How exactly do you start your guest? What does starting your guest write to /var/log/xen/ and xm dmesg ? I start using the xm command xm create -c fed7inst Where fed7inst is the name of the config file Xend.log [2007-06-06 13:18:41 xend.XendDomainInfo 2642] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:190) XendDomainInfo.create(['vm', ['name', 'fed7'], ['memory', '230'], [' on_reboot', 'destroy'], ['on_crash', 'destroy'], ['vcpus', 1], ['image', ['linux', ['kernel', '/boot/vmlinuz-f7xeninstall'], ['ramdisk', '/boo t/initrd-f7xeninstall'], ['ip', '192.168.1.202:1.2.3.4:192.168.1.1:255.255.255.0::eth0:off'], ['args', 'text ks=http://www.mcdees-specialties. com/fed7/minimal-ks.cf']]], ['device', ['tap', ['uname', 'tap:aio:/var/lib/xen/images/fed7.img'], ['dev', 'xvda'], ['mode', 'w']]], ['device', ['vif', ['bridge', 'xenbr0']]]]) [2007-06-06 13:18:41 xend.XendDomainInfo 2642] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:296) parseConfig: config is ['vm', ['name', 'fed7'], ['memory', '230'], [ 'on_reboot', 'destroy'], ['on_crash', 'destroy'], ['vcpus', 1], ['image', ['linux', ['kernel', '/boot/vmlinuz-f7xeninstall'], ['ramdisk', '/bo ot/initrd-f7xeninstall'], ['ip', '192.168.1.202:1.2.3.4:192.168.1.1:255.255.255.0::eth0:off'], ['args', 'text ks=http://www.mcdees-specialties .com/fed7/minimal-ks.cf']]], ['device', ['tap', ['uname', 'tap:aio:/var/lib/xen/images/fed7.img'], ['dev', 'xvda'], ['mode', 'w']]], ['device' , ['vif', ['bridge', 'xenbr0']]]] [2007-06-06 13:18:41 xend.XendDomainInfo 2642] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:397) parseConfig: result is {'shadow_memory': None, 'start_time': None, ' uuid': None, 'on_crash': 'destroy', 'on_reboot': 'destroy', 'localtime': None, 'image': ['linux', ['kernel', '/boot/vmlinuz-f7xeninstall'], [' ramdisk', '/boot/initrd-f7xeninstall'], ['ip', '192.168.1.202:1.2.3.4:192.168.1.1:255.255.255.0::eth0:off'], ['args', 'text ks=http://www.mcde es-specialties.com/fed7/minimal-ks.cf']], 'on_poweroff': None, 'bootloader_args': None, 'cpus': None, 'name': 'fed7', 'backend': [], 'vcpus': 1, 'cpu_weight': None, 'features': None, 'vcpu_avail': None, 'memory': 230, 'device': [('tap', ['tap', ['uname', 'tap:aio:/var/lib/xen/images/ fed7.img'], ['dev', 'xvda'], ['mode', 'w']]), ('vif', ['vif', ['bridge', 'xenbr0']])], 'bootloader': None, 'cpu': None, 'maxmem': None} [2007-06-06 13:18:41 xend.XendDomainInfo 2642] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1264) XendDomainInfo.construct: None [2007-06-06 13:18:41 xend.XendDomainInfo 2642] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1296) XendDomainInfo.initDomain: 28 1.0 [2007-06-06 13:18:41 xend 2642] DEBUG (balloon:127) Balloon: 236344 KiB free; need 235520; done. [2007-06-06 13:18:41 xend 2642] INFO (image:136) buildDomain os=linux dom=28 vcpus=1 [2007-06-06 13:18:41 xend 2642] DEBUG (image:199) dom = 28 [2007-06-06 13:18:41 xend 2642] DEBUG (image:200) image = /boot/vmlinuz-f7xeninstall [2007-06-06 13:18:41 xend 2642] DEBUG (image:201) store_evtchn = 1 [2007-06-06 13:18:41 xend 2642] DEBUG (image:202) console_evtchn = 2 [2007-06-06 13:18:41 xend 2642] DEBUG (image:203) cmdline = ip=192.168.1.202:1.2.3.4:192.168.1.1:255.255.255.0::eth0:off text ks=http: //www.mcdees-specialties.com/fed7/minimal-ks.cf [2007-06-06 13:18:41 xend 2642] DEBUG (image:204) ramdisk = /boot/initrd-f7xeninstall [2007-06-06 13:18:41 xend 2642] DEBUG (image:205) vcpus = 1 [2007-06-06 13:18:41 xend 2642] DEBUG (image:206) features = [2007-06-06 13:18:41 xend 2642] DEBUG (blkif:24) exception looking up device number for xvda: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/dev/xvda' [2007-06-06 13:18:41 xend 2642] DEBUG (DevController:110) DevController: writing {'backend-id': '0', 'virtual-device': '51712', 'device-type': 'disk', 'state': '1', 'backend': '/local/domain/0/backend/tap/28/51712'} to /local/domain/28/device/vbd/51712. [2007-06-06 13:18:41 xend 2642] DEBUG (DevController:112) DevController: writing {'domain': 'fed7', 'frontend': '/local/domain/28/device/vbd/5 1712', 'dev': 'xvda', 'state': '1', 'params': 'aio:/var/lib/xen/images/fed7.img', 'mode': 'w', 'online': '1', 'frontend-id': '28', 'type': 'ta p'} to /local/domain/0/backend/tap/28/51712. [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend 2642] DEBUG (DevController:110) DevController: writing {'backend-id': '0', 'mac': '00:16:3e:4f:c2:71', 'handle': '0' , 'state': '1', 'backend': '/local/domain/0/backend/vif/28/0'} to /local/domain/28/device/vif/0. [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend 2642] DEBUG (DevController:112) DevController: writing {'bridge': 'xenbr0', 'domain': 'fed7', 'handle': '0', 'script ': '/etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge', 'state': '1', 'frontend': '/local/domain/28/device/vif/0', 'mac': '00:16:3e:4f:c2:71', 'online': '1', 'front end-id': '28'} to /local/domain/0/backend/vif/28/0. [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend.XendDomainInfo 2642] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:715) Storing VM details: {'shadow_memory': '0', 'uuid': '4a437037-a07f-7c e9-4128-086fb2a1ae92', 'on_reboot': 'destroy', 'start_time': '1181150322.24', 'on_poweroff': 'destroy', 'name': 'fed7', 'xend/restart_count': '0', 'vcpus': '1', 'vcpu_avail': '1', 'memory': '230', 'on_crash': 'destroy', 'image': "(linux (kernel /boot/vmlinuz-f7xeninstall) (ramdisk /b oot/initrd-f7xeninstall) (ip 192.168.1.202:1.2.3.4:192.168.1.1:255.255.255.0::eth0:off) (args 'text ks=http://www.mcdees-specialties.com/fed7/ minimal-ks.cf'))", 'maxmem': '230'} [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend.XendDomainInfo 2642] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:750) Storing domain details: {'console/ring-ref': '103594', 'console/port ': '2', 'name': 'fed7', 'console/limit': '1048576', 'vm': '/vm/4a437037-a07f-7ce9-4128-086fb2a1ae92', 'domid': '28', 'cpu/0/availability': 'on line', 'memory/target': '235520', 'store/ring-ref': '103595', 'store/port': '1'} [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend.XendDomainInfo 2642] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:940) XendDomainInfo.handleShutdownWatch [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend 2642] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for devices vif. [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend 2642] DEBUG (DevController:149) Waiting for 0. [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend 2642] DEBUG (DevController:471) hotplugStatusCallback /local/domain/0/backend/vif/28/0/hotplug-status. [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend 2642] DEBUG (DevController:485) hotplugStatusCallback 1. [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend 2642] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for devices usb. [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend 2642] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for devices vbd. [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend 2642] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for devices irq. [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend 2642] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for devices vkbd. [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend 2642] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for devices vfb. [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend 2642] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for devices pci. [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend 2642] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for devices ioports. [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend 2642] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for devices tap. [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend 2642] DEBUG (DevController:149) Waiting for 51712. [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend 2642] DEBUG (DevController:471) hotplugStatusCallback /local/domain/0/backend/tap/28/51712/hotplug-status. [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend 2642] DEBUG (DevController:485) hotplugStatusCallback 1. [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend 2642] DEBUG (DevController:143) Waiting for devices vtpm. [2007-06-06 13:18:42 xend 2642] INFO (XendDomain:370) Domain fed7 (28) unpaused. -- Fedora-xen mailing list Fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen