On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 02:07:30AM -0400, Bill McGonigle wrote: > Hi, all, > > I'm not seeing disks under CentOS 6 when trying to install. I'm using: > > xen-4.0.2-1.fc14.x86_64 > 2.6.32.39-175.xendom0.fc13.x86_64 > > installing using: > > virt-install --debug -n sully --mac=02:00:0A:01:01:10 -f > /var/lib/xen/images/sully -s 12 -r 2048 --vcpus=2 --nographics -p > --os-type=linux --os-variant=rhel6 --location > http://librescu.bfccomputing.com/cobbler/ks_mirror/centos6-x86_64/ > Did you try using a phy: backend? ie. lvm volume or a block device? > It sounded like: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678374 > > so I tried dropping the --nonsparse option, but I'm using a newer > version of python-virtinstall: > > python-virtinst-0.500.6-1.fc14.noarch > > than should be required, and I'm seeing this with and with the option > anyway. > > I do see the disk image is created, and attached to the DomU. e.g.: > > [2011-07-26 01:01:47 18534] DEBUG (DevController:97) DevController: > writing {'domain': 'sully', 'frontend': > '/local/domain/18/device/vbd/51712', 'uuid': > '3380cea8-a322-292d-cc5d-8bb084306976', 'bootable': '1', 'dev': 'xvda', > 'state': '1', 'params': 'aio:/var/lib/xen/images/sully', 'mode': 'w', > 'online': '1', 'frontend-id': '18', 'type': 'tap'} to > /local/domain/0/backend/tap/18/51712. > > and I can see the disk image if I dump configuration from virsh. > > I do see this in the DomU kernel messages: > > XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vbd/51712 > XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vif/0 > XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/console/0 > > but I see reports online that say not to worry about those, initrd will > load the modules. > Can you post the full domU kernel messages? probably with "console=hvc0 earlyprintk=xen" > The initrd does have: > > ./kernel/drivers/xen > ./kernel/drivers/xen/xenfs > ./kernel/drivers/net/xen-netfront.ko.gz > ./kernel/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.ko.gz > > on it. > > I tried adding: > > xen_emul_unplug=never > xen_emul_unplug is only needed for HVM guests, not for PV. > to the kernel parameters per a previous thread here, but that didn't > seem to change anything. > > It seems like others are having success with CentOS 6 in general: > > > http://grantmcwilliams.com/tech/virtualization/xen-howtos/538-centos-6-virtual-machine-64-bit-installation-on-xen > > so I suspect it's got something to do with Xen 4.0.2, but I'm not sure > where to look right now. > > Any suggestions? > Did you see?: http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/RHEL6Xen4Tutorial -- Pasi > -Bill > > -- > Bill McGonigle, Owner > BFC Computing, LLC > http://bfccomputing.com/ > Telephone: +1.855.SW.LIBRE > Email, IM, VOIP: bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf > Social networks: bill_mcgonigle/bill.mcgonigle > -- > xen mailing list > xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen -- xen mailing list xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen
