Fedora xen - Jan 2008 - problem installing 64 bit domU

Hello!

I have Fedora Unity 8 (20071218) x86_64 running in an Athlon 64 (512
RAM) with xen. I''m using the re-spin version because I need kickstart
install to be done from CD/DVD. I''m using this machine with small RAM
for tests only.

When I try to install the domU using virt-manager, it hangs when I
click the first next button after anaconda installer started. The
button stays pressed an nothing happens.

When I try to install the domU using virt-install, it gives a black
screen after starting anaconda installer.
# virt-install -n myguest -r 256 --vnc -l ftp://10.1.121.201/ -x
ks=ftp://10.1.121.201/guest.cfg -f /dev/vgadm/lvadm1

The ftp server is the dom0

xen-libs-3.1.0-13.fc8
kernel-xen-2.6.21-2952.fc8
xen-3.1.0-13.fc8
libvirt-0.3.3-2.fc8
virt-manager-0.5.2-2.fc8
virt-viewer-0.0.2-2.fc8

With Fedora Unitity 8 for i386 everything goes fine.

Thanks in advance,

Regards,
Augusto

Some corrections about my problem:
> When I try to install the domU using virt-manager, it hangs when I
> click the first next button after anaconda installer started. The
> button stays pressed an nothing happens.
When I install without kickstart it hangs in the "next" button,
independent of using virt-manager or virt-install.
> When I try to install the domU using virt-install, it gives a black
> screen after starting anaconda installer.
The black screen happens when I use kickstart.

Regards,

Augusto

Augusto Castelan Carlson wrote:
> Some corrections about my problem:
> 
>> When I try to install the domU using virt-manager, it hangs when I
>> click the first next button after anaconda installer started. The
>> button stays pressed an nothing happens.
> 
> When I install without kickstart it hangs in the "next" button,
> independent of using virt-manager or virt-install.
> 
>> When I try to install the domU using virt-install, it gives a black
>> screen after starting anaconda installer.

You really do not have enough RAM; I think the minimum for F8 is 512 Mbytes.

Since xen and KVM both require real RAM, and since F8 generally doesn''t
perform all that well in 512 Mbytes I suggest you add a bit.

My F8 test box has 2 Gbytes, and I''m contemplating removing half that 
and adding a pair of 2 Gbyte sticks.


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