On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 07:28:15PM -0300, Lucas Meneghel Rodrigues wrote: > During unattended install, right after we receive the ACK from the guest > the test is deemed to be finished, and as shutdown_vm = yes, it'll try > to end the vm issuing a shutdown command to it. However, on virtually > all Linux guests an SSH server is not available at the end of install, > so KVM autotest will end the VM forcefully, which is not really safe, > although it has served us well so far. > > We did not fix this 'problem' so far because on RHEL3, a supported > guest, the anaconda syntax does not support the 'poweroff' directive, > only 'reboot', so if we don't finish the VM right after the ACK from > guest we really can't prevent it from starting the install again, > getting an infinite loop. On the other hand, RHEL 3 supports 'reboot'[1], so we could simply run the install-finished notification on first boot (it's the method we use for Windows guests, right?), and simply shut down the machine cleanly using ssh or the virtual power button. [1] http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/3/html/System_Administration_Guide/s1-kickstart2-options.html -- Eduardo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
