Re: [Xen-users] storage is not detected during guest OS install

[Barny Kadlecsik <xen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Dustin, it works if I define the storage as "hda", both with file 
and ext3 partitioned FS storage. Just as curiosity, you wrote that "the 
operating systems you are trying to install do not have PV drivers". 
What do you mean exactly? I always thought that logical volumes are 
presented as "raw" block devices (like an unpartitioned hard disk) by 
Xen to the guest systems. Or you mean that the given guest OS cannot 
handle physical volumes? It seems strange, because Oracle's Enterprise 
Linux installs LVM by default, so it should use without any fuss.
Thanks again for your help!


Barny



Dustin Henning wrote:
>         Assuming that the log message you found does not indicate an issue,
> it would appear that the problem could be that the operating systems you are
> trying to install do not have PV drivers.  Try changing this:
> disk = [
> 'file:/xenimagefs/debmed.img,xvda1,w','file:/xenimagefs/debian-502-amd64-net
> inst.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
>         to this:
> disk = [
> 'file:/xenimagefs/debmed.img,xvda,w','file:/xenimagefs/debian-502-amd64-neti
> nst.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
>         and then this:
> disk = [
> 'file:/xenimagefs/debmed.img,hda,w','file:/xenimagefs/debian-502-amd64-netin
> st.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
>         Note that I am assuming that debmed.img is blank or a partitioned
> image, if it is an image that is not partitioned, the above will not work,
> but I am not certain that you can provide a partition instead of a disk
> image to an HVM domU anyway.
>         Dustin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barny Kadlecsik
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 15:52
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-users] storage is not detected during guest OS install
>
> Hello,
>
>
> I am running Xen (3.2-1-amd64) on Debian (Lenny) and have the following 
> problem. I installed Openfiler (from tarball) and works like a charm, 
> both with file and logical volume backed storage. However, when I tried 
> to run Enterprise Linux (Oracle), no matter how and which kind of 
> storage was defined for the guest system, it didn't recognize during 
> install. I also tried to install Debian, same problem. Neither logical 
> volume, nor file based storage detected during install, so even if both 
> of the guest systems are booting flawlessly, practically I'm with a 
> diskless system. This is the config file I used with Debian:
> ------------------------------------------------------
> name            =       'debmed'
> kernel          =       '/usr/lib/xen-3.2-1/boot/hvmloader'
> builder         =       'hvm'
> bootloader      =       '/usr/lib/xen-3.2-1/bin/pygrub'
> memory          =       '512'
> disk            =       [ 'file:/xenimagefs/debmed.img,xvda1,w',
>                           
> 'file:/xenimagefs/debian-502-amd64-netinst.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
> boot            =       'dc'
> vif             =       [ "mac=00:3e:3e:3e:3e:75,bridge=eth0,type=ioemu" ]
> on_poweroff     =       'destroy'
> on_reboot       =       'restart'
> on_crash        =       'restart'
> vnc=1
> vnclisten="0.0.0.0"
> vncdisplay=1
> vncconsole=1
> vncdisplay      =       '3'
> vncpasswd=''
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> No useful hints in the logs, except this one (it means nothing to me, 
> but maybe rings a bell for somebody):
> "I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0"
>
> This is the last entry after booting the guest OS, I always got this one 
> whether I tried to use logical volume as storage, or file. Since I 
> almost has no experience with Xen, chances are that I did something 
> wrong; all hints/comments are appreciated!
>
> Barny
>
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