On 08/10/11 10:00, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
.... New to this list & definitely new to virtualization :-/
.... I am trying to setup a 64-bit CentOS 5.6 VM on a 64-bit FC14
server host, all patched up as of a couple of weeks ago. uname -a
on the host shows:
[wam@Q6600, CFD, 9:24:23am] 540 % uname -a
Linux Q6600 2.6.35.11-83.fc14.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Feb 7 07:06:44 UTC
2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[wam@Q6600, CFD, 9:52:43am] 541 %
I access the server by ssh on my LAN. I was working on this last
Sunday & got stuck, see below. I posted this question to a
couple of other lists & had no takers, so here I am here. The
server runs in runlevel 3 & has no gfx card onboard, so I am
working from the command line. I had a couple of abortive attempts
at setup, which got as far as initializing my disk storage for the
VM, then the following:
[root@Q6600:/etc, Sun Aug 07, 05:08 PM] 1339 # virt-install -n
CentOS-5.6-64bitVM -r 2048 --arch=x86_64 --cpu
core2duo,disable=vmx
--vcpus=1,maxvcpus=1,sockets=1,cores=2,threads=1 --os-type=linux
--os-variant=rhel5 --disk
path=/home/VMs/CentOS.5.6-64bit-VM/disk.img,size=50 --cdrom
/home/ISOs/CentOS-5.6/64bit/CentOS-5.6-x86_64-bin-DVD-1of2.iso
--autostart --prompt
This will overwrite the existing path
'/home/VMs/CentOS.5.6-64bit-VM/disk.img'
Do you really want to use this disk (yes or no)
yes
Starting install...
Creating
domain...
| 0 B 00:00
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module":
libpk-gtk-module.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file
or directory
Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module":
libcanberra-gtk-module.so: cannot open shared object file: No such
file or directory
(virt-viewer:20165): Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font,
expect ugly output. engine-type='PangoRenderFc', script='latin'
Domain installation still in progress. You can reconnect to
the console to complete the installation process.
[root@Q6600:/etc, Sun Aug 07, 05:14 PM] 1339 # virsh --connect
qemu:///system
Welcome to virsh, the virtualization interactive terminal.
Type: 'help' for help with commands
'quit' to quit
virsh # list
Id Name State
----------------------------------
11 CentOS-5.6-64bitVM running
virsh # help
The install began OK, right after the 'Pango-WARNING' message, in
a separate window, quite readable, started booting & scrolling
text past *FAST*, for about 15 sec., then hung, right after a line
about 'serial port ....' (I couldn't click-&-drag to capture
text from the VM window, going from memory). I let it sit for
about 5 min. to be sure it was really hung, then clicked the VM
window out, whereupon the message about 'installation still in
progress' & the rest appeared. I poked around in virsh a bit
as you can see, but couldn't figure anything out. I tried
(re)connecting to the console of the VM & that hung, I had to
kill the virsh command from another window. I attach syslog output
from the proceedings. I am *sure* this is pilot error, but I am
stuck for now. Any assistance appreciated :-) ....
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Update here, I did a full yum upgrade this A.M., & rebooted. On
a lark, I decided to retry the VM install and .... it worked. I am
logged in there now, trying to get it setup the way I want, & I
am stuck on something new. The VM can't see anything on the host
machine, let alone the rest of the network. I tried automounting the
host's exports, & I can see that a directory is exported, but
can't view it. What I really need is to access the install ISO to
install more software (gcc & other libraries for compiling
code), but I am stuck there for now .... Any assistance appreciated
:-) ....
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William A. Mahaffey III
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