation failed: (xend.err 'Device 51712 (vbd) could not be connected.
> losetup /dev/loop0 /dev/serverA failed')
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 502, in <module>
>     main()
>   File "/usr/bin/virt-install", line 462, in main
>     dom = guest.start_install(conscb,progresscb)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 813, in
> start_install
>     return self._do_install(consolecb, meter)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py", line 834, in
> _do_install
>     self.domain = self.conn.createLinux(install_xml, 0)
>   File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 573, in
> createLinux
>     if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed',
> conn=self)
> libvirtError: virDomainCreateLinux() failed POST operation failed: (xend.err
> 'Device 51712 (vbd) could not be connected. losetup /dev/loop0 /dev/serverA
> failed')
> [root at bogon pete]#
>
>
>
> I would appreciate any help on getting xen to work.

Hi, Pete. I have no idea about what it's not working for you, but I
would suggest googling for the various posts that talk about similar
cases. Use the error message for that: (xend.err 'Device 51712 (vbd)
could not be connected. losetup /dev/loop0 /dev/serverA failed'), or
parts of it.

Gaston

>
> Thanks,
> Pete
>
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