Xen network performance problem during kickstart.

[Naoki]

Hmm, I had two installs running and they were so slow I left the office
and on my return I find this :

This guy was only at 23% complete :  

Traceback (most recent call last):                               File
"/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1210, in ?

handleException(dispatch, intf, sys.exc_info())
                                         File
"/usr/lib/anaconda/exception.py", line 380, in handleException
  win.run()

File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 154, in run
                    self.text, self.buttons)
                                              File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/snack.py", line 765, in
ButtonChoiceWindow

t = TextboxReflowed(width, text, maxHeight = screen.height - 12)
                                        File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/snack.py", line 218, in __init__

(newtext, width, height) = reflow(text, width, flexDown, flexUp)
                        File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/snack.py", line 472, in reflow

return _snack.reflow(text, width, flexDown, flexUp)

TypeError: argument 1 must be string without null bytes, not str
                                                       install exited
abnormally

sending termination signals...done

sending kill signals...done





And this from the other which was 72% complete :

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1210, in ?
  handleException(dispatch, intf, sys.exc_info())
                                         File
"/usr/lib/anaconda/exception.py", line 380, in handleException
 win.run()

File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 154, in run
                    self.text, self.buttons)
                                              File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/snack.py", line 765, in
ButtonChoiceWindow

t = TextboxReflowed(width, text, maxHeight = screen.height - 12)
                                        File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/snack.py", line 218, in __init__

(newtext, width, height) = reflow(text, width, flexDown, flexUp)
                        File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/snack.py", line 472, in reflow

return _snack.reflow(text, width, flexDown, flexUp)

TypeError: argument 1 must be string without null bytes, not str
                                                       install exited
abnormally

sending termination signals...done

sending kill signals...done



I'd hazard a guess it was an anaconda problem ?