[kernel-xen] Installing Debian using Xen 4.2.0

joe@zoomcloud.net joe at zoomcloud.net
Sun Sep 30 13:33:45 EST 2012


Don't have 4.2 running atm.  If I gave u a copy of the image can u try? I can try and publish them in the morning. 

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From: "Steven Haigh" <netwiz at crc.id.au>
To: <kernel-xen at lists.wireless.org.au>
Subject: [kernel-xen] Installing Debian using Xen 4.2.0
Date: Sat, Sep 29, 2012 10:24 pm


If you strip it down to what I had as my config file, does it work?

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Steven Haigh

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On 30/09/2012 4:00 AM, Joe Fialkowski wrote:
> Here is the cfg I am using with the templates from stack let. This
> config works with 4.1.3 but not 4.2. Maybe its pygrub?
>
> ## This configuration file was automatically generated
> ## by SolusVM on Sat Sep 29 09:57:58 2012
>
> ## Cfg type: XEN-PV-LOCAL-STORAGE
>
> #kernel     = '/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic'
> #ramdisk    = '/boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic'
> bootloader = '/usr/bin/pygrub'
> extra      = ''
> memory     = 512
> hostname   = 'ubuntu-x86_64-vm'
> cpu_weight = 256
> name       = 'vm1025'
> vif        = ['ip=199.231.190.23, vifname=vifvm1025.0,
> mac=00:16:3e:94:3d:48, rate=128KB/s, bridge=br0, model=e1000']
> vnc        = 0
> vcpus      = 1
> vncviewer  = 0
> serial     = 'pty'
> disk       = ['phy:/dev/vg_xm3/vm1025_img,xvda1,w',
> 'phy:/dev/vg_xm3/vm1025_swap,xvda2,w']
> #root       = '/dev/xvda1 ro'
>
> --
> Joe Fialkowski
> ZoomCloud.net
>
> On Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 1:07 AM, Steven Haigh wrote:
>
>> Ok, so I'm still getting used to how Debian works... however, I've
>> installed Debian successfully by using the following DomU config:
>>
>> name = "debtest.vm"
>> memory = 1024
>> vcpus = 2
>> cpus = "1-7"
>> on_poweroff = 'destroy'
>> on_reboot = 'restart'
>> on_crash = 'restart'
>>
>> kernel = "/root/debian/vmlinuz"
>> ramdisk = "/root/debian/initrd.gz"
>> extra = "debian-installer/exit/always_halt=true -- console=hvc0"
>>
>> localtime = 0
>> disk = [ 'phy:/dev/vg_hosting/debtest.vm,xvda,w' ]
>>
>> vif = [ 'mac=20:34:01:36:00:99,bridge=br0' ]
>>
>> I obtained the vmlinuz and initrd.gz files from:
>> http://cdn.debian.net/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/xen/
>>
>> While this will probably have to be modified for whoever else wants to
>> use this, the install seems to be working correctly so far. I think my
>> previous errors were simply me not having a clue about the Debian
>> installer.
>>
>> I ran through the installer by creating the DomU:
>> xm create debtest.vm -c
>>
>> Then followed the prompts. I installed as a whole disk install and just
>> let the installer take care of the rest for me... It took ~5 minutes to
>> download 1132 packages and then about the same to install them all.
>>
>> After this was done, I edited the xen config file to as follows:
>>
>> name = "debtest.vm"
>> memory = 1024
>> vcpus = 2
>> cpus = "1-7"
>> on_poweroff = 'destroy'
>> on_reboot = 'restart'
>> on_crash = 'restart'
>>
>> bootloader = "pygrub"
>>
>> localtime = 0
>> disk = [ 'phy:/dev/vg_hosting/debtest.vm,xvda,w' ]
>>
>> vif = [ 'mac=20:34:01:36:00:99,bridge=br0' ]
>>
>> I then fired up the DomU using:
>> xm create debtest.vm
>>
>> Up it booted. Seems everything boots and works as it should. All
>> packages seem to be at their latest:
>>
>> root at debian:~# apt-get upgrade
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree
>> Reading state information... Done
>> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>> root at debian:~# cat /etc/debian_version
>> 6.0.5
>> root at debian:~#
>>
>> So, this leaves me to wonder what issues people are having?
>>
>> --
>> Steven Haigh
>>
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