Well, take it over to CentOS-virt, attach the config of the guest and I'm sure someone will spot the problem.
-Ross
----- Original Message -----
From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx <centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Fri Feb 29 08:48:42 2008
Subject: Re: error creating Centos 5.1 x32 dum_U instance on CentOS5.1x64
Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
>
> Nah, RHEL 5.1+ supports 32-bit domU (PAE and non PAE) on 64-bit dom0.
>
> Actually RHEL Xen is 3.1 with the brain damaged 3.0 userland utilities.
>
> -Ross
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx <centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Fri Feb 29 04:46:42 2008
> Subject: Re: error creating Centos 5.1 x32 dum_U instance on
> CentOS5.1 x64
>
> Rudi Ahlers wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > This is the first time I try and get Xen working, and want to install
> > a few CentOS 5.1 32bit and FreeBSD 6.1 VM's on my CentOS 5.1 x64 server.
> >
> > Trying to get the first one to install is rather trivial, and I keep
> > on running into errors. At fist I wanted to install it fro the cdrom,
> > so I used "virt-install --cdrom=/dev/hdc" It booted up, and I could
> > choose my language, but then got an error saying I don't have the
> > right driver for the cdrom install. Odd.
> >
> > So, I copied the whole CD to my intranet server, to try a HTTP
> > installation, which got much further, but fails as soon as it starts
> > copying the files to the xvda partition.
> >
> > Here's what I've done:
> > virt-install -p
> > --location=http://intranet/kickstart/centos/5.1/32/os/i386 --ram=512
> > --file=/vm/vm03.img --name=vm03
> >
> > Probing for video card: Unable to probe
> > No video hardware found, assuming headless
> > Graphical installation not available... Starting text mode.
> > Welcome to CentOS
> >
> > +------------------+ Package Installation +------------------+
> > | |
> > | Name : libXt-1.0.2-3.1.fc6-i386 |
> > | Size : 359k |
> > | Summary: X.Org X11 libXt runtime library |
> > | |
> > | |
> > | Status: |
> > | |
> > | 53% |
> > | |
> > | Packages Bytes Time |
> > | Total : 349 564M 0:02:30 |
> > | Completed: 123 200M 0:00:53 |
> > | Remaining: 226 364M 0:01:37 |
> > | |
> > | 35%
> > Guest installation complete... restarting guest.
> > libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: (xend.err "Error
> > creating domain: Boot loader didn't return any data!")
> > exception was: virDomainCreate() failed POST operation failed:
> > (xend.err "Error creating domain: Boot loader didn't return any data!")
> > Domain installation may not have been
> > successful. If it was, you can restart your domain
> > by running 'virsh start vm03'; otherwise, pleasels | <F12> next
> > screen
> > restart your installation.
> > [root@gimbli ~]# virsh start vm03
> > libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: (xend.err "Error
> > creating domain: Boot loader didn't return any data!")
> > error: Failed to start domain vm03
> >
> >
> >
> > /var/log/messages got filled with the following messages:
> >
> > stem_r:xenstored_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:xenstored_t:s0
> > tclass=capability
> > Feb 29 10:36:59 gimbli kernel: audit(1204274218.949:2139): avc:
> > denied { sys_resource } for pid=2445 comm="xenstored" capability=24
> > scontext=system_u:system_r:xenstored_t:s0
> > tcontext=system_u:system_r:xenstored_t:s0 tclass=capability
> > Feb 29 10:36:59 gimbli kernel: audit(1204274218.949:2140): avc:
> > denied { sys_resource } for pid=2445 comm="xenstored" capability=24
> > scontext=system_u:system_r:xenstored_t:s0
> > tcontext=system_u:system_r:xenstored_t:s0 tclass=capability
> > Feb 29 10:36:59 gimbli kernel: audit(1204274218.949:2141): avc:
> > denied { sys_resource } for pid=2445 comm="xenstored" capability=24
> > scontext=system_u:system_r:xenstored_t:s0
> > tcontext=system_u:system_r:xenstored_t:s0 tclass=capability
> > Feb 29 10:36:59 gimbli kernel: audit(1204274218.949:2142): avc:
> > denied { sys_resource } for pid=2445 comm="xenstored" capability=24
> > scontext=system_u:system_r:xenstored_t:s0
> > tcontext=system_u:system_r:xenstored_t:s0 tclass=capability
> >
> >
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
> >
>
> as far as i am aware on standard RHEL or CentOS 5 packages a 32bit domU
> on a 64bit dom0 is not supported and known to crash
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
Ok, so what do I do if I want to have a 64bit Host XEN & 32guest's? I'd
prefer to use CentOS for this purpose, if possible
--
Kind Regards
Rudi Ahlers
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