virt-install --connect xen:/// --debug -n VF16PV --nographics -p -r 2048\
 --vcpus=2  -f /dev/sdb8 -l http://192.168.0.175/f16

. . . . .

Started Recreate Volatile Files and Directories.
Started udev Wait for Complete Device Initialization.
Starting Software RAID Monitor Takeover...
Started anaconda performance monitor.
Starting System Logging Service...
Starting Shell on tty2...
Started Shell on tty2.
Starting Shell on hvc1...
Started Shell on hvc1.
[    2.578301] agetty[296]: /dev/hvc1: cannot open as standard input: No such device
Starting Anaconda version 16.22.

Hangs

Boris.