Error message after virt-install

[Lars Bjørndal]

I'm not able to install a guest OS. I give the following command on
my Fedora 16 machine, running i686:

'virt-install --connect xen:/// --os-type linux \
-l
http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/16/Fedora/i38...
\
--ram 512 --disk /var/lib/libvirt/images/f16.img,size=4  --name F16 \
--graphic none  --paravirt --virt-type=xen \
-x "serial console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200"'

I get the following output:

'Starting install...
Retrieving file .treeinfo...                             | 1.8 kB
00:00 ...
Retrieving file vmlinuz-PAE...                           | 7.9 MB
00:03 ...
Retrieving file initrd-PAE.img...                        | 257 MB
01:47 ...
Creating domain...                                       |    0 B
00:04
Connected to domain F16
Escape character is ^]
error: Unable to open stream for '(null)': Bad address

Domain installation still in progress. You can reconnect to
the console to complete the installation process.'

I'm not able to reconnect. How can I solve this problem?

Thanks and regards,
Lars

[Cole Robinson]

On 04/07/2012 08:01 AM, Lars Bjørndal wrote:
>  I'm not able to install a guest OS. I give the following command
> on
>  my Fedora 16 machine, running i686:
>  
>  'virt-install --connect xen:/// --os-type linux \
>  -l
>  http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/16/Fedora/i38...
>  \
>  --ram 512 --disk /var/lib/libvirt/images/f16.img,size=4  --name F16 \
>  --graphic none  --paravirt --virt-type=xen \
>  -x "serial console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200"'
>  
>  I get the following output:
>  
>  'Starting install...
>  Retrieving file .treeinfo...                             | 1.8 kB
>  00:00 ...
>  Retrieving file vmlinuz-PAE...                           | 7.9 MB
>  00:03 ...
>  Retrieving file initrd-PAE.img...                        | 257 MB
>  01:47 ...
>  Creating domain...                                       |    0 B
>  00:04
>  Connected to domain F16
>  Escape character is ^]
>  error: Unable to open stream for '(null)': Bad address
>  
>  Domain installation still in progress. You can reconnect to
>  the console to complete the installation process.'
>  
>  I'm not able to reconnect. How can I solve this problem?
>  
>  Thanks and regards,
>  Lars 
Can you provide output of that command with the --debug flag?

Thanks,
Cole

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk]

On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 02:01:01PM +0200, Lars Bjørndal wrote:
>  I'm not able to install a guest OS. I give the following command
> on
>  my Fedora 16 machine, running i686:
>  
>  'virt-install --connect xen:/// --os-type linux \
>  -l
>  http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/16/Fedora/i38...
>  \
>  --ram 512 --disk /var/lib/libvirt/images/f16.img,size=4  --name F16 \
>  --graphic none  --paravirt --virt-type=xen \
>  -x "serial console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200"' 
Hm, you are using the wrong console. Should be 'console=hvc0'
if you want to use the PV console with the PV guest.

>  
>  I get the following output:
>  
>  'Starting install...
>  Retrieving file .treeinfo...                             | 1.8 kB
>  00:00 ...
>  Retrieving file vmlinuz-PAE...                           | 7.9 MB
>  00:03 ...
>  Retrieving file initrd-PAE.img...                        | 257 MB
>  01:47 ...
>  Creating domain...                                       |    0 B
>  00:04
>  Connected to domain F16
>  Escape character is ^]
>  error: Unable to open stream for '(null)': Bad address
>  
>  Domain installation still in progress. You can reconnect to
>  the console to complete the installation process.'
>  
>  I'm not able to reconnect. How can I solve this problem?
>  
>  Thanks and regards,
>  Lars
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[Lars Bjørndal]

Hello

Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk writes:

>  On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 02:01:01PM +0200, Lars Bjørndal wrote:
> > I'm not able to install a guest OS. I give the following command on
> > my Fedora 16 machine, running i686:
> > 
> > 'virt-install --connect xen:/// --os-type linux \
> > -l
> > http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/16/Fedora/i38...
> > \
> > --ram 512 --disk /var/lib/libvirt/images/f16.img,size=4  --name F16 \
> > --graphic none  --paravirt --virt-type=xen \
> > -x "serial console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200"'
>
>  Hm, you are using the wrong console. Should be 'console=hvc0'
>  if you want to use the PV console with the PV guest.
> > 
> > I get the following output:
> > 
> > 'Starting install...
> > Retrieving file .treeinfo...                             | 1.8 kB
> > 00:00 ...
> > Retrieving file vmlinuz-PAE...                           | 7.9 MB
> > 00:03 ...
> > Retrieving file initrd-PAE.img...                        | 257 MB
> > 01:47 ...
> > Creating domain...                                       |    0 B
> > 00:04
> > Connected to domain F16
> > Escape character is ^]
> > error: Unable to open stream for '(null)': Bad address
> > 
> > Domain installation still in progress. You can reconnect to
> > the console to complete the installation process.' 
Thank you. I tried that, but got exactly the same error message. Do I
miss some other parameters to virt-install?

Regards,
Lars