Thanks for replying Dario,
Yes, I saw your other e-mail too, but I'm afraid I can't help much as I
always have:
- used xl only, when building Xen from sources,
- used Fedora Xen packages only, when using libvirt stuff
I just want to get couple of DomUs running, that is all. I'm not particular about which tool I use. Virt-manager seemed easier/quicker, hence I picked that.
I did some reading on configuring DomUs using xl/xm and cfg files. http://www.fclose.com/b/linux/2544/setting-up-lvm-backed-xen-domu/ http://www.fclose.com/w/Setting_Up_Xen_DomU_on_Fedora:_Unmodified_Fedora_on_...
So basically I create the cfg file, and do "xm/xl create xmf16install -c" This is one of my cfg files.
name="xmf16install" memory=2048 vcpus=1 disk=['phy:/dev/xenvg/xmf16lvm,xvda,w'] vif = [ 'bridge=br0' ] kernel = "/home/fedora16pxe/vmlinuz" ramdisk = "/home/fedora16pxe/initrd.img" onreboot = 'restart' oncrash = 'restart'
The CentOS/Fedora installers are being launched, but I think I am running into a problem when the installers ask for HTTP location from where to pickup the images for install. I got different kinds of errors each time (I tried multiple installations (F15,16, F17, CentOS5).
Some of the errors I got from the anaconda installers were (F12, CentOS5) '' loader received SIGSEGV! Backtrace:
[0x80488c4] [0xc18420] [0x818c9e3] [0x806305c] [0x806cbcb] [0x806cd06] [0x806d1b7] [0x806c5ee] [0x80623ec] [0x8062b29] install exited abnormally [1/1] sending termination signals...done sending kill signals...done disabling swap... unmounting filesystems... /proc done /dev/pts done /sys done /tmp/ramfs done you may safely reboot your system"
F(15) "Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing │ │ repodata directory. Please ensure that your install tree has │ │ been correctly generated. │ │ │ │ Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: │ │ updates. Please verify its path and try again "
I am guessing there is a problem when it tries to connect to the internet to download packages. I have also attached my domU cfg file for reference in the email.
Could someone point out where am I going wrong ?
I just want to get couple of DomUs working and this is proving tougher than I thought. :( Is there something wrong with my cfg files. Or is something else the issue here ?
I see... Just shooting in the dark here, and forgive me if it's a stupid question, but is libvirtd running?
Yes, it is.
# service libvirtd status libvirtd.service - Virtualization daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd.service; enabled) Active: active (running) since Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:50:10 -0500 Main PID: 1248 (libvirtd) CGroup: name=systemd:/system/libvirtd.service
As I said, I'm really short in ideas/experience, sorry. Something I would probably try is:
- uninstalling your built version of Xen
- installing Fedora 17's Xen packages
- try libvirt with them
This was what I tried initially. Regular F17, then yum install Xen, and Virt-manager just worked out of the box for me, and I was able to create DomUs.
Sorry, I just seem to be running into multiple issues with this! Kindly help. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
If all else fails, I am willing to start with a fresh install of F18 as Dom0 and try to install Xen from source on that. Would this help ? I remember you telling me F18 with Xen 4.2 working well with the Virt-tools.