On 1/1/08, Michael DeHaan <mdehaan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jason Hartley wrote: > > Hey, > > > > Happy New Years! > > > > I am having an issue with doing a koan virt install. I am trying to > > build a Centos5.1 Xen VM and during the initial boot it hangs at the > > same spot every time. I am using Cobbler version 0.6.4-2 and Koan > > version 0.6.3-3. Below is the output from the install during the boot > > where it hangs. Can some one help direct me on what might be my > > problem? > > > > > I think I know what is going on. > > It's not hanging, what is happening is that the virtualized console no > longer becomes useful once the VNC graphics mode engages -- in other > words, you should be able to watch the rest of the install with > virt-manager. > > Older versions of koan had a flag to disable VNC support, but this was > missing in recent versions (because I was not aware of the virt console > issue). In newer versions of koan (such as the test builds... > http://cobbler.et.redhat.com/download/testing) there is once again a > --nogfx flag. > > When this flag is used, the installation will happen entirely in the > virt console (and is watchable in text mode), though you will not be > able to get VNC graphics at the same time. > > qemu/KVM (another virtualization type cobbler supports) does not support > the --nogfx flag. > > I suspect most folks using VMs in an automated context would want to > disable the VNC/graphics bits so that they could use the text consoles. > > Since koan in the "testing" directory does not contain any new features > that require the newer cobbler, I can look at releasing this version > (with the --nogfx flag) in a few weeks to Fedora/EPEL. > > --Michael > Thanks, for the quick response. Your explanation is spot-on. I played around with virt-install, turning the graphics support on and off, and I got the same behavior with the graphics on. Thanks, Jason Hartley _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools
