Re: [Xen-users] Xen VM Create Question

[Randy Katz <rkatz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No, I added a mac address in the range suggested into the vif and
it does does the same thing with the dhcp and ip addresses.

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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