[Xen-users] RE: Help with Installing/Using Xen

["Todd Deshane" <deshantm@xxxxxxxxx>]

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From: HostBigger Admin <cto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 1:31 PM
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Help with Installing/Using Xen
To: deshantm@xxxxxxxxx


Todd:

Thanks for the info. I used the --nograpohics switch and I still got the
message. I tried to log back into the domU console with xm console 5 which
is the ID from xm list but I get the message

xenconsole: Could not read tty from store: No such file or directory

I looked at the qemu log in /var/log/xen

And this is what I see

domid: 5
qemu: the number of cpus is 1
*** image /local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/768 format raw driver 0x80e7940
*** image /local/domain/0/backend/vbd/5/5632 format raw driver 0x80e7940
Watching /local/domain/5/logdirty/next-active
Could not initialize SDL - exiting

Looking on the list and on Google this seems to be a mysterious error.

Thanks in advance

JAson

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[mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Todd Deshane
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To: HostBigger Admin
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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Help with Installing/Using Xen

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 8:51 PM, HostBigger Admin <cto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hello:
>
>
>
> I am new to Xen and the Xen community. I have setup a server which I have
> root SSH access to. I do not have access via the machines terminal or KVM.
> It has a vanilla CentOS5.2 install on it. I following the following
tutorial
> http://www.howtoforge.com/centos_5.0_xen
>
>
>
> However I only got to the virt-install part. When creating the xen guest I
> get the following:
>
>
>
> Starting install...
>
> Retrieving file .treeinfo 100% |=========================|  413 B
> 00:00
>
> Retrieving file boot.iso. 100% |=========================| 7.7 MB
> 01:59
>
> Creating storage file...  100% |=========================| 5.0 GB
> 00:00
>
> Creating domain...                                                 0 B
00:00
>
> No console available for domain
>
>
>
> Domain installation still in progress.  You can reconnect to
>
> the console to complete the installation process.
>
>
>
>
>
> After this point I am lost. The domU will not start. How do I complete
this
> installation. I have looked at other tutorials and they all seem to be
> choppy. Can anyone let me know if I am on the right track or provide a
step
> by step of what I need to do. I would assume after I setup the domU I
still
> have to configure networking for each domU.
>
>
>
> Can anyone give me any pointers?
>
>

virt-install has a --nographics options that will drop you into a text
based console. If you get disconnected from that console, you
can do xm console <guest name or id>
(use xm list to show the list of domains)

http://linux.die.net/man/1/virt-install

>
> Also has anyone used OpenQRM for managing Xen instances? Any thoughts?
>

I have heard it mentioned, have you searched on xen.markmail.org?
Also you may want to ask on irc ##xen on freenode or #xen on OFTC

Cheers,
Todd

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Todd Deshane
http://todddeshane.net
http://runningxen.com

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