Chris Lalancette wrote:
> Peter Guthrie wrote:
>>
>> Can anyone help with the following error I get when trying to create
>> my first VM.
>>
>> Xen0 host is FC5 x86_64 on a dual cpu, dual core opteron 275 with
>> 4Gb of memory up to date with patches.
>>
>> # uname -a
>> Linux
dhcp-201.local.net 2.6.17-1.2157_FC5xen0 #1 SMP Tue Jul 11
>> 23:30:05 EDT 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>> # xenguest-install.py
>> What is the name of your virtual machine? vmguest1
>> How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes)? 512
>> What would you like to use as the disk (path)? /var/tmp/vmguest1-disk
>> How large would you like the disk to be (in gigabytes)? 8
>> What is the install location?
>>
http://zeniiia.linux.org.uk/pub/distributions/fedora/linux/core/5/i386/os/
>>
>>
>>
>> Starting install...
>> libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: No such domain
>> vmguest1
>> Failed to get devices for domain vmguest1
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install.py", line 460, in ?
>> main()
>> File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install.py", line 451, in main
>> start_paravirt_install(name, ram, disk, mac, uuid, src,
>> options.extra)
>> File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install.py", line 331, in
>> start_paravirt_install
>> dom = conn.createLinux(cfgxml, 0)
>> File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 233, in
>> createLinux if ret is None:raise
>> libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed')
>> libvirt.libvirtError: virDomainCreateLinux() failed
>>
>> Here's the output from 'xm log':
>>
>> [2006-08-10 16:47:50 xend.XendDomainInfo] DEBUG
>> (XendDomainInfo:1216) XendDomainInfo.construct: None
>> [2006-08-10 16:47:50 xend.XendDomainInfo] DEBUG
>> (XendDomainInfo:1248) XendDomainInfo.initDomain: 1 1.0
>> [2006-08-10 16:47:50 xend] DEBUG (balloon:134) Balloon: free 128;
>> need 513; retries: 10.
>> [2006-08-10 16:47:50 xend] DEBUG (balloon:143) Balloon: setting dom0
>> target to 3393.
>> [2006-08-10 16:47:50 xend.XendDomainInfo] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:987)
>> Setting memory target of domain Domain-0 (0) to 3393 MiB.
>> [2006-08-10 16:47:50 xend] DEBUG (balloon:128) Balloon: free 513;
>> need 513; done.
>> [2006-08-10 16:47:50 xend] INFO (image:134) buildDomain os=linux
>> dom=1 vcpus=1
>> [2006-08-10 16:47:50 xend] DEBUG (image:177) dom = 1
>> [2006-08-10 16:47:50 xend] DEBUG (image:178) image =
>> /var/lib/xen/vmlinuz.i0GIQN
>> [2006-08-10 16:47:50 xend] DEBUG (image:179) store_evtchn = 1
>> [2006-08-10 16:47:50 xend] DEBUG (image:180) console_evtchn = 2
>> [2006-08-10 16:47:50 xend] DEBUG (image:181) cmdline =
>> root=/dev/xvd
>> method=http://zeniiia.linux.org.uk/pub/distributions/fedora/linux/core/5/i386/os/
>>
>> [2006-08-10 16:47:50 xend] DEBUG (image:182) ramdisk =
>> /var/lib/xen/initrd.img.4rNZB1
>> [2006-08-10 16:47:50 xend] DEBUG (image:183) vcpus = 1
>> [2006-08-10 16:47:50 xend] DEBUG (image:184) features =
>> [2006-08-10 16:47:50 xend.XendDomainInfo] ERROR (XendDomainInfo:197)
>> Domain construction failed
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File
>> "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py",
>> line 190, in create
>> vm.initDomain()
>> File
>> "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py",
>> line 1311, in initDomain
>> raise VmError(str(exn))
>> VmError: (9, \047Bad file descriptor\047)
>> [2006-08-10 16:47:50 xend.XendDomainInfo] DEBUG
>> (XendDomainInfo:1397) XendDomainInfo.destroy: domid=1
>> [2006-08-10 16:47:50 xend.XendDomainInfo] DEBUG
>> (XendDomainInfo:1405) XendDomainInfo.destroyDomain(1)
>> [2006-08-10 16:47:50 xend] ERROR (SrvBase:87) Request create failed.
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/web/SrvBase.py", line
>> 85, in perform
>> return op_method(op, req)
>> File
>> "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/server/SrvDomainDir.py",
>> line 82, in op_create
>> raise XendError("Error creating domain: " + str(ex))
>> XendError: Error creating domain: (9, \047Bad file descriptor\047)
>>
All,
Solved my own problem, I had pointed the installation source for the VM
at the i386 tree which I actually thought was ok, x86_64 host with an
i386 VM - no?.
I've changed the source to point at the x86_64 installation source and
it's installing now: