RE: [Xen-users] Problems installing a virtual machine

Hi there,

Well, I keep wondering why people use the xen-create-image tools…

Create the lvm partition yourself, use fdisk to make partitions on it (or use lvm paritions), use kpartx –a –p @ /dev/path/to/lvm to expose the thing (you can find it under /dev/mapper/ now), create a file system and mount it somewhere. Then use debootstrap to create the debian install on there, make some adjustments eg. setting network config, hostname and root password.

Copy the xen modules from /lib/modules/xen-2.6.xxxx/* /mnt/myvm/lib/modules/

Umount, kpartx –d of the thing.

Create the xen config file with the following content:

kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16.29-xenU"

memory = 490

name = "m1"

vif = ['mac=00:16:3E:96:00:01,bridge=xenbr0']

vcpus = 1

disk = ['phy:/dev/path/to/lvm,hda,w']

dhcp = "off"

extra = "ip=off"

root = "/dev/hda1 ro"

Now xm create your VM. Much easier ;-)

If you want the full options of the commands, just let me know and I will post them.

Cheers,

Jeroen

From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pedro Rafael Alves Simoes
Sent: maandag 21 januari 2008 11:26
To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Xen-users] Problems installing a virtual machine

Hello,

I'm having problems creating virtual machines with Xen. I've followed this tutorial to install Xen and it's virtual domains: http://www.howtoforge.com/debian_etch_xen_3.1. Well, it didn't work. The Dom-0 seems to be ok, but the xen-create-image is not running quite well. This is my command:

xen-create-image --verbose --size=2000M --swap=256M --ide --lvm=virtua --hostname=vm01 --memory=128M --kernel=/boot/vmlinuz- 2.6.18-xen --debootstrap --dist=etch --ip=192.168.0.101 --netmask=255.255.255.0 --gateway=192.168.0.1 --arch=i386 –passwd

I created the LVM group with the following commands:

pvcreate /dev/sda3

vgcreate virtua /dev/sda3

This is the full output from the xen-create-image:

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General Infomation

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Hostname : vm01

Distribution : etch

Fileystem Type : ext3

Size Information

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Image size : 2000M

Swap size : 256M

Image type : full

Memory size : 128M

Kernel path : /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-xen

Initrd path : /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-xen

Networking Information

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IP Address 1 : 192.168.0.101

Netmask : 255.255.255.0

Gateway : 192.168.0.1

Executing : /sbin/lvcreate virtua -L 2000MM -n vm01-disk

Finished : /sbin/lvcreate virtua -L 2000MM -n vm01-disk 2>&1 | tee --append /var/log/xen-tools/vm01.log

Executing : /sbin/lvcreate virtua -L 256M -n vm01-swap

Finished : /sbin/lvcreate virtua -L 256M -n vm01-swap 2>&1 | tee --append /var/log/xen-tools/vm01.log

Creating ext3 filesystem on /dev/virtua/vm01-disk

Executing : /sbin/mkfs.ext3 -F /dev/virtua/vm01-disk

Finished : /sbin/mkfs.ext3 -F /dev/virtua/vm01-disk 2>&1 | tee --append /var/log/xen-tools/vm01.log

Done

Executing : /sbin/mkswap /dev/virtua/vm01-swap

Finished : /sbin/mkswap /dev/virtua/vm01-swap 2>&1 | tee --append /var/log/xen-tools/vm01.log

Executing : mount -t ext3 /dev/virtua/vm01-disk /tmp/Rni00FKNyr

Finished : mount -t ext3 /dev/virtua/vm01-disk /tmp/Rni00FKNyr 2>&1 | tee --append /var/log/xen-tools/vm01.log

Installing your system with debootstrap mirror http://debian.ua..pt/debian/

Executing : /usr/bin/xt-install-image --hostname=vm01 --location=/tmp/Rni00FKNyr --dist=etch --cache=no --debootstrap --mirror= http://debian.ua.pt/debian/ --verbose --arch=i386

Finished : /usr/bin/xt-install-image --hostname=vm01 --location=/tmp/Rni00FKNyr --dist=etch --cache=no --debootstrap --mirror= http://debian.ua.pt/debian/ --verbose --arch=i386 2>&1 | tee --append /var/log/xen-tools/vm01.log

Done

Customization Script Environment:

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'HISTCONTROL' = 'ignoredups'

'HOME' = '/root'

'LANG' = 'en_US.UTF-8'

'LESSCLOSE' = '/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s'

'LESSOPEN' = '| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s'

'LOGNAME' = 'root'

'LS_COLORS' = 'no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:su=37;41:sg=30;43:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*..rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.flac=01;35:*.mp3=01;35:*.mpc=01;35:*.ogg=01;35:*.wav=01;35:'

'MAIL' = '/var/mail/root'

'OLDPWD' = '/tmp/QLtiThM3Hc'

'PATH' = '/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11'

'PS1' = '\h:\w\$ '

'PWD' = '/tmp'

'SHELL' = '/bin/bash'

'SHLVL' = '2'

'SSH_AUTH_SOCK' = '/tmp/ssh-sHqCdy2989/agent.2989'

'SSH_CLIENT' = '10.176.25.101 4777 22'

'SSH_CONNECTION' = '10.176.25.101 4777 10.176.24.137 22'

'SSH_TTY' = '/dev/pts/0'

'TERM' = 'xterm'

'USER' = 'root'

'_' = '/usr/bin/xen-create-image'

'arch' = 'i386'

'cache' = 'no'

'debootstrap' = '1'

'dist' = 'etch'

'force' = '0'

'fs' = 'ext3'

'gateway' = '192.168.0.1'

'hostname' = 'vm01'

'http_proxy' = 'http://10.176.25.211:9999'

'ide' = '1'

'image' = 'full'

'initrd' = '/boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-xen'

'ip1' = '192.168.0.101'

'ip_count' = '1'

'kernel' = '/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-xen'

'lvm' = 'virtua'

'make_fs_ext3' = '/sbin/mkfs.ext3 -F '

'make_fs_reiserfs' = '/sbin/mkfs.reiserfs -f -q '

'make_fs_xfs' = '/sbin/mkfs.xfs -f -d name='

'memory' = '128M'

'mirror' = 'http://debian.ua.pt/debian/'

'mount_fs_ext3' = '-t ext3'

'mount_fs_reiserfs' = '-t reiserfs'

'mount_fs_xfs' = '-t xfs'

'netmask' = '255.255.255.0'

'passwd' = '1'

'roledir' = '/etc/xen-tools/role.d'

'rpmstrap' = '0'

'size' = '2000M'

'swap' = '256M'

'template' = ''

'verbose' = '1'

'xm' = '/usr/sbin/xm'

Running hooks

Executing : xt-customize-image --dist=etch --location=/tmp/Rni00FKNyr --verbose

Finished : xt-customize-image --dist=etch --location=/tmp/Rni00FKNyr --verbose 2>&1 | tee --append /var/log/xen-tools/vm01.log

Done

No role script specified. Skipping

Creating Xen configuration file

Executing : /usr/bin/xt-create-xen-config --output=/etc/xen

Finished : /usr/bin/xt-create-xen-config --output=/etc/xen 2>&1 | tee --append /var/log/xen-tools/vm01.log

Done

Setting up root password

chroot: cannot run command `/usr/bin/passwd': No such file or directory

All done

Unmounting : /tmp/Rni00FKNyr

Executing : umount /tmp/Rni00FKNyr

Finished : umount /tmp/Rni00FKNyr 2>&1 | tee --append /var/log/xen-tools/vm01.log

Logfile produced at:

/var/log/xen-tools/vm01.log

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The /var/log/xen-tools/vm01.log has this output:

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Running hooks

Running hook 15-disable-hwclock

chmod: cannot access `/tmp/QLtiThM3Hc/etc/init.d/hwclockfirst.sh': No such file or directory

hook 15-disable-hwclock: done.

Running hook 20-setup-apt

chroot: cannot run command `/usr/bin/apt-get': No such file or directory

hook 20-setup-apt: done.

Running hook 25-disable-tls

chroot: cannot run command `/usr/bin/apt-get': No such file or directory

hook 25-disable-tls: done.

Running hook 30-fix-inittab

hook 30-fix-inittab: done.

Running hook 35-setup-users

hook 35-setup-users: done.

Running hook 40-setup-networking

hook 40-setup-networking: done.

Running hook 50-setup-hostname

hook 50-setup-hostname: done..

Running hook 55-create-dev

/usr/lib/xen-tools/etch.d/55-create-dev: line 34: ./MAKEDEV: No such file or directory

/usr/lib/xen-tools/etch.d/55-create-dev: line 35: ./MAKEDEV: No such file or directory

hook 55-create-dev: done.

Running hook 60-copy-host-files

hook 60-copy-host-files: done.

Running hook 65-copy-user-files

hook 65-copy-user-files: done.

Running hook 70-install-ssh

chroot: cannot run command `/usr/bin/apt-get': No such file or directory

chroot: cannot run command `/etc/init.d/ssh': No such file or directory

hook 70-install-ssh: done.

Running hook 80-install-modules

chroot: cannot run command `/usr/bin/apt-get': No such file or directory

hook 80-install-modules: done.

Running hook 90-make-fstab

hook 90-make-fstab: done.

Running hook 99-clean-image

chroot: cannot run command `/usr/bin/apt-get': No such file or directory

hook 99-clean-image: done.

Done

No role script specified. Skipping

Creating Xen configuration file

Done

Setting up root password

All done

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There are various commands missing. Then, when I do "xm create /etc/xen/vm01.cfg", the output shows errors like this:

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