Libguestfs - Oct 2013 - febootstrap-supermin-helper error

Hi Rich,

I got an error:
> supermin helper [00000ms] visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d
> supermin helper [00000ms] visiting
/usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/base.img
> supermin helper [00000ms] visiting
/usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/daemon.img
> supermin helper [00000ms] visiting
/usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/hostfiles
> supermin helper [00012ms] visiting
/usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/init.img
> supermin helper [00012ms] visiting
/usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/udev-rules.img
> supermin helper [00012ms] adding kernel modules
> supermin helper [00031ms] finished creating appliance
> libguestfs: checksum of existing appliance:
4c7b7ebc9242976d42a30d676624e001722d4256590ee5be78cabb3bf0ebe726
> libguestfs: [00033ms] begin building supermin appliance
> libguestfs: [00033ms] run supermin-helper
> libguestfs: command: run: /usr/bin/febootstrap-supermin-helper
> libguestfs: command: run: \ --verbose
> libguestfs: command: run: \ --copy-kernel
> libguestfs: command: run: \ -f ext2
> libguestfs: command: run: \ /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d
> libguestfs: command: run: \ x86_64
> libguestfs: command: run: \ /var/tmp/guestfs.2akZDG/kernel
> libguestfs: command: run: \ /var/tmp/guestfs.2akZDG/initrd
> libguestfs: command: run: \ /var/tmp/guestfs.2akZDG/root
> supermin helper [00000ms] whitelist = (not specified), host_cpu = x86_64,
kernel = /var/tmp/guestfs.2akZDG/kernel, initrd =
/var/tmp/guestfs.2akZDG/initrd, appliance = /var/tmp/guestfs.2akZDG/root
> supermin helper [00000ms] inputs[0] = /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d
> checking modpath /lib/modules/3.11.2-201.fc19.x86_64 is a directory
> picked vmlinuz-3.11.2-201.fc19.x86_64 because modpath
/lib/modules/3.11.2-201.fc19.x86_64 exists
> checking modpath /lib/modules/3.11.4-201.fc19.x86_64 is a directory
> picked vmlinuz-3.11.4-201.fc19.x86_64 because modpath
/lib/modules/3.11.4-201.fc19.x86_64 exists
> checking modpath /lib/modules/3.11.3-201.fc19.x86_64 is a directory
> picked vmlinuz-3.11.3-201.fc19.x86_64 because modpath
/lib/modules/3.11.3-201.fc19.x86_64 exists
> supermin helper [00004ms] finished creating kernel
> supermin helper [00342ms] finished mke2fs
> supermin helper [00343ms] visiting /usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d
> supermin helper [00343ms] visiting
/usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/base.img
> supermin helper [00357ms] visiting
/usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/daemon.img
> supermin helper [00361ms] visiting
/usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/hostfiles
> supermin helper [00724ms] visiting
/usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/init.img
> supermin helper [00725ms] visiting
/usr/local/lib/guestfs/supermin.d/udev-rules.img
> supermin helper [00725ms] adding kernel modules
> /usr/bin/febootstrap-supermin-helper: ext2: parent directory not found:
/lib/modules: File not found by ext2_lookup
> libguestfs: error: /usr/bin/febootstrap-supermin-helper exited with error
status 1, see debug messages above
> libguestfs: command: run: rm
> libguestfs: command: run: \ -rf /var/tmp/guestfs.2akZDG
> libguestfs-test-tool: failed to launch appliance
> libguestfs: closing guestfs handle 0x153d340 (state 0)
> libguestfs: command: run: rm
> libguestfs: command: run: \ -rf /tmp/libguestfsDlCtiv
My feboot* is febootstrap-supermin-helper-3.21-2.fc18.x86_64, a bug or am I
missing something?

Thanks,
Wanlong Gao

On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 04:10:51PM +0800, Wanlong Gao
wrote:
> > supermin helper [00725ms] adding kernel modules
> > /usr/bin/febootstrap-supermin-helper: ext2: parent directory not
found: /lib/modules: File not found by ext2_lookup
This is almost always caused by you running out of disk space
in the temporary cache directory (usually /var/tmp).

There is a bug open to make this error message more useful:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=965524

Rich.

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