On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 05:43:49AM +0530, Akshay Joglekar wrote:
> Hi Pasi,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> Output of virtinstall --prompt:
>
> What is the name of your virtual machine? vm01
> How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes)? 256
> What would you like to use as the disk (file path)? /vm/vm01.img
> How large would you like the disk (/vm/vm01.img) to be (in gigabytes)? 4
> What is the virtual CD image, CD device or install location?
>
http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/centos/5.4/os/i386/>
> Actually, right now I am in the following state:
>
> The /vm/vm01.img has been created and the file /etc/xen/vm01 has following
> contents
>
> name = "vm01"
>
uuid =
"c854a111-c1dd-8af7-21f5-eb4aff41c66d"
> maxmem = 256
> memory = 256
> vcpus = 1
> bootloader = "/usr/bin/pygrub"
>
>
>
> vfb = [ "type=vnc,vncunused=1,keymap=en-us" ]
> disk = [ "tap:aio:/vm/vm01.img,xvda,w" ]
> vif = [ "mac=00:16:36:57:89:23,bridge=xenbr0,script=vif-bridge" ]
>
> Following is the output of xm list and xm create at this stage:
>
> [root@localhost akshay]# /usr/sbin/xm list
> Name ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State
> Time(s)
> Domain-0
0 1739 2 r-----
> 45.1
>
> [root@localhost akshay]# /usr/sbin/xm create /etc/xen/vm01
> Using config file "/etc/xen/vm01".
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/pygrub", line 677, in ?
> fs = fsimage.open(file, get_fs_offset(file))
> IOError: [Errno 95] Operation not supported
> No handlers could be found for logger "xend"
> Error: Boot loader didn't return any data!
> Usage: xm create <ConfigFile> [options] [vars]
>
> .I restarted the xend daemon, but I again get the above output.
>
read "xm log" output, maybe you have more
information there..
It sounds like the installer/installation failed, so then you
can't do "xm create".. since there's nothing in the disk image.
-- Pasi
> Akshay
>
> --- On Mon, 1/3/10, Pasi Kärkkäinen <
pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <
pasik@xxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Guest boot problem on centOS 5.4
> To: "Akshay Joglekar" <
akshayj_18@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc:
xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, 1 March, 2010, 1:12 PM
>
> On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 12:05:35PM +0530, Akshay Joglekar wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am using a centOS 5.4 system with Xen installed.
> >
> > When I try to create a new VM instance in dom0 using virt-install,
> the
> > process hangs up at:
> >
> > Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 390k
> >
> > Following is the complete output:
> >
> > Linux version 2.6.18-164.el5xen ([1]
mockbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
> (gcc
> > version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-46)) #1 SMP Thu Sep 3
> 04:47:32 EDT
> > 2009
> > BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
> > Xen: 0000000000000000 - 0000000010800000 (usable)
> > 0MB HIGHMEM available.
> > 264MB LOWMEM available.
> > NX (Execute Disable) protection: active
> > ACPI in unprivileged domain disabled
> > Built 1 zonelists. Total pages: 67584
>
> Kernel command line:
> > method=[2]
http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/centos/5.4/os/i386/> > Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
> > Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
> > Initializing CPU#0
> > CPU 0 irqstacks, hard=c0750000 soft=c0730000
> > PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 8192 bytes)
> > Xen reported: 1995.001 MHz processor.
> > Console: colour dummy device 80x25
> > Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6,
262144
bytes)
> > Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
> > Software IO TLB disabled
> > vmalloc area: d1000000-f4ffe000, maxmem 2d7fe000
> > Memory: 246016k/270336k available (2162k kernel code, 15832k
> reserved,
> > 887k data, 176k init, 0k highmem)
> > Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor
> mode...
> > Ok.
> > Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 4990.95 BogoMIPS
> > (lpj=9981902)
> > Security Framework v1.0.0
initialized
> > SELinux: Initializing.
> > selinux_register_security: Registering secondary module capability
> > Capability LSM initialized as secondary
> > Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
> > CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
> > CPU: L2 cache: 1024K
> > Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
> > SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
> > Freeing SMP alternatives: 13k freed
> > Brought up 1 CPUs
> > checking if image is initramfs... it is
> >
Freeing initrd memory: 8464k freed
> > Grant table initialized
> > NET: Registered protocol family 16
> > Brought up 1 CPUs
> > PCI: setting up Xen PCI frontend stub
> > ACPI: Interpreter disabled.
> > Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
> > pnp: PnP ACPI: disabled
> > xen_mem: Initialising balloon driver.
> > usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
> > usbcore: registered new driver hub
> > PCI: System does not support PCI
> > PCI: System does not
support PCI
> > NetLabel: Initializing
> > NetLabel: domain hash size = 128
> > NetLabel: protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
> > NetLabel: unlabeled traffic allowed by default
> > NET: Registered protocol family 2
> > IP route cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
> > TCP established hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
> > TCP bind hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
> > TCP: Hash tables configured (established 16384 bind 8192)
> > TCP reno registered
>
> audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
> > type=2000 audit(1267422085.998:1): initialized
> > VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
> > Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
> > Initializing Cryptographic API
> > alg: No test for crc32c (crc32c-generic)
> > ksign: Installing public key data
> > Loading keyring
> > - Added public key 581431131FF6A527
> > - User ID: CentOS (Kernel Module GPG key)
> > io scheduler noop registered
> > io scheduler anticipatory
registered
> > io scheduler deadline registered
> > io scheduler cfq registered (default)
> > pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
> > rtc: IRQ 8 is not free.
> > Non-volatile memory driver v1.2
> > Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
> > brd: module loaded
> > Xen virtual console successfully installed as xvc0
> > Event-channel device installed.
> > Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37
> > input: Xen Virtual Keyboard/Mouse as /class/input/input0
>
> Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
> > ide: Assuming 50MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with
> > idebus=xx
> > ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
> > usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
> > usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
> > drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
> > PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly.
> > i8042.c: No controller found.
> > mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
> > md: md driver 0.90.3 MAX_MD_DEVS=256,
MD_SB_DISKS=27
> > md: bitmap version 4.39
> > TCP bic registered
> > Initializing IPsec netlink socket
> > NET: Registered protocol family 1
> > NET: Registered protocol family 17
> > Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
> > XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vbd/51712
> > XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vif/0
> > Initalizing network drop monitor service
> > Freeing unused kernel memory: 176k freed
> > Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 390k
> >
>
> Can someone please help me out? Thanks in advance.
> >
>
> So it doesn't start initrd execution?
> Try restarting xenconsoled in dom0 and see if that helps.
>
> Also please paste your virt-install cmdline.
>
> -- Pasi
>
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