CentOS - Apr 2007 - How to create a virtual machine? (Centos-5-beta-xen)

Hi,

  I am trying to create a virtual machine with FC6 inside a Centos 5 (beta)
Xen host. I am following the documentation of Fedora[1].

  I used the "virt-install" command, and every went fine until the
moment to
create the partitions on the virtual disk (file "/var/xen/fc6.iso"
with
10GB). No matter with option I choose: remove all partitions, remove linux
partitions, use free space, etc, does not work. The message is:
"An error has occurred - no valid devices were found on wihich to create
new
filesystems. Please check your hardware for the cause of the problem."

  The documentation seems so straightforward!

  Any hint or comment will be welcomed.

  Cheers

Marcelo


[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraXenQuickstartFC6
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Hey Marcelo,

Do not expect to get a lot of help here about Xen. So far I have seen three post
about Xen
on the beta release and no (zero) replies.  Either those who have success are
not talking or
nobody has had any success, I suspect the latter with the beta release.  Just
have to wait
for the final release.  I would suggest that you spend some time with the
manuals, as that
seems to be the only source for answers.

Mark Snyder
JMK Computerized TDIS

Marcelo Maia Garcia wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>   I am trying to create a virtual machine with FC6 inside a Centos 5 
> (beta) Xen host. I am following the documentation of Fedora[1].
> 
>   I used the "virt-install" command, and every went fine until
the
> moment to create the partitions on the virtual disk (file 
> "/var/xen/fc6.iso" with 10GB). No matter with option I choose:
remove
> all partitions, remove linux partitions, use free space, etc, does not 
> work. The message is:
> "An error has occurred - no valid devices were found on wihich to
create
> new filesystems. Please check your hardware for the cause of the
problem."
> 
>   The documentation seems so straightforward!
> 
>   Any hint or comment will be welcomed.
> 
>   Cheers
> 
> Marcelo
> 
> 
> [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraXenQuickstartFC6
> 
> 
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> I used the "virt-install" command, and every went fine until the
moment to
> create the partitions on the virtual disk (file
"/var/xen/fc6.iso"
with
> 10GB). No matter with option I choose: remove all partitions, remove
linux
> partitions, use free space, etc, does not work. The message is:
> "An error has occurred - no valid devices were found on wihich to
create new
> filesystems. Please check your hardware for the cause of the problem."
The selinux policy restricts the location of image
files.
>From /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts:
  /var/lib/xen/images(/.*)? system_u:object_r:xen_image_t:s0

I ran into the same issue. :)

Matt