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Re: [Xen-users] VM Config file

2011/3/31 JOSÉ FORMIGA <jformiga.rs@gmail.com>
Hi Fajar.
Thanks by orientation.
 
But if I use this:
 
import os, re
arch = os.uname()[4]
if re.search('64', arch):
    arch_libdir = 'lib64'
else:
    arch_libdir = 'lib'
kernel = "/usr/lib/xen-4.0/boot/hvmloader"
builder='hvm'
memory = 512
shadow_memory = 8
name = "SUSE10"
vif = [ 'type=ioemu, bridge=xenbr0' ]
disk = [ 'file:/root/xensuse10.img,hda,w', 'file:/root/suse10.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
device_model = '/usr/' + arch_libdir + '/xen-4.0/bin/qemu-dm'
# boot on floppy (a), hard disk (c) or CD-ROM (d)
# default: hard disk, cd-rom, floppy
boot="dc"
sdl = 0
vnc = 1

vnclisten="0.0.0.0"
vncdisplay=0
vncconsole = 0
vncpasswd='milonga'
stdvga = 0
serial = 'pty'
 
and use xm create vmxxx -c , it give me a "Domain do not exist".
 
What am I doing wrong ?


*Shrug*

Lot's of things can go wrong. That's why it's easier to:
- use a distro that comes bundled with Xen
- use that distro's management tools

After you can create it using management tools, it's easier to start with manual-created config file. RHEL5 comes with virt-manager, while Suse should have a module for yast.

In your case the problem might be anything from incorrect bridge name (does xenbr0 exists?) to selinux problem (/root is usually not accessable by daemons). files on /var/log/xen/* usually give some indincations what's wrong.

-- 
Fajar

 
 
Can you give a model ?
 
Thanks.
JoseFormiga

Em 30 de março de 2011 20:20, Fajar A. Nugraha <list@xxxxxxxxx> escreveu:

2011/3/31 JOSÉ FORMIGA <jformiga.rs@gmail.com>
Hi.
Please, I need a help.
I am trying create a VM into a Debian 4 XEN. If I use a xen-create-image command, it works ok.
But I need create a VM using a ISO dvd (suse, debian, etc). 

That's a known issue. You can NOT use ISO/cdrom to install most (if not all) linux distros when using PV domU
(hint: if you don't know what PV domU is, that's what you get when you specifiy "kernel = '/boot/vmlinuz*' or 'bootloader=').

You CAN use ISO if you use HVM domU (see /etc/xen/xmexample* for PV and HVM sample config files).

-- 
Fajar



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