I successfully installed a fc5 test3 guest, using the anaconda install method via the xenguest-install.py script. Now when I try and start the guest, I get [root@xentest1 ~]# xm create -c guest1 Using config file "/etc/xen/guest1". Error: [Errno 17] File exists even though this guest has never been started. [root@xentest1 ~]# xm list Name ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State Time(s) Domain-0 0 192 1 r----- 873.0 [root@xentest1 ~]# xm destroy guest1 Error: Domain ''guest1'' not found when running ''xm destroy''. Any ideas?
On 2/21/06, gb spam <gbofspam@gmail.com> wrote:> > On 2/21/06, Darren Birkett <darren.birkett@gmail.com> wrote: > > I successfully installed a fc5 test3 guest, using the anaconda install > > method via the xenguest-install.py script. Now when I try and start the > > guest, I get > > > > [root@xentest1 ~]# xm create -c guest1 > > Using config file "/etc/xen/guest1". > > Error: [Errno 17] File exists > > > Does this help: > > rm /var/lib/xen/xenblThanks - this did the trick! For my and others education, what is this file, and what had happened? Cheers Darren
Hi, On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 16:51 +0000, Darren Birkett wrote:> Does this help: > > rm /var/lib/xen/xenbl > > > Thanks - this did the trick! For my and others education, what is > this file, and what had happened?It''s used by XendBootloader.py as part of booting a guest. Looks like it''s not particularly robust, though: we probably ought to be using unique names for these pipes to avoid collisions if two guests start at the same time, and we also need to be better prepared for the file already existing, and to delete it on abnormal exit, so that we can cope with other errors during guest creation. Care to open a bugzilla so that we can track this, please? Thanks, Stephen