Re: [Xen-devel] OSSTest -- debian-hvm-install, how to see the progress of guest auto installation

["Hu, Robert" <robert.hu@xxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Campbell [mailto:ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2015 4:59 PM
> To: Hu, Robert; ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: OSSTest -- debian-hvm-install, how to see the progress of guest
> auto installation
> 
> On Fri, 2015-07-31 at 08:47 +0000, Hu, Robert wrote:
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ian Campbell [mailto:ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2015 4:46 PM
> > > To: Hu, Robert; ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: OSSTest -- debian-hvm-install, how to see the progress of
> > > guest
> > > auto installation
> > >
> > > On Fri, 2015-07-31 at 08:29 +0000, Hu, Robert wrote:
> > >
> > > Please can you not top post.
> > >
> > > > Further more, now I see debian-hvm guest boots up. But it hangs at
> > > > 'Starting MTA'.
> > > > Is MTA necessary?
> > >
> > > Not really, but it's part of the standard Debian installation.
> > >
> > > If it is hanging then that usually indicates something is wrong with
> > > networking, either connectivity or DNS etc. Removing the MTA would
> > > simply
> > > be working around that underlying issue
> > Do you know how to disable it? seems it is not a service?
> 
> I don't know how to turn off the MTA during install, and like I said that
> is not the approach you should be taking to resolve this issue. Instead you
> should fix whatever it is that is broken about the network in your test
> case.
I checked my network environment settings, all common settings are set
correctly (dns, routes, gateway, ntp, etc.). I don't see any network 
configuration
shall blocking MTA start up, unless it has some special requirements.
> 
> > >
> > > IOW patches to remove the MTA would likely not be accepted.
> > I see. Thanks for remind.
> > >
> > > Ian.
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