Rudi Ahlers wrote: > Hi all > > This is the first time I try and get Xen working, and want to install > a few CentOS 5.1 32bit and FreeBSD 6.1 VM's on my CentOS 5.1 x64 server. > > Trying to get the first one to install is rather trivial, and I keep > on running into errors. At fist I wanted to install it fro the cdrom, > so I used "virt-install --cdrom=/dev/hdc" It booted up, and I could > choose my language, but then got an error saying I don't have the > right driver for the cdrom install. Odd. > > So, I copied the whole CD to my intranet server, to try a HTTP > installation, which got much further, but fails as soon as it starts > copying the files to the xvda partition. > > Here's what I've done: > virt-install -p > --location=http://intranet/kickstart/centos/5.1/32/os/i386 --ram=512 > --file=/vm/vm03.img --name=vm03 > > Probing for video card: Unable to probe > No video hardware found, assuming headless > Graphical installation not available... Starting text mode. > Welcome to CentOS > > +------------------+ Package Installation +------------------+ > | | > | Name : libXt-1.0.2-3.1.fc6-i386 | > | Size : 359k | > | Summary: X.Org X11 libXt runtime library | > | | > | | > | Status: | > | | > | 53% | > | | > | Packages Bytes Time | > | Total : 349 564M 0:02:30 | > | Completed: 123 200M 0:00:53 | > | Remaining: 226 364M 0:01:37 | > | | > | 35% > Guest installation complete... restarting guest. > libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: (xend.err "Error > creating domain: Boot loader didn't return any data!") > exception was: virDomainCreate() failed POST operation failed: > (xend.err "Error creating domain: Boot loader didn't return any data!") > Domain installation may not have been > successful. If it was, you can restart your domain > by running 'virsh start vm03'; otherwise, pleasels | <F12> next > screen > restart your installation. > [root at gimbli ~]# virsh start vm03 > libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: (xend.err "Error > creating domain: Boot loader didn't return any data!") > error: Failed to start domain vm03 > > > > /var/log/messages got filled with the following messages: > > stem_r:xenstored_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:xenstored_t:s0 > tclass=capability > Feb 29 10:36:59 gimbli kernel: audit(1204274218.949:2139): avc: > denied { sys_resource } for pid=2445 comm="xenstored" capability=24 > scontext=system_u:system_r:xenstored_t:s0 > tcontext=system_u:system_r:xenstored_t:s0 tclass=capability > Feb 29 10:36:59 gimbli kernel: audit(1204274218.949:2140): avc: > denied { sys_resource } for pid=2445 comm="xenstored" capability=24 > scontext=system_u:system_r:xenstored_t:s0 > tcontext=system_u:system_r:xenstored_t:s0 tclass=capability > Feb 29 10:36:59 gimbli kernel: audit(1204274218.949:2141): avc: > denied { sys_resource } for pid=2445 comm="xenstored" capability=24 > scontext=system_u:system_r:xenstored_t:s0 > tcontext=system_u:system_r:xenstored_t:s0 tclass=capability > Feb 29 10:36:59 gimbli kernel: audit(1204274218.949:2142): avc: > denied { sys_resource } for pid=2445 comm="xenstored" capability=24 > scontext=system_u:system_r:xenstored_t:s0 > tcontext=system_u:system_r:xenstored_t:s0 tclass=capability > > > > What am I doing wrong? > as far as i am aware on standard RHEL or CentOS 5 packages a 32bit domU on a 64bit dom0 is not supported and known to crash