Re: [Xen-users] Xen VM Create Question

[Todd Deshane <todd.deshane@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Randy Katz <rkatz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
>

Some have reported the disabling kudzu fixes the problem...

I searched google for xen eth0.bak kudzu

Hope that helps.

Thanks,
Todd

> 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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>>>
>>
>>
>
>



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