[Xen-users] 'xm create' failing @ "Unable to retrieve ..." if "bootproto=static"

["snowcrash+xen@xxxxxxxxx" <schneecrash+xen@xxxxxxxxx>]

hi,

i've xen distro-installed on a centos51 Dom0 host,

        yum list | grep xen
                kernel-xen.x86_64          2.6.18-53.1.4.el5      installed
                xen.x86_64                 3.0.3-41.el5           installed
                xen-libs.x86_64            3.0.3-41.el5           installed

the cpu is an hvm-capable, amd64 x2.

i'm attempting to setup a DomU guest ("test") using 'xm'.  using
"bootproto=dhcp" works; using "bootproto=static" fails for me.

clearly, I've misconfigured something network-y -- i'm guessing
bridging -- but i'm unclear as to what.  maybe centos? maybe need a
newer version of xen?

any hints are appreciated, thanks!

relevant details follow:

for an xmdomain config using "bootproto=dhcp",

  cat /etc/xen/test
        name         = "test"
        
        kernel        = "/root/xen/kerns/centos51/vmlinuz"
        ramdisk       = "/root/xen/kerns/centos51/initrd.img"
        
        disk         = [
'phy:/dev/VGDomU/test,xvda,w','file:/root/xen/test/installer.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'
]
        extra        = "lang=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard=us
timezone=America/New_York bootproto=dhcp
method=http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/5.1/os/x86_64";
        maxmem       = 256
        memory       = 256
        vcpus        = 1
        nic          = 1
        
        on_poweroff  = "destroy"
        on_reboot    = "restart"
        on_crash     = "restart"
        vfb          = ['']
        vif          = [ "mac=aa:cc:00:00:00:01,bridge=xenbr0" ]
        boot         = 'd'
        vnc          = 1

@console i see

        "Retrieving images/minstg2.img ..."

then,

        "Welcome to CentOS"

and, from there, the install proceeds to completion.

but if i try "bootproto=static", changing

  cat /etc/xen/test
        ...
        extra        = "lang=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard=us
timezone=America/New_York bootproto=static ip=10.0.0.100
gateway=10.0.0.1 nameserver=10.0.0.1
method=http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/5.1/os/x86_64";
        ...

setup hangs @,

        "Unable to retrieve http://.../images/minstg2.img.";

and goes no further.

'ifconfig' @ host,

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:2D:93:1A:B3:FC
          inet addr:10.0.0.2  Bcast:10.0.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::23e:86dc:fe2c:d2eb/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:591 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:464 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:78291 (76.4 KiB)  TX bytes:48079 (46.9 KiB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:560 (560.0 b)  TX bytes:560 (560.0 b)

peth0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
          inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:633 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:548 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:84588 (82.6 KiB)  TX bytes:63532 (62.0 KiB)
          Interrupt:20 Base address:0xc000

vif0.0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
          inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:491 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:618 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:52357 (51.1 KiB)  TX bytes:80073 (78.1 KiB)

xenbr0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
          inet6 addr: fe80::100:ff:fe23:0/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:154 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:27281 (26.6 KiB)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

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