My version of virt-install doesn't understand --nogfx, but I tried: sudo virt-install -n hockey -r 512 -f /var/lib/xen/images/hockey.img -s 4 --nographics -x "linux text" -l http://192.168.1.117/mirror/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/x86_64/os , which led to a partial success. Anaconda got well beyond the minstg2.img step (although I don't really know why this would work. It did give me this: ┌────────────────────────────┤ Error ├────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing │ │ repodata directory. Please ensure that your install tree has │ │ been correctly generated. Cannot open/read repomd.xml file │ │ for repository: anaconda-base-200610172015.x86_64 │ │ │ │ ┌───────┐ │ │ │ Abort │ │ │ └───────┘ │ │ │ │ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ I don't really understand what it's looking for, since http://192.168.1.117/mirror/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml is there and looks like sensible XML to a casual glance. It doesn't refer to anything like "anaconda-base-200610172015.x86_64". 192.168.1.117/mirror has a copy of download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora, as I don't know of a better place to get a tree from. I'm running out of space and bandwidth, so it's not complete, but pub/fedora/linux/core/6/x86_64 looks complete. Walter -----Original Message----- From: Mark Nielsen [mailto:mnielsen@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 12:01 PM To: Walter Coole Cc: barry.scott@xxxxxxxxxxxx; Markus Armbruster; fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Newby Help (resend to all + additional comment) try the --nogfx option with virt-install, and/or use -x "linux text" which should cause the install to proceed in a text mode. From the looks of that message things are actually installing but showing in a graphical console which you can't see (for whatever reason..) Mark On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 11:44 -0700, Walter Coole wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it and Alt-F3 showed a message about > dropping to a serial console due to lack of memory, so I tried it again > with this command line: > > sudo virt-install -n hockey -r 512 -f /var/lib/xen/images/hockey.img -s > 4 --vnc -l > http://192.168.1.117/mirror/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/x86_64/os/ > Password: > > > Starting install... > libvir: Xen error : Domain not found: xenUnifiedDomainLookupByUUID > Retrieving file fedora.cs 100% |=========================| 2.3 kB > 00:00 > Retrieving file vmlinuz.. 100% |=========================| 1.8 MB > 00:00 > Retrieving file initrd.im 100% |=========================| 5.6 MB > 00:00 > libvir: Xen error : Domain not found: xenUnifiedDomainLookupByName > Creating storage file... 100% |=========================| 4.0 GB > 00:00 > Creating domain... 0 B > 00:00 > > VNC Viewer Free Edition 4.1.2 for X - built Jul 18 2006 06:59:52 > Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd. > See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC. > > Tue Apr 8 11:14:19 2008 > main: unable to resolve host by name: Success (0) > Domain installation still in progress. You can reconnect to > the console to complete the installation process. > > and a dialog box with the same message: > > unable to resolve host by name: Success (0) > > popped up on my workstation. Despite that, Virtual Machine Manager was > able to open it, so I see the Anaconda window. Most of the console > windows are blank, but a screenshot of Alt-F3 is attached, in hopes > someone can interpret it with more success than I've had. The serial > console shows: > > IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) > TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 10, 4194304 bytes) > TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 9, 2097152 bytes) > TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536) > TCP reno registered > IA-32 Microcode Update Driver: v1.14-xen <tigran@xxxxxxxxxxx> > audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled) > audit(1207679422.076:1): initialized > VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1 > Dquot-cache hash table entries: 512 (order 0, 4096 bytes) > SELinux: Registering netfilter hooks > Initializing Cryptographic API > ksign: Installing public key data > Loading keyring > - Added public key 4D36EEF71C3A3150 > - User ID: Red Hat, Inc. (Kernel Module GPG key) > io scheduler noop registered > io scheduler anticipatory registered > io scheduler deadline registered > io scheduler cfq registered (default) > pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5 > rtc: IRQ 8 is not free. > Non-volatile memory driver v1.2 > Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones > RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 16384K size 4096 blocksize > Xen virtual console successfully installed as xvc0 > Event-channel device installed. > Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37 > input: Xen Virtual Keyboard/Mouse as /class/input/input0 > Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 > ide: Assuming 50MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with > idebus=xx > ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide > usbcore: registered new driver libusual > usbcore: registered new driver hiddev > usbcore: registered new driver usbhid > drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver > PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly. > i8042.c: No controller found. > mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice > md: md driver 0.90.3 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27 > md: bitmap version 4.39 > TCP bic registered > Initializing IPsec netlink socket > NET: Registered protocol family 1 > NET: Registered protocol family 17 > XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vbd/51712 > XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vif/0 > XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vkbd/0 > XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vfb/0 > Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 440k > > Looking at the screen shot, it appears that several transfers from the > tree were successful, which makes it seem as though basic networking is > working. Since the messaging for stage2.img is the same, it looks as > though that was also successful and the hang up is in the next item. > Not having seen it, I'm pretty vague on what it is or why it might fail. > I didn't check Alt-F4, as that causes the window to go away (on Windows > XP), is it likely to be interesting? If so, is there an alternate way > to get at it? > > Continued thanks! > Walter > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Walter Coole > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 3:41 PM > To: 'Markus Armbruster' > Cc: Chris Lalancette; fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Newby Help > > The originating host (where I'm running virt-install) has SELinux in > "Permissive" mode. The web server (192.168.1.117) had SELinux in > "Secure" mode, so I changed it to "Permissive" mode. I don't think > SELinux is started on the system being installed, but if someone knows > how to set or confirm that, I'd be happy to be corrected. I'm not > finicky about the path where the file lives, so I tried it with > /var/lib/xen/images/hockey.img. The symptom is unchanged: stuck at > minstg2.img. > > The revised command line is: > > sudo virt-install -n hockey -r 256 -f /var/lib/xen/images/hockey.img -s > 4 --nographics --noautoconsole -l > http://192.168.1.117/mirror/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/x86_64/os/ > > Thanks! > Walter > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Markus Armbruster [mailto:armbru@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 12:58 AM > To: Walter Coole > Cc: Chris Lalancette; fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Newby Help > > "Walter Coole" <WCoole@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Thanks for the hint; sorry it took so long for me to try several > > different approaches. > > > > I hadn't tried virt-install; I had assumed that virt-manager's Create > > Wizard did the equivalent job. > > Uh, I must have somehow missed that you used virt-manager, not > virt-install. Telling us exactly how you interact with either is > fine. Telling us how you run virt-install is easier, though. > > > Trying virt-install, this is what my session looked like: > > > > sudo virt-install -n hockey -r 256 -f /xen/fedora/hockey.img -s 4 > > --nographics --noautoconsole -l > > http://192.168.1.117/mirror/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/x86_64/os/ > > Password: > > This is an unusual image location. Is SELinux enabled? Does > /var/lib/xen/images/hockey.img work? > > [...] > -- > Fedora-xen mailing list > Fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen -- Mark Nielsen, RHCE Red Hat, Inc. mnielsen@xxxxxxxxxx -- Fedora-xen mailing list Fedora-xen@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen
