On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 02:01:01PM +0200, Lars Bjørndal wrote:
> I'm not able to install a guest OS. I give the following command on
> my Fedora 16 machine, running i686:
>
> 'virt-install --connect xen:/// --os-type linux \
> -l
>
http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/16/Fedora/i38...
> \
> --ram 512 --disk /var/lib/libvirt/images/f16.img,size=4 --name F16 \
> --graphic none --paravirt --virt-type=xen \
> -x "serial console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200"'
Hm, you are using the wrong console. Should be 'console=hvc0'
if you want to use the PV console with the PV guest.
>
> I get the following output:
>
> 'Starting install...
> Retrieving file .treeinfo... | 1.8 kB
> 00:00 ...
> Retrieving file vmlinuz-PAE... | 7.9 MB
> 00:03 ...
> Retrieving file initrd-PAE.img... | 257 MB
> 01:47 ...
> Creating domain... | 0 B
> 00:04
> Connected to domain F16
> Escape character is ^]
> error: Unable to open stream for '(null)': Bad address
>
> Domain installation still in progress. You can reconnect to
> the console to complete the installation process.'
Thank you. I tried that, but got exactly the same error message. Do I
miss some other parameters to virt-install?
Regards,
Lars