Problem solved: I added the "--nonsparse" option to my virt-install command and discovered that the disk was running out of space (doh!). Over and out. Thanks, Jim Trainor Jim Trainor wrote: > You're correct there were some typos there. Sorry about that. > > Here it is the corrected (cut/pasted!) virt-install command. I just ran > this with the same result reported in my first message: > > virt-install --paravirt --name=vm-1 --ram=512 --file=/vm/1/vm-1.img > --file-size=4 --nographics --location=nfs:192.168.1.101:/mnt/iso > > That starts the virtual machine to initiate the install, Anaconda > connects to a local nfs server to access the Centos5.2 distribution, and > the install proceeds as expected. The "Error mounting device xvda1 as > /boot." failure happens after Anaconda finishes formatting /boot. > > I have selinux turned off, so that shouldn't be getting the way. It's > Centos 5.2 32bit if that matters. > > It does appear the disk image was created and was written (to some > extent) correctly: > > [root at pipit ~]# ls -lh /vm/1/vm-1.img > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4.1G Jan 14 05:03 /vm/1/vm-1.img > > [root at pipit ~]# file /vm/1/vm-1.img > /vm/1/vm-1.img: x86 boot sector; partition 1: ID=0x83, active, starthead > 1, startsector 63, 208782 sectors; partition 2: ID=0x8e, starthead 0, > startsector 208845, 8177085 sectors > > However, attempting to start vm-1 yields the following: > > [root at pipit ~]# virsh start vm-1 > libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: (xend.err "Error > creating domain: Boot loader didn't return any data!") > error: Failed to start domain vm-1 > > Thanks, > Jim Trainor > > Kai Schaetzl wrote: > >> Jim Trainor wrote on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:22:38 -0500: >> >> >> >>> virt-install --paravirt -name vm-1 --ram 512 --file /vm/1/vm-1.img >>> --file-size -4 --nographcs --location:nfs:192.168.1.101:/mnt/iso >>> >>> >> did you type this or did you copy this from the shell? >> There are several errors/typos in it. >> >> virt-install -p --location=ftp://...... --noautoconsole --nographics -- >> file=/home2/vm/d-minimal.img --file-size=1 --name=d-mini --ram=256 >> >> does work. >> >> Even if it's possible to omit the equals signs I would think that "-4" >> *means* "minus 4" .... And ":" for the "=" are surely not allowed I guess. >> >> Kai >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-virt mailing list > CentOS-virt at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt > >