On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 12:42:28AM +0000, Henning Sprang wrote:
> Package: xen-tools
> Version: 2.1-3
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
Grave seems a little extreme since the package clearly works for
some. However I'm happy to leave it there for a day or two at
least until I can update documentation to be better.
> when running
> xen-create-image --size=5Gb --swap=1024Mb --dhcp --lvm=virtualmachines
> --hostname=fasel --kernel=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-xen
> --initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.16-xen.img --force
It looks like you're missing an installation method. Please add:
--dist=sarge --debootstrap
This might be all you need.
It isn't clear whether you've modified the global configuration
file /etc/xen-tools/xen-tools.conf, I will assume you haven't since
if you had you could have setup the various options that you've specified
there.
> --- start message ---
> Creating ext3 filesystem on /dev/virtualmachines/fasel-disk
> Done
>
> Installing your system with Running command '/usr/bin/xt-install-image
> --location=/tmp/MqrYmFUWft --dist=sarge --cache=yes >/dev/null 2>/dev/null'
> failed.
> --- end message ---
This means it made the filesystems, etc, but failed to install with
debootstrap/rpmstrap/copy/tar. That could be because you didn't
specify one of those options, or it might be bacuse one was specified
in the configuration file but failed for some reason.
I can't really tell just yet.
> Unfortunately, this message doesn't give any hint what could be done better,
> and trying to run the given command to try to get more
> information doesn't help, because the temporary diretory is removed already.
Indeed the temporary directory has been removed, but you can create
it and mount the previously created image from /dev/virtualmachines/fase1-disk
if you do wish to explore.
> No idea how this package should be used.
It seems you do have a reasonable idea, it is just unfortunate that
this invocation didn't proceed correctly. Running "man
xen-create-image" might have been useful since it does cover the
usage of the different installation methods, and the specification
of the distribution you wish to install ..
I'd suggest that you repeat the command with "--dist=sarge
--debootstrap" as an initial step. If that fails, or if you
wish to generate more output please add "--verbose" and
send the log to this bug report.
Steve
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