[Libguestfs] "ext2: parent directory not found" with Ubuntu 12.04

[Sebastien Douche]

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at redhat.com> wrote:

Hi Richard

> To be clear, are you using febootstrap 3.14-2 from here?
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/febootstrap

ya:
root at srv8:/srv/kvm/lib# aptitude show febootstrap
Package: febootstrap
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Version: 3.14-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin

> Please run libguestfs-test-tool and post the *complete* output.

root at srv8:/srv/kvm/lib# libguestfs-test-tool
===== Test starts here =====
LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1
TMPDIR=(not set)
libguestfs: new guestfs handle 0x7b3160
library version: 1.14.8
guestfs_get_append: (null)
guestfs_get_attach_method: appliance
guestfs_get_autosync: 1
guestfs_get_direct: 0
guestfs_get_memsize: 500
guestfs_get_network: 0
guestfs_get_path: /usr/lib/guestfs
guestfs_get_pgroup: 0
guestfs_get_qemu: /usr/bin/kvm
guestfs_get_recovery_proc: 1
guestfs_get_selinux: 0
guestfs_get_smp: 1
guestfs_get_trace: 0
guestfs_get_verbose: 1
host_cpu: x86_64
Launching appliance, timeout set to 600 seconds.
libguestfs: [00000ms] febootstrap-supermin-helper --verbose -f
checksum '/usr/lib/guestfs/supermin.d' x86_64
supermin helper [00000ms] whitelist = (not specified), host_cpu =
x86_64, kernel = (null), initrd = (null), appliance = (null)
supermin helper [00000ms] inputs[0] = /usr/lib/guestfs/supermin.d
checking modpath /lib/modules/3.2.0-24-generic is a directory
picked vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic because modpath
/lib/modules/3.2.0-24-generic exists
checking modpath /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic is a directory
picked vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic because modpath
/lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic exists
supermin helper [00000ms] finished creating kernel
supermin helper [00000ms] visiting /usr/lib/guestfs/supermin.d
supermin helper [00000ms] visiting /usr/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/daemon.img
supermin helper [00000ms] visiting /usr/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/init.img
supermin helper [00000ms] adding kernel modules
supermin helper [00076ms] finished creating appliance
libguestfs: [00078ms] begin building supermin appliance
libguestfs: [00078ms] run febootstrap-supermin-helper
libguestfs: [00078ms] febootstrap-supermin-helper --verbose -f ext2
/usr/lib/guestfs/supermin.d x86_64 /var/tmp/guestfs.HyjOTn/kernel
/var/tmp/guestfs.HyjOTn/initrd /var/tmp/guestfs.HyjOTn/root
supermin helper [00000ms] whitelist = (not specified), host_cpu =
x86_64, kernel = /var/tmp/guestfs.HyjOTn/kernel, initrd =
/var/tmp/guestfs.HyjOTn/initrd, appliance =
/var/tmp/guestfs.HyjOTn/root
supermin helper [00000ms] inputs[0] = /usr/lib/guestfs/supermin.d
checking modpath /lib/modules/3.2.0-24-generic is a directory
picked vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic because modpath
/lib/modules/3.2.0-24-generic exists
checking modpath /lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic is a directory
picked vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic because modpath
/lib/modules/3.2.0-23-generic exists
supermin helper [00000ms] finished creating kernel
supermin helper [00284ms] finished mke2fs
supermin helper [00284ms] visiting /usr/lib/guestfs/supermin.d
supermin helper [00284ms] visiting /usr/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/daemon.img
supermin helper [00287ms] visiting /usr/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/init.img
febootstrap-supermin-helper: ext2: parent directory not found: /lib:
File not found by ext2_lookup
libguestfs: error: external command failed, see earlier error messages
libguestfs-test-tool: failed to launch appliance
libguestfs: closing guestfs handle 0x7b3160 (state 0)


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