This is my command line, it''s similar to one that worked for Debian etch and ClarkConnect 4.2 (and Windows XP): virt-install --name=Fedora7 --ram=384 --vcpus=2 --file=/var/lib/xen/images/Fedora7.img --file-size=4 --vnc --hvm --cdrom=/net/ns/var/local/mirrors/linux/Fedora/7/Fedora/x86_64/iso/F-7-x86_64-DVD.iso --os-type=linux os-variant=fedora7 Windows is fine Debian''s fine ClarkConnect''s fine f7 took ages loading ata_piix4 (actually it was a little further than this, that''s just want was on the install screen). Ages > half an hour after which I went off to lunch. I cam back and, to my pleasant surprise, it was at the "choose your language" screen. From there things went smoothly until I chose to install from my CDROM which, of course, is that NFS mount I just booted from. Just to be absolutely clear: The host CPU is EMT-64 and virtualisation-capable. It''s running 64-bit Linux. selinux is in whingealotmode, not enforcing. It''s whingeing a lot, but that''s for another time. The ISO image is automounted, and as it booted and loaded some stuff off it, it seems clear to me that access is fine. I''ve looked at the list''s archive, the closest I found is an unaswered question from Greg Huber on June 13. I''m running xen 3.1, he had 3.0.? and he got much further than I can. A lot of possibly-relevant messages scrolled of the screen (fortunately I said "vga=791" so I have a reasonable number), but I can see kernel messages back to its recognising sda. There''s nothing to suggest it found the virtual DVD-ROM drive. I''ll scout around for some IA32 binaries, it doesn''t matter a lot which I install for the purpose of this test. In the meantime, are there any pointers? -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa@coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa@coco.merseine.nu -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 Please do not reply off-list
John Summerfield wrote:> > This is my command line, it''s similar to one that worked for Debian etch > and ClarkConnect 4.2 (and Windows XP): > > virt-install --name=Fedora7 --ram=384 --vcpus=2 > --file=/var/lib/xen/images/Fedora7.img --file-size=4 --vnc --hvm > --cdrom=/net/ns/var/local/mirrors/linux/Fedora/7/Fedora/x86_64/iso/F-7-x86_64-DVD.iso > --os-type=linux os-variant=fedora7 > > Windows is fine > Debian''s fine > ClarkConnect''s fine > > f7 took ages loading ata_piix4 (actually it was a little further than > this, that''s just want was on the install screen). Ages > half an hour > after which I went off to lunch.The screen shot''s like this, but a different module. This has been running for ages before the other screen shots. http://58.6.192.22/f1.png> A lot of possibly-relevant messages scrolled of the screen (fortunately > I said "vga=791" so I have a reasonable number), but I can see kernel > messages back to its recognising sda. There''s nothing to suggest it > found the virtual DVD-ROM drive.I may have misinterpreted something, there''s something about ata2 in the messages. Screen shots at http://58.6.192.22/f2.png http://58.6.192.22/f3.png -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa@coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa@coco.merseine.nu -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 Please do not reply off-list
John Summerfield wrote:> > This is my command line, it''s similar to one that worked for Debian etch > and ClarkConnect 4.2 (and Windows XP): > > virt-install --name=Fedora7 --ram=384 --vcpus=2 > --file=/var/lib/xen/images/Fedora7.img --file-size=4 --vnc --hvm > --cdrom=/net/ns/var/local/mirrors/linux/Fedora/7/Fedora/x86_64/iso/F-7-x86_64-DVD.iso > --os-type=linux os-variant=fedora7 > > Windows is fine > Debian''s fine > ClarkConnect''s fine > > f7 took ages loading ata_piix4 (actually it was a little further than > this, that''s just want was on the install screen). Ages > half an hour > after which I went off to lunch. > > I cam back and, to my pleasant surprise, it was at the "choose your > language" screen.F7 for IA32 isn''t going this well;-( [root@potoroo ~]# \rm /var/lib/xen/images/Fedora7.img [root@potoroo ~]# virt-install --name=Fedora7 --ram=384 --vcpus=2 --file=/var/lib/xen/images/Fedora7.img --file-size=4 --vnc --hvm --location=http://fedora.demo.lan/linux/7/Fedora/i386/os/ --os-type=linux os-variant=fedora7 Starting install... libvir: Xen Daemon error : GET operation failed: Retrieving file fedora.cs 100% |=========================| 2.8 kB 00:00 Retrieving file boot.iso. 100% |=========================| 7.7 MB 00:19 libvir: Xen Daemon error : GET operation failed: Creating storage file... 100% |=========================| 4.0 GB 00:00 Creating domain... 0 B 00:00 I''s been up over 17 hours. There''s a screen shot at http://58.6.192.22/ia32f1.png It''s not yet switching to other consoles, I have no more info, Here''s the output from "xm top" xentop - 07:27:00 Xen 3.1.0-rc7-2950.fc8 2 domains: 1 running, 1 blocked, 0 paused, 0 crashed, 0 dying, 0 shutdown Mem: 2071872k total, 1664364k used, 407508k free CPUs: 2 @ 1862MHz NAME STATE CPU(sec) CPU(%) MEM(k) MEM(%) MAXMEM(k) MAXMEM(%) VCPUS NETS NETTX(k) NETRX(k) VBDS VBD_OO VBD_RD VBD_WR SSID Domain-0 -----r 39667 13.5 1215488 58.7 no limit n/a 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fedora7 --b--- 3382 0.0 401280 19.4 409600 19.8 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 VBD 5632 [16: 0] OO: 0 RD: 0 WR: 0 VBD 768 [ 3: 0] OO: 0 RD: 0 WR: 0 It doesn''t seem to me to be using much disk I/O or CPU. Here''s the host software: [root@potoroo ~]# rpm -qa ''*xen*'' virt\* ;uname -a xen-libs-3.1.0-13.fc8 jaxen-1.1-1jpp.2.fc7 virt-manager-0.5.2-2.fc8 virt-viewer-0.0.2-2.fc8 xen-libs-3.1.0-13.fc8 xen-3.1.0-13.fc8 kernel-xen-2.6.21-2950.fc8 Linux potoroo.demo.lan 2.6.21-2950.fc8xen #1 SMP Tue Oct 23 12:23:33 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [root@potoroo ~]# -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa@coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa@coco.merseine.nu -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 Please do not reply off-list