diff -r 3ef0510e44d0 tools/python/xen/xm/create.py
--- a/tools/python/xen/xm/create.py	Tue May 08 10:21:23 2007 +0100
+++ b/tools/python/xen/xm/create.py	Thu Jul 19 15:56:45 2007 +0800
@@ -1311,24 +1311,28 @@ def do_console(domain_name):
 def do_console(domain_name):
     cpid = os.fork() 
     if cpid != 0:
-        for i in range(10):
-            # Catch failure of the create process 
-            time.sleep(1)
-            (p, rv) = os.waitpid(cpid, os.WNOHANG)
-            if os.WIFEXITED(rv):
-                if os.WEXITSTATUS(rv) != 0:
-                    sys.exit(os.WEXITSTATUS(rv))
-            try:
-                # Acquire the console of the created dom
-                if serverType == SERVER_XEN_API:
-                    domid = server.xenapi.VM.get_domid(
-                               get_single_vm(domain_name))
-                else:
-                    dom = server.xend.domain(domain_name)
-                    domid = int(sxp.child_value(dom, 'domid', '-1'))
-                console.execConsole(domid)
-            except:
-                pass
+        # Catch failure of the create process 
+        time.sleep(1)
+        (p, rv) = os.waitpid(cpid, os.WNOHANG)
+        if os.WIFEXITED(rv):
+            if os.WEXITSTATUS(rv) != 0:
+                sys.exit(os.WEXITSTATUS(rv))
+        try:
+            # Acquire the console of the created dom
+            if serverType == SERVER_XEN_API:
+                domid = server.xenapi.VM.get_domid(
+                           get_single_vm(domain_name))
+            else:
+                dom = server.xend.domain(domain_name)
+                domid = int(sxp.child_value(dom, 'domid', '-1'))
+        except:
+            print("can't get domain id. domain crashed?\n")
+            sys.exit(0)
+
+        try:
+            console.execConsole(domid)
+        except:
+            pass
         print("Could not start console\n");
         sys.exit(0)