Re: [Xen-users] Cannot run vm

Igor Chubin
Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:39:23 -0000

...
> This is all my Debian setup:
>
> ------------ grub/menu.lst ------------
> title           Xen 3.0.3-1-i386-pae / Debian GNU/Linux, kernel
> 2.6.18-5-xen-686
> root            (hd0,1)
> kernel          /boot/xen-3.0.3-1-i386-pae.gz
> module          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-xen-686 root=/dev/sda2 ro
> console=tty0
> module          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-5-xen-686
> savedefault
>
> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-5-686
> root            (hd0,1)
> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686 root=/dev/sda2 ro
> initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-5-686
> savedefault
>
> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-5-686 (single-user mode)
> root            (hd0,1)
> kernel         /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686 root=/dev/sda2 ro single
> initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-5-686
> ---------------------------------------
>
...
>
> ------------------- in-console -----------------------
> # ls /boot -alh
> total 13M
> drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4.0K 2007-12-13 14:52 .
> drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4.0K 2007-12-13 01:20 ..
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root  70K 2007-10-03 01:31 config-2.6.18-5-686
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root  66K 2007-10-03 07:12 config-2.6.18-5-xen-686
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4.0K 2007-12-13 15:03 grub
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 4.3M 2007-12-07 22:35 initrd.img-2.6.18-5-686
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 4.4M 2007-12-07 22:40 initrd.img-2.6.18-5-xen-686
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 706K 2007-10-03 06:49 System.map-2.6.18-5-686
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 716K 2007-10-03 07:12 System.map-2.6.18-5-xen-686
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1.3M 2007-10-03 06:49 vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1.2M 2007-10-03 07:11 vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-xen-686
> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 254K 2007-10-23 03:24 xen-3.0.3-1-i386-pae.gz
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> -------------- vm01_neo.cfg ------------------
> kernel = "/boot/xen-3.0.3-1-i386-pae.gz"


You try to load a hypervisor instead of a kernel.

Try to specify:

kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-xen-686"
ramdisk = "initrd.img-2.6.18-5-xen-686"

and start the domain.

> memory = 64
> name = "vm01"
> disk = [
>
''file:/xen_vm/domains/vm01/diskimage,sda1,w'',''file:/xen_vm/domains/vm01/swapimage,sda2,w''
> ]
> root = "/dev/sda1 ro"
> ------------------------------------------------
>
>
> after running: xm create vn01_neo.cfg -c
>
> Using config file "vm01_neo.cfg".
> Error: (22, ''Invalid argument'')
>
>
>
> ------------ xend.log ------------
> VmError: (22, ''Invalid argument'')
> [2007-12-13 14:54:16 xend.XendDomainInfo 3028] DEBUG (__init__:1072)
> XendDomainInfo.destroy: domid=2
> [2007-12-13 14:54:16 xend.XendDomainInfo 3028] DEBUG (__init__:1072)
> XendDomainInfo.destroyDomain(2)
> [2007-12-13 14:55:50 xend.XendDomainInfo 3028] DEBUG (__init__:1072)
> XendDomainInfo.create([''vm'', [''name'',
''vm01''], [''memory'', 64],
[''vcpus'',
> 1], [''image'', [''linux'',
[''kernel'', ''/boot/xen-3.0.3-1-i386-pae.gz''],
> [''root'', ''/dev/sda1 ro'']]],
[''device'', [''vbd'',
[''uname'',
> ''file:/xen_vm/domains/vm01/diskimage''],
[''dev'', ''sda1''], [''mode'',
''w'']]],
> [''device'', [''vbd'',
[''uname'',
''file:/xen_vm/domains/vm01/swapimage''],
> [''dev'', ''sda2''],
[''mode'', ''w'']]]])
> [2007-12-13 14:55:50 xend.XendDomainInfo 3028] DEBUG (__init__:1072)
> parseConfig: config is [''vm'', [''name'',
''vm01''], [''memory'', 64],
[''vcpus'',
> 1], [''image'', [''linux'',
[''kernel'', ''/boot/xen-3.0.3-1-i386-pae.gz''],
> [''root'', ''/dev/sda1 ro'']]],
[''device'', [''vbd'',
[''uname'',
> ''file:/xen_vm/domains/vm01/diskimage''],
[''dev'', ''sda1''], [''mode'',
''w'']]],
> [''device'', [''vbd'',
[''uname'',
''file:/xen_vm/domains/vm01/swapimage''],
> [''dev'', ''sda2''],
[''mode'', ''w'']]]]
> [2007-12-13 14:55:50 xend.XendDomainInfo 3028] DEBUG (__init__:1072)
> parseConfig: result is {''shadow_memory'': None,
''uuid'': None, ''on_crash'':
> None, ''on_reboot'': None, ''localtime'':
None, ''image'': [''linux'',
[''kernel'',
> ''/boot/xen-3.0.3-1-i386-pae.gz''],
[''root'', ''/dev/sda1 ro'']],
''on_poweroff'':
> None, ''bootloader_args'': None, ''cpus'':
None, ''name'': ''vm01'',
''backend'': [],
> ''vcpus'': 1, ''cpu_weight'': None,
''features'': None, ''vcpu_avail'': None,
> ''memory'': 64, ''device'':
[(''vbd'', [''vbd'', [''uname'',
> ''file:/xen_vm/domains/vm01/diskimage''],
[''dev'', ''sda1''], [''mode'',
''w'']]),
> (''vbd'', [''vbd'',
[''uname'',
''file:/xen_vm/domains/vm01/swapimage''],
[''dev'',
> ''sda2''], [''mode'',
''w'']])], ''bootloader'': None,
''cpu'': None, ''maxmem'': None}
> [2007-12-13 14:55:50 xend.XendDomainInfo 3028] DEBUG (__init__:1072)
> XendDomainInfo.construct: None
> [2007-12-13 14:55:50 xend.XendDomainInfo 3028] DEBUG (__init__:1072)
> XendDomainInfo.initDomain: 3 1.0
> [2007-12-13 14:55:50 xend 3028] DEBUG (__init__:1072) Balloon: 66492 KiB
> free; need 65536; done.
> [2007-12-13 14:55:50 xend 3028] INFO (__init__:1072) buildDomain os=linux
> dom=3 vcpus=1
> [2007-12-13 14:55:50 xend 3028] DEBUG (__init__:1072) dom            = 3
> [2007-12-13 14:55:50 xend 3028] DEBUG (__init__:1072) image          =
> /boot/xen-3.0.3-1-i386-pae.gz
> [2007-12-13 14:55:50 xend 3028] DEBUG (__init__:1072) store_evtchn   = 1
> [2007-12-13 14:55:50 xend 3028] DEBUG (__init__:1072) console_evtchn = 2
> [2007-12-13 14:55:50 xend 3028] DEBUG (__init__:1072) cmdline        =
> root=/dev/sda1 ro
> [2007-12-13 14:55:50 xend 3028] DEBUG (__init__:1072) ramdisk        >
[2007-12-13 14:55:50 xend 3028] DEBUG (__init__:1072) vcpus          = 1
> [2007-12-13 14:55:50 xend 3028] DEBUG (__init__:1072) features       >
[2007-12-13 14:55:50 xend.XendDomainInfo 3028] ERROR (__init__:1072) Domain
> construction failed
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File
"/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/lib/python/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", line
> 195, in create
>    vm.initDomain()
>  File
"/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/lib/python/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", line
> 1363, in initDomain
>    raise VmError(str(exn))
> VmError: (22, ''Invalid argument'')
> [2007-12-13 14:55:50 xend.XendDomainInfo 3028] DEBUG (__init__:1072)
> XendDomainInfo.destroy: domid=3
> [2007-12-13 14:55:50 xend.XendDomainInfo 3028] DEBUG (__init__:1072)
> XendDomainInfo.destroyDomain(3)
> ----------------------------------
>
>
> Please advise.
> tnx.
>
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