Fedora xen - Mar 2007 - FC6 Guest install Hangs - broadcom?

Hi.

I have a fresh install of FC6 (2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6xen) dom0 running  
on 64bit install, unfortunately I can''t seem to get any domU guests  
(all same OS) to install, they hang after the "network setup" screen  
of anaconda.

I''ve tried {virt-install,virt-manager (gui), xenguest-install (what I  
used previously on fc5)}, using nfs mount of 64 bit install dvd fc6.   
All seem to hang right after the network setup screen, when I enter  
the network parameters manually (not dhcp).  Here''s a screen capture  
of what it looks like:

http://fishinhand.com/tmp/fc6-hang.png

(notice the weird A at the top right).

--> Extra bits:  I have three machines that all exhibit the same  
behavior. 2 are Dell 1950s and one is an 1850.  All are 2 dual  
cores.  16GB Ram. File backed for now.  I''ve applied the Broadcom  
network fix to make the network behave ( http://mywiki.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ 
wiki/Dell_PE1950_NIC_Firmware_Workaround ), only I guess it''s not.

Does any of this ring a bell?  Did I not completely fix the  
broadcom?  I''m not sure what to look at... the log files seem clean,  
but I can post if that would help.

Matt Mankins
http://www.ka-zam.com/

In case anyone else has a problem like this, I switched to http from  
nfs, and it''s been installing just fine.

I was using nfs path of:

What is the install location? nfs:192.168.0.151:/mnt/fc6

and the showmount said:

# /usr/sbin/showmount -e
Export list for host:
/mnt/fc6 192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0

with an export of:
# cat /etc/exports
/mnt/fc6 192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0(rw,no_root_squash,no_all_squash,async)

... and it didn''t work. I''m not sure why, but maybe you do. 
Either
way, we''re doing great now.

Matt

On Mar 19, 2007, at 2:28 PM, Matt Mankins wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I have a fresh install of FC6 (2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6xen) dom0  
> running on 64bit install, unfortunately I can''t seem to get any  
> domU guests (all same OS) to install, they hang after the "network  
> setup" screen of anaconda.
>
> I''ve tried {virt-install,virt-manager (gui), xenguest-install
(what
> I used previously on fc5)}, using nfs mount of 64 bit install dvd  
> fc6.  All seem to hang right after the network setup screen, when I  
> enter the network parameters manually (not dhcp).  Here''s a screen
> capture of what it looks like:
>
> http://fishinhand.com/tmp/fc6-hang.png
>
> (notice the weird A at the top right).
>
> --> Extra bits:  I have three machines that all exhibit the same  
> behavior. 2 are Dell 1950s and one is an 1850.  All are 2 dual  
> cores.  16GB Ram. File backed for now.  I''ve applied the Broadcom
> network fix to make the network behave ( http:// 
> mywiki.ncsa.uiuc.edu/wiki/Dell_PE1950_NIC_Firmware_Workaround ),  
> only I guess it''s not.
>
> Does any of this ring a bell?  Did I not completely fix the  
> broadcom?  I''m not sure what to look at... the log files seem  
> clean, but I can post if that would help.
>
> Matt Mankins
> http://www.ka-zam.com/