Re: problem starting domU

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 10:55:32AM -0600, RJ45 wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello,
> I could finally start a XEN3 DOM0
> 
> I rebuilt the whole system:
> 
> NetBSD xenbsd.domain.it 4.0_BETA2 NetBSD 4.0_BETA2 (XEN3_DOM0) #0: 
> Thu Jun  7 21:16:11 CEST 2007 
> root%xenbsd.domain.it@localhost:/usr/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/XEN3_DOM0 i386
> 
> I started xend and xenbackendd
> 
> root      14  0.0  2.3    0 24528 ?     DK    6:06PM 0:00.00 [xenwatch]
> root      15  0.0  2.3    0 24528 ?     DK    6:06PM 0:00.00 [xenbus]
> root     481  0.0  0.1  300   848 ?     I     6:10PM 0:00.00 xenstored 
> --pid-file /var/run/xenstore.pid
> root    1048  0.0  0.0 5172     4 ?     IW    6:10PM 0:00.00 
> /usr/pkg/bin/python2.4 /usr/pkg/sbin/xend start
> root    1310  0.0  0.0 2084   132 ?     IWa   6:10PM 0:00.00 xenconsoled
> root    1817  0.0  0.0 5576  5388 ?     IWa   6:10PM 0:00.00 
> /usr/pkg/bin/python2.4 /usr/pkg/sbin/xend start
> root    1885  0.0  0.0 2084   132 ?     IWsa  6:10PM 0:00.00 
> /usr/pkg/sbin/xenbackendd
> 
> Now I Wanted to start a RedHat 5.0 domU
> 
> so I tok hte domU kernels and tryed to boot them:
> 
> xm create /usr/pkg/etc/xen/sl50 -c kernel=/root/SL50XEN/vmlinuz 
> ramdisk=/root/SL50XEN/initrd.img 
> extra="method=http://os-server.domain.it/distro/SL/50/i386/ skipddc 
> text"
> 
> and here is my configuration for Xen domU
> 
> name = "sl50"
> memory = 512
> #vcpus = 2
> disk = [ 'file:/domU/SL50/sl50,0x301,w' ]
> #vif = [ 'mac=00:16:3E:11:22:33' ]
> # wn-04-04-27-a --> MAC address
> #vif = [ 'mac=00:06:5B:19:9A:2B','bridge=bridge0' ]
> #bootloader="/usr/bin/pygrub"
> on_reboot   = 'destroy'
> on_crash    = 'destroy'
> on_poweroff = 'destroy'
> 
> I tried bot with and without NIC
> 
> but it does not work and I have this error
> 
> Using config file "/usr/pkg/etc/xen/sl50".
> Error: (22, 'Invalid argument')
> 
> 
> looing at xend logs:
> 
> [2007-06-08 18:49:13 xend 1817] DEBUG (image:198) features       =
> [2007-06-08 18:49:13 xend.XendDomainInfo 1817] ERROR (XendDomainInfo:202) 
> Domain construction failed
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/pkg/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", 
> line 195, in create
>     vm.initDomain()
>   File "/usr/pkg/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", 
> line 1363, in initDomain
>     raise VmError(str(exn))
> VmError: (22, 'Invalid argument')
> [2007-06-08 18:49:13 xend.XendDomainInfo 1817] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1449) 
> XendDomainInfo.destroy: domid=6
> [2007-06-08 18:49:13 xend.XendDomainInfo 1817] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1457) 
> XendDomainInfo.destroyDomain(6)
> [2007-06-08 18:49:43 xend.XendDomainInfo 1817] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:190) 
> XendDomainInfo.create(['vm', ['name', 'sl50'], ['memory', 512], 
> ['on_poweroff', 'destroy'], ['on_reboot', 'destroy'], ['on_crash', 
> 'destroy'], ['vcpus', 1], ['image', ['linux', ['kernel', 
> '/root/SL50XEN/vmlinuz'], ['ramdisk', '/root/SL50XEN/initrd.img'], 
> ['args', 'method=http://os-server.cnaf.infn.it/distro/SL/50/i386/ skipddc 
> text']]], ['device', ['vbd', ['uname', 'file:/domU/SL50/sl50'], ['dev', 
> '0x301'], ['mode', 'w']]]])
> [2007-06-08 18:49:43 xend.XendDomainInfo 1817] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:296) 
> parseConfig: config is ['vm', ['name', 'sl50'], ['memory', 512], 
> ['on_poweroff', 'destroy'], ['on_reboot', 'destroy'], ['on_crash', 
> 'destroy'], ['vcpus', 1], ['image', ['linux', ['kernel', 
> '/root/SL50XEN/vmlinuz'], ['ramdisk', '/root/SL50XEN/initrd.img'], 
> ['args', 'method=http://os-server.cnaf.infn.it/distro/SL/50/i386/ skipddc 
> text']]], ['device', ['vbd', ['uname', 'file:/domU/SL50/sl50'], ['dev', 
> '0x301'], ['mode', 'w']]]]
> [2007-06-08 18:49:43 xend.XendDomainInfo 1817] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:395) 
> parseConfig: result is {'shadow_memory': None, 'uuid': None, 'on_crash': 
> 'destroy', 'on_reboot': 'destroy', 'localtime': None, 'image': ['linux', 
> ['kernel', '/root/SL50XEN/vmlinuz'], ['ramdisk', 
> '/root/SL50XEN/initrd.img'], ['args', 
> 'method=http://os-server.cnaf.infn.it/distro/SL/50/i386/ skipddc text']], 
> 'on_poweroff': 'destroy', 'bootloader_args': None, 'cpus': None, 'name': 
> 'sl50', 'backend': [], 'vcpus': 1, 'cpu_weight': None, 'features': None, 
> 'vcpu_avail': None, 'memory': 512, 'device': [('vbd', ['vbd', ['uname', 
> 'file:/domU/SL50/sl50'], ['dev', '0x301'], ['mode', 'w']])], 'bootloader': 
> None, 'cpu': None, 'maxmem': None}
> [2007-06-08 18:49:43 xend.XendDomainInfo 1817] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1253) 
> XendDomainInfo.construct: None
> [2007-06-08 18:49:43 xend.XendDomainInfo 1817] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1285) 
> XendDomainInfo.initDomain: 7 1.0
> [2007-06-08 18:49:43 xend 1817] DEBUG (balloon:127) Balloon: 2583496 KiB 
> free; need 524288; done.
> [2007-06-08 18:49:43 xend 1817] INFO (image:136) buildDomain os=linux 
> dom=7 vcpus=1
> [2007-06-08 18:49:43 xend 1817] DEBUG (image:191) dom            = 7
> [2007-06-08 18:49:43 xend 1817] DEBUG (image:192) image          = 
> /root/SL50XEN/vmlinuz
> [2007-06-08 18:49:43 xend 1817] DEBUG (image:193) store_evtchn   = 1
> [2007-06-08 18:49:43 xend 1817] DEBUG (image:194) console_evtchn = 2
> [2007-06-08 18:49:43 xend 1817] DEBUG (image:195) cmdline        = 
> method=http://os-server.cnaf.infn.it/distro/SL/50/i386/ skipddc text
> [2007-06-08 18:49:43 xend 1817] DEBUG (image:196) ramdisk        = 
> /root/SL50XEN/initrd.img
> [2007-06-08 18:49:43 xend 1817] DEBUG (image:197) vcpus          = 1
> [2007-06-08 18:49:43 xend 1817] DEBUG (image:198) features       =
> [2007-06-08 18:49:43 xend.XendDomainInfo 1817] ERROR (XendDomainInfo:202) 
> Domain construction failed
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/pkg/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", 
> line 195, in create
>     vm.initDomain()
>   File "/usr/pkg/lib/python2.4/site-packages/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py", 
> line 1363, in initDomain
>     raise VmError(str(exn))
> VmError: (22, 'Invalid argument')
> [2007-06-08 18:49:43 xend.XendDomainInfo 1817] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1449) 
> XendDomainInfo.destroy: domid=7
> [2007-06-08 18:49:43 xend.XendDomainInfo 1817] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1457) 
> XendDomainInfo.destroyDomain(7)
> 
> What's wrong ?

Make sure the kernel is plain 32bit kernel, not 32bit-PAE.
the output of xm dmesg may also have a hint.

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
--