This is to request help installing a DomU guest on Xen 3.1,
upgraded from 3.0.3 on CentOS 5.1. After struggling for a week, the most
success I have had is with virt-install script for installing DomU guest
clientdom. Here’s a capture of the virt-install session:
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#virt-install
Would you like a fully virtualized guest (yes or no)?
This will allow you to run unmodified operating systems. yes
What is the name of your virtual machine? clientdom
How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes)? 256
What would you like to use as the disk (path)?
/xen/clientdom.img
How large would you like the disk (/xen/clientdom.img)
to be (in gigabytes)? 20
Would you like to enable graphics support? (yes or no)
no
What is the virtual CD image, CD device or install
location? /dev/scd0
Starting install...
Creating storage file... 100%
|=========================| 20 GB
00:00
Creating
domain...
0 B 00:00
Domain installation still in progress. You can reconnect
to the console to complete the installation process.
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After the above, “xm console clientdom”
generates:
#
xenconsole: Could not read tty from store: No such file or
directory
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error.
Using virsh generates similar error:
#
#virsh connect clientdom
libvir: error : no support for hypervisor
error: Failed to connect to the hypervisor
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At this both host and guest OS appear in “xm list”
and “xm top”, but can’t successfully connect to hypervisor or
guest console. The disk file /xen/clientdom.img is created with 20 GB. The following
network interfaces are created, but no IP addresses assigned:
#
#ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet
HWaddr 00:1B:78:D0:04:C6
inet
addr:10.0.0.250 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6
addr: fe80::21b:78ff:fed0:4c6/64 Scope:Link
UP
BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX
packets:15266 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX
packets:9332 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX
bytes:1469254 (1.4 MiB) TX bytes:2421157 (2.3 MiB)
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:826 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX
packets:826 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0
txqueuelen:0
RX
bytes:76216 (74.4 KiB) TX bytes:76216 (74.4 KiB)
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:15265 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX
packets:9333 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX
bytes:1530180 (1.4 MiB) TX bytes:2462443 (2.3 MiB)
Interrupt:18
Memory:f8000000-f8012100
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:9368 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX
packets:15284 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX
bytes:2426477 (2.3 MiB) TX bytes:1470334 (1.4 MiB)
vif3.0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr
FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
UP
BROADCAST NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX
packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX
packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:32
RX
bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr
00:00:00:00:00:00
inet
addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6
addr: fe80::200:ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
UP
BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX
packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX
packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX
bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:8890 (8.6 KiB)
xenbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr
FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
inet6
addr: fe80::200:ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
UP
BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX
packets:5952 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:456135 (445.4 KiB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
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I have tried almost an infinite combination of parameters to
feed virt-install, just not the correct ones.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Hamid.
