[Xen-users] create with virt-install hangs

["Daniel McBrearty" <danielmcbrearty@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

I am just starting with xen and trying to get a few vm's running on
this pentium 4 system. I tried using virt-install to start things. I
am using this link as the install base:
ftp://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/ ,
and a local file as hard drive.

What happens is that virt-install downloads the kernel, boots, a VNC
window for the new VM appears, but it just stops dead, after "mounting
/sys filesystem ... done". (Unfortunately I cannot copy paste from
that window ...)

This is what is in /var/log/xen/xend-debug.log :

Running with no password
12/02/2008 14:17:10 Autoprobing TCP port
12/02/2008 14:17:10 Autoprobing selected port 5900
12/02/2008 14:17:10   other clients:
12/02/2008 14:17:10 Client Protocol Version 3.8
12/02/2008 14:17:10 Protocol version sent 3.8, using 3.8
12/02/2008 14:17:10 rfbProcessClientSecurityType: executing handler for type 1
12/02/2008 14:17:10 rfbProcessClientSecurityType: returning
securityResult for client rfb versin >= 3.8
12/02/2008 14:17:10 Pixel format for client 127.0.0.1:
12/02/2008 14:17:10   8 bpp, depth 6
12/02/2008 14:17:10   true colour: max r 3 g 3 b 3, shift r 4 g 2 b 0
12/02/2008 14:17:10 Enabling full-color cursor updates for client 127.0.0.1
12/02/2008 14:17:10 Enabling NewFBSize protocol extension for client 127.0.0.1
12/02/2008 14:17:10 Using ZRLE encoding for client 127.0.0.1
12/02/2008 14:17:10 Pixel format for client 127.0.0.1:
12/02/2008 14:17:10   32 bpp, depth 24, little endian
12/02/2008 14:17:10   true colour: max r 255 g 255 b 255, shift r 16 g 8 b 0
12/02/2008 14:17:10 Enabling full-color cursor updates for client 127.0.0.1
12/02/2008 14:17:10 Enabling NewFBSize protocol extension for client 127.0.0.1
12/02/2008 14:17:10 Switching from ZRLE to hextile Encoding for client 127.0.0.1


Other info:

base OS : CentOS 5
kernel: 2.6.18-53.1.6.el5xen

/proc/cpu:
[root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 15
model           : 4
model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
stepping        : 3
cpu MHz         : 2990.542
cache size      : 2048 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 5
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36
clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni
monitor ds_cpl est cid cx16 xtpr
bogomips        : 7481.19

processor       : 1
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 15
model           : 4
model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
stepping        : 3
cpu MHz         : 2990.542
cache size      : 2048 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 5
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36
clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc up
pni monitor ds_cpl est cid cx16 xtpr
bogomips        : 7481.19

Any ideas? Presumably the window should make it as far as a bash
prompt or something ...

At the moment, I would just like to get this machine running with a
few VM's to show the other guys in my team ... I am looking for the
most simple way to provision and create guest OS's, given that I have
1GB memory total available ...

thanks

Daniel

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