Re: [Xen-users] Xen VM Create Question

[Randy Katz <rkatz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Todd,

Do you know where I am to pickup that MAC address for the vif? Is it the 
MAC of the eth
from ifconfig that is already being used for the dom0's connection or 
something else?
Thanks,
Randy

On 5/5/2011 6:08 AM, Todd Deshane wrote:
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Randy Katz<rkatz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > dom0 CentOS 5.6 with updates and Virtualization group installed.
> > domU CentOS 5.6 install
> >
> > I have configured a conf file and a kickstart and the install goes well,
> > however, it seems to be reverting to a dhcp install rather then grabbing the
> > eth
> > information I give it. Also, it creates an ifcfg-eth0.bak file with the info
> > I give it with a different MAC address, not sure how it gets
> > either. If there is anything you know about this please let me know.
> >
> > If I remove ifcfg-eth0, mv ifcfg-eth0.bak to ifcfg-eth0 and remove the
> > HWADDR and do a /etc/init.d/network restart
> > it works fine with the correct IP.
> You need to set a MAC address on the vif line of the domU config (for
> example vif=['mac=00:16:3e:aa:aa:aa,bridge=xenbr1']
>
> There was also a but in a centos package (one the package like kudzu
> or something that causes this), but I'm not sure if that is what you
> are running into in this case.
>
> Thanks,
> Todd
>
> > ifcfg-eth0
> >
> > # Xen Virtual Ethernet
> > DEVICE=eth0
> > BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> > ONBOOT=yes
> > HWADDR=00:16:3e:06:33:04
> >
> >
> > ifcfg-eth0.bak
> >
> > # Xen Virtual Ethernet
> > DEVICE=eth0
> > BOOTPROTO=static
> > DHCPCLASS=
> > HWADDR=00:16:3E:72:6B:32
> > IPADDR=192.168.1.23
> > NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> > ONBOOT=yes
> >
> >
> > test1.cfg
> >
> > kernel = "/etc/xen/images/vmlinuz"
> > ramdisk = "/etc/xen/images/initrd.img"
> > extra = "text ks=http://192.168.1.21/test1.ks.cfg";
> > name = "test1"
> > memory = "1024"
> > disk = [ "phy:/dev/vg1/test1,xvda,w" ]
> > vif = [ 'bridge=xenbr1', ]
> > vcpus=1
> > on_reboot = 'destroy'
> > on_crash = 'destroy'
> >
> > test1.ks.cfg
> >
> > install
> > url --url http://192.168.1.21/centos
> > lang en_US.UTF-8
> > keyboard us
> > network --device=eth0 --bootproto=static --ip=192.168.1.23
> > --netmask=255.255.255
> > .0 --gateway=192.168.1.1 --nameserver=192.168.1.1 --hostname=test1 --
> > noipv6 --onboot=yes
> > rootpw sc4300.1
> > firewall --enabled --port=22:tcp
> > authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
> > selinux --disabled
> > timezone --utc America/Los_Angeles
> > bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=xvda --append="console=xvc0"
> > reboot
> > clearpart --all --initlabel --drives=xvda
> > part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=1024 --ondisk=xvda
> > part pv.2 --size=0 --grow --ondisk=xvda
> > volgroup VolGroup00 --pesize=16384 pv.2
> > logvol / --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol00 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=1024
> > --grow
> > logvol swap --fstype swap --name=LogVol01 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=2048
> > --grow
> >   --maxsize=4096
> >
> > %packages
> > @base
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Randy
> >
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