Hello,
I recently get the following error message from virt-install which unable me to create new VMs:
Boot from Hard Disk failed: not a bootable disk
The command that I use to create a new VM is:
sudo virt-install -v -l http://mirror3.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/CentOS/6.2/os/x86_64 --ram 1024 --disk path=./images/olio_ruby-c62_64-xen.img,size=10 --name olio_ruby-c62_64 --graphics vnc,password=foobar,port=5901,listen=0.0.0.0 --debug
I've also tried with another distro:
sudo virt-install -v -l http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/17/Fedora/x86_64... --ram 1024 --disk path=./images/olio_ruby-f17_64-xen.img,size=10 --name olio_ruby-f17_64 --graphics vnc,password=foobar,port=5904,listen=0.0.0.0 --debug
but the problem persists.
This is strange since until recently I was able to successfully create a new VM with the above commands.
Before reporting a bug I would like to know some opinion since I am not an expert in this field.
Some possibly useful info:
Host system: Fedora 16 x86_64 with kernel 3.4.2-1.fc16.x86_64 and fully up-to-date (according to yum)
Hypervisor: Xen release : 3.4.2-1.fc16.x86_64 version : #1 SMP Thu Jun 14 20:17:26 UTC 2012 machine : x86_64 nr_cpus : 4 nr_nodes : 1 cores_per_socket : 4 threads_per_core : 1 cpu_mhz : 2400 hw_caps : bfebfbff:20100800:00000000:00000940:0000e3bd:00000000:00000001:00000000 virt_caps : hvm total_memory : 4094 free_memory : 1046 free_cpus : 0 xen_major : 4 xen_minor : 1 xen_extra : .2 xen_caps : xen-3.0-x86_64 xen-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_64 xen_scheduler : credit xen_pagesize : 4096 platform_params : virt_start=0xffff800000000000 xen_changeset : unavailable xen_commandline : placeholder cc_compiler : gcc version 4.6.3 20120306 (Red Hat 4.6.3-2) (GCC) cc_compile_by : mockbuild cc_compile_domain : phx2.fedoraproject.org cc_compile_date : Mon May 7 23:28:57 UTC 2012 xend_config_format : 4
For your interest, here are some snippets of various logs (I've added only the most interesting parts):
- /var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log: 2012-06-24 08:28:04.399+0000: 1195: error : virNetSocketReadWire:912 : End of file while reading data: Input/output error
- /var/log/xen/xend.log [2012-06-20 14:55:29 1106] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:260) XendDomainInfo.createDormant({'vcpus_params': {'cap': 0, 'weight': 256}, 'PV_args': '', 'features': '', 'cpus': [[]], 'use_tmp_kernel': False, 'devices': {'adb0a566-cb2a-cd60-0e77-262f089d4d06': ('vbd', {'uuid': 'adb0a566-cb2a-cd60-0e77-262f089d4d06', 'bootable': 0, 'driver': 'paravirtualised', 'dev': 'hdc:cdrom', 'mode': 'r', 'VDI': '', 'backend': '0'}), '5c063c17-4b63-7ffb-9ed9-7033864998ee': ('vfb', {'vncunused': '0', 'other_config': {'vncunused': '0', 'vnc': '1', 'vnclisten': '0.0.0.0', 'vncdisplay': '4', 'vncpasswd': 'XXXXXXXX', 'keymap': 'en-us'}, 'vnc': '1', 'uuid': '5c063c17-4b63-7ffb-9ed9-7033864998ee', 'vnclisten': '0.0.0.0', 'vncdisplay': '4', 'vncpasswd': 'XXXXXXXX', 'keymap': 'en-us', 'location': '0.0.0.0:5904'}), '91500fef-ba69-2d52-3909-c44de37aa543': ('vif', {'bridge': 'virbr0', 'mac': '00:16:3e:e3:fa:32', 'script': '/etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge', 'uuid': '91500fef-ba69-2d52-3909-c44de37aa543', 'backend': '0'}), 'ea7ee8d5-2611-22fd-939a-06ac7b2d3ab4': ('console', {'protocol': 'vt100', 'location': '3', 'uuid': 'ea7ee8d5-2611-22fd-939a-06ac7b2d3ab4'}), '1c22e2d8-34b8-f54f-8917-3577a3b52cb1': ('vkbd', {'uuid': '1c22e2d8-34b8-f54f-8917-3577a3b52cb1', 'backend': '0'}), '5cedc9f6-9a0d-4113-a8c9-05fe7a30d65e': ('vbd', {'uuid': '5cedc9f6-9a0d-4113-a8c9-05fe7a30d65e', 'bootable': 1, 'driver': 'paravirtualised', 'dev': 'hda:disk', 'uname': 'file:/home/testbed/images/winXP.img', 'mode': 'w', 'VDI': '', 'backend': '0'})}, 'memory_sharing': 0, 'superpages': '0', 'VCPUs_live': 1, 'PV_bootloader': '', 'actions_after_crash': 'restart', 'vbd_refs': ['5cedc9f6-9a0d-4113-a8c9-05fe7a30d65e', 'adb0a566-cb2a-cd60-0e77-262f089d4d06'], 'PV_ramdisk': '', 'is_control_domain': False, 'name_label': 'winXP', 'VCPUs_at_startup': 1, 'HVM_boot_params': {'order': 'c'}, 'platform': {'tsc_mode': '0', 'timer_mode': '1', 'usb': '1', 'hpet': '0', 'device_model': '/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm', 'vpt_align': '1', 'nomigrate': '0', 'boot': 'c', 'rtc_timeoffset': '1', 'loader': '/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader', 'xen_platform_pci': '1', 'acpi': '1', 'pci': [], 'pae': '1', 'apic': '1', 'serial': 'pty', 'viridian': '0', 'parallel': 'none'}, 'PV_kernel': '', 'console_refs': ['ea7ee8d5-2611-22fd-939a-06ac7b2d3ab4', '5c063c17-4b63-7ffb-9ed9-7033864998ee'], 'vif_refs': ['91500fef-ba69-2d52-3909-c44de37aa543'], 'on_xend_stop': 'ignore', 'pool_name': 'Pool-0', 'memory_static_min': 0, 'HVM_boot_policy': 'BIOS order', 'description': '', 'VCPUs_max': 1, 'start_time': 1338369536.8, 'memory_static_max': 1073741824, 'actions_after_shutdown': 'destroy', 'use_tmp_ramdisk': False, 'on_xend_start': 'ignore', 'memory_dynamic_max': 1073741824, 'actions_after_suspend': '', 'is_a_template': False, 'PV_bootloader_args': '', 'memory_dynamic_min': 1073741824, 'uuid': '73abb58e-a567-b761-9aa6-4f4c388125c1', 'cpu_time': 38.523277069, 'shadow_memory': 9, 'target': 0, 'vcpu_avail': 1L, 'notes': {'SUSPEND_CANCEL': '1'}, 'other_config': {}, 'auto_power_on': False, 'actions_after_reboot': 'restart', 'Description': '', 'status': '1', 'vtpm_refs': []})
- /var/log/xen/qemu-dm-olio_ruby-c62_64.log domid: 2 config qemu network with xen bridge for tap2.0 virbr0 Using file /home/testbed/images/olio_ruby-c62_64-xen.img in read-write mode Watching /local/domain/0/device-model/2/logdirty/cmd Watching /local/domain/0/device-model/2/command Watching /local/domain/2/cpu char device redirected to /dev/pts/2 qemu_map_cache_init nr_buckets = 10000 size 4194304 shared page at pfn feffd buffered io page at pfn feffb Guest uuid = 59448e26-2dda-8114-86f1-9c8e57723f87 Time offset set 0 populating video RAM at ff000000 mapping video RAM from ff000000 Register xen platform. Done register platform. platform_fixed_ioport: changed ro/rw state of ROM memory area. now is rw state. xs_read(/local/domain/0/device-model/2/xen_extended_power_mgmt): read error Log-dirty: no command yet. I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0 vcpu-set: watch node error. char device redirected to /dev/pts/3 xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xs_read(/local/domain/2/log-throttling): read error qemu: ignoring not-understood drive `/local/domain/2/log-throttling' medium change watch on `/local/domain/2/log-throttling' - unknown device, ignored xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed cirrus vga map change while on lfb mode mapping vram to f0000000 - f0400000 platform_fixed_ioport: changed ro/rw state of ROM memory area. now is rw state. platform_fixed_ioport: changed ro/rw state of ROM memory area. now is ro state.
Any idea?
Thank you very much for helping me.
-- Marco
CC-ing xen list since this is a xen issue.
Marco, maybe check /var/log/yum.log, see if there is an obvious package update that may have caused the regression? Presumably xen* or libvirt.
- Cole
On 06/24/2012 04:51 AM, sguazt wrote:
Hello,
I recently get the following error message from virt-install which unable me to create new VMs:
Boot from Hard Disk failed: not a bootable disk
The command that I use to create a new VM is:
sudo virt-install -v -l http://mirror3.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/CentOS/6.2/os/x86_64 --ram 1024 --disk path=./images/olio_ruby-c62_64-xen.img,size=10 --name olio_ruby-c62_64 --graphics vnc,password=foobar,port=5901,listen=0.0.0.0 --debug
I've also tried with another distro:
sudo virt-install -v -l http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/17/Fedora/x86_64... --ram 1024 --disk path=./images/olio_ruby-f17_64-xen.img,size=10 --name olio_ruby-f17_64 --graphics vnc,password=foobar,port=5904,listen=0.0.0.0 --debug
but the problem persists.
This is strange since until recently I was able to successfully create a new VM with the above commands.
Before reporting a bug I would like to know some opinion since I am not an expert in this field.
Some possibly useful info:
Host system: Fedora 16 x86_64 with kernel 3.4.2-1.fc16.x86_64 and fully up-to-date (according to yum)
Hypervisor: Xen release : 3.4.2-1.fc16.x86_64 version : #1 SMP Thu Jun 14 20:17:26 UTC 2012 machine : x86_64 nr_cpus : 4 nr_nodes : 1 cores_per_socket : 4 threads_per_core : 1 cpu_mhz : 2400 hw_caps : bfebfbff:20100800:00000000:00000940:0000e3bd:00000000:00000001:00000000 virt_caps : hvm total_memory : 4094 free_memory : 1046 free_cpus : 0 xen_major : 4 xen_minor : 1 xen_extra : .2 xen_caps : xen-3.0-x86_64 xen-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_64 xen_scheduler : credit xen_pagesize : 4096 platform_params : virt_start=0xffff800000000000 xen_changeset : unavailable xen_commandline : placeholder cc_compiler : gcc version 4.6.3 20120306 (Red Hat 4.6.3-2) (GCC) cc_compile_by : mockbuild cc_compile_domain : phx2.fedoraproject.org cc_compile_date : Mon May 7 23:28:57 UTC 2012 xend_config_format : 4
For your interest, here are some snippets of various logs (I've added only the most interesting parts):
- /var/log/libvirt/libvirtd.log:
2012-06-24 08:28:04.399+0000: 1195: error : virNetSocketReadWire:912 : End of file while reading data: Input/output error
- /var/log/xen/xend.log
[2012-06-20 14:55:29 1106] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:260) XendDomainInfo.createDormant({'vcpus_params': {'cap': 0, 'weight': 256}, 'PV_args': '', 'features': '', 'cpus': [[]], 'use_tmp_kernel': False, 'devices': {'adb0a566-cb2a-cd60-0e77-262f089d4d06': ('vbd', {'uuid': 'adb0a566-cb2a-cd60-0e77-262f089d4d06', 'bootable': 0, 'driver': 'paravirtualised', 'dev': 'hdc:cdrom', 'mode': 'r', 'VDI': '', 'backend': '0'}), '5c063c17-4b63-7ffb-9ed9-7033864998ee': ('vfb', {'vncunused': '0', 'other_config': {'vncunused': '0', 'vnc': '1', 'vnclisten': '0.0.0.0', 'vncdisplay': '4', 'vncpasswd': 'XXXXXXXX', 'keymap': 'en-us'}, 'vnc': '1', 'uuid': '5c063c17-4b63-7ffb-9ed9-7033864998ee', 'vnclisten': '0.0.0.0', 'vncdisplay': '4', 'vncpasswd': 'XXXXXXXX', 'keymap': 'en-us', 'location': '0.0.0.0:5904'}), '91500fef-ba69-2d52-3909-c44de37aa543': ('vif', {'bridge': 'virbr0', 'mac': '00:16:3e:e3:fa:32', 'script': '/etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge', 'uuid': '91500fef-ba69-2d52-3909-c44de37aa543', 'backend': '0'}), 'ea7ee8d5-2611-22fd-939a-06ac7b2d3ab4': ('console', {'protocol': 'vt100', 'location': '3', 'uuid': 'ea7ee8d5-2611-22fd-939a-06ac7b2d3ab4'}), '1c22e2d8-34b8-f54f-8917-3577a3b52cb1': ('vkbd', {'uuid': '1c22e2d8-34b8-f54f-8917-3577a3b52cb1', 'backend': '0'}), '5cedc9f6-9a0d-4113-a8c9-05fe7a30d65e': ('vbd', {'uuid': '5cedc9f6-9a0d-4113-a8c9-05fe7a30d65e', 'bootable': 1, 'driver': 'paravirtualised', 'dev': 'hda:disk', 'uname': 'file:/home/testbed/images/winXP.img', 'mode': 'w', 'VDI': '', 'backend': '0'})}, 'memory_sharing': 0, 'superpages': '0', 'VCPUs_live': 1, 'PV_bootloader': '', 'actions_after_crash': 'restart', 'vbd_refs': ['5cedc9f6-9a0d-4113-a8c9-05fe7a30d65e', 'adb0a566-cb2a-cd60-0e77-262f089d4d06'], 'PV_ramdisk': '', 'is_control_domain': False, 'name_label': 'winXP', 'VCPUs_at_startup': 1, 'HVM_boot_params': {'order': 'c'}, 'platform': {'tsc_mode': '0', 'timer_mode': '1', 'usb': '1', 'hpet': '0', 'device_model': '/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm', 'vpt_align': '1', 'nomigrate': '0', 'boot': 'c', 'rtc_timeoffset': '1', 'loader': '/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader', 'xen_platform_pci': '1', 'acpi': '1', 'pci': [], 'pae': '1', 'apic': '1', 'serial': 'pty', 'viridian': '0', 'parallel': 'none'}, 'PV_kernel': '', 'console_refs': ['ea7ee8d5-2611-22fd-939a-06ac7b2d3ab4', '5c063c17-4b63-7ffb-9ed9-7033864998ee'], 'vif_refs': ['91500fef-ba69-2d52-3909-c44de37aa543'], 'on_xend_stop': 'ignore', 'pool_name': 'Pool-0', 'memory_static_min': 0, 'HVM_boot_policy': 'BIOS order', 'description': '', 'VCPUs_max': 1, 'start_time': 1338369536.8, 'memory_static_max': 1073741824, 'actions_after_shutdown': 'destroy', 'use_tmp_ramdisk': False, 'on_xend_start': 'ignore', 'memory_dynamic_max': 1073741824, 'actions_after_suspend': '', 'is_a_template': False, 'PV_bootloader_args': '', 'memory_dynamic_min': 1073741824, 'uuid': '73abb58e-a567-b761-9aa6-4f4c388125c1', 'cpu_time': 38.523277069, 'shadow_memory': 9, 'target': 0, 'vcpu_avail': 1L, 'notes': {'SUSPEND_CANCEL': '1'}, 'other_config': {}, 'auto_power_on': False, 'actions_after_reboot': 'restart', 'Description': '', 'status': '1', 'vtpm_refs': []})
- /var/log/xen/qemu-dm-olio_ruby-c62_64.log
domid: 2 config qemu network with xen bridge for tap2.0 virbr0 Using file /home/testbed/images/olio_ruby-c62_64-xen.img in read-write mode Watching /local/domain/0/device-model/2/logdirty/cmd Watching /local/domain/0/device-model/2/command Watching /local/domain/2/cpu char device redirected to /dev/pts/2 qemu_map_cache_init nr_buckets = 10000 size 4194304 shared page at pfn feffd buffered io page at pfn feffb Guest uuid = 59448e26-2dda-8114-86f1-9c8e57723f87 Time offset set 0 populating video RAM at ff000000 mapping video RAM from ff000000 Register xen platform. Done register platform. platform_fixed_ioport: changed ro/rw state of ROM memory area. now is rw state. xs_read(/local/domain/0/device-model/2/xen_extended_power_mgmt): read error Log-dirty: no command yet. I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0 vcpu-set: watch node error. char device redirected to /dev/pts/3 xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xs_read(/local/domain/2/log-throttling): read error qemu: ignoring not-understood drive `/local/domain/2/log-throttling' medium change watch on `/local/domain/2/log-throttling' - unknown device, ignored xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed initialise() failed cirrus vga map change while on lfb mode mapping vram to f0000000 - f0400000 platform_fixed_ioport: changed ro/rw state of ROM memory area. now is rw state. platform_fixed_ioport: changed ro/rw state of ROM memory area. now is ro state.
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Cole Robinson -
Marco Guazzone