[Xen-users] vm ignores kickstart

[Kyle Fransham <fransham@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I'm trying to use a kickstart file to install VMs on a Scientific Linux 5.2 (repackaged RHEL52) host, but the install process seems to ignore my kickstart file.  The command I'm using is:

 virt-install -n sl4vm01 --ram=1024 --vcpus=1 --os-type=linux --os-variant=rhel4 --extra-args="ks=http://particle.phys.uvic.ca/~fransham/ks.cfg" --paravirt --nographics --file=/var/lib/xen/images/BbrSL4.img --file-size=5 --location=ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/46/i386/ -d

In the output, I see that the ks=<mykickstartfile> parameter is indeed being passed to the kernel:

...
Built 1 zonelists
Kernel command line:  ks=http://particle.phys.uvic.ca/~fransham/ks.cfg method=ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/46/i386/
Initializing CPU#0
...

but I am forced to go through all of the install options (eg. setting the language) anyways.  I don't see any errors in the startup messages (see below).  Does anyone have any troubleshooting suggestions?

Thanks

Kyle 

The output:

virt-install -n test-dev2 --ram=1024 --vcpus=1 --os-type=linux --os-variant=rhel4 --extra-args="ks=http://particle.phys.uvic.ca/~fransham/ks.cfg" --paravirt --nographics --file=/var/lib/xen/images/BbrSL4.img --file-size=5 --location=ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/46/i386/ -d
Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:20:55 DEBUG    Disk path not found: Assuming file disk type.


Starting install...
Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:20:56 DEBUG    Fetching URI ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/46/i386//.treeinfo
Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:20:58 DEBUG    Saved file to /var/lib/xen/virtinst-.treeinfo.--3HFj
Retrieving file .treeinfo...                                       0 B 00:00 
Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:20:58 DEBUG    Detected a Fedora distro
Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:20:58 DEBUG    Fetching URI ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/46/i386//images/xen/vmlinuz
Retrieving file vmlinuz..  35% |========                 | 368 kB    00:03 ETA Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:21:01 DEBUG    Saved file to /var/lib/xen/virtinst-vmlinuz.uyfX25
Retrieving file vmlinuz.. 100% |=========================| 1.0 MB    00:00     
Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:21:01 DEBUG    Fetching URI ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/46/i386//images/xen/initrd.img
Retrieving file initrd.im  42% |==========               | 360 kB    00:02 ETA Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:21:03 DEBUG    Saved file to /var/lib/xen/virtinst-initrd.img.6AC9qc
Retrieving file initrd.im 100% |=========================| 853 kB    00:00     
Creating storage file...  100% |=========================| 5.0 GB    00:00     
Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:21:04 DEBUG    Creating guest from '<domain type='xen'>
  <name>test-dev2</name>
  <currentMemory>1048576</currentMemory>
  <memory>1048576</memory>
  <uuid>a76a1a37-c094-1ced-c313-e4258e12164c</uuid>
  <os>
    <type>linux</type>
    <kernel>/var/lib/xen/virtinst-vmlinuz.uyfX25</kernel>
    <initrd>/var/lib/xen/virtinst-initrd.img.6AC9qc</initrd>
    <cmdline>ks=http://particle.phys.uvic.ca/~fransham/ks.cfg method=ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/46/i386/</cmdline>
  </os>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>destroy</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <vcpu>1</vcpu>
  <devices>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='tap'/>
      <source file='/var/lib/xen/images/BbrSL4.img'/>
      <target dev='xvda'/>
    </disk>

    <interface type='bridge'>
      <source bridge='xenbr0'/>
      <mac address='00:16:3e:44:d6:6b'/>
    </interface>

    <input type='mouse' bus='xen'/>

  </devices>
</domain>
'
Creating domain...                                                 0 B 00:00 
Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:21:04 DEBUG    Created guest, looking to see if it is running
Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:21:04 DEBUG    Launching console callback
Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:21:04 DEBUG    Saving XML boot config '<domain type='xen'>
  <name>test-dev2</name>
  <currentMemory>1048576</currentMemory>
  <memory>1048576</memory>
  <uuid>a76a1a37-c094-1ced-c313-e4258e12164c</uuid>
  <bootloader>/usr/bin/pygrub</bootloader>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
  <vcpu>1</vcpu>
  <devices>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='tap'/>
      <source file='/var/lib/xen/images/BbrSL4.img'/>
      <target dev='xvda'/>
    </disk>

    <interface type='bridge'>
      <source bridge='xenbr0'/>
      <mac address='00:16:3e:44:d6:6b'/>
    </interface>

    <input type='mouse' bus='xen'/>

  </devices>
</domain>
'
Linux version 2.6.9-67.0.4.ELxenU (root@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) (gcc version 3.4.5 20051201 (Red Hat 3.4.5-2)) #1 SMP Thu Jan 31 17:16:59 CST 2008
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
 Xen: 0000000000000000 - 0000000040800000 (usable)
304MB HIGHMEM available.
728MB LOWMEM available.
Using x86 segment limits to approximate NX protection
IRQ lockup detection disabled
Built 1 zonelists
Kernel command line:  ks=http://particle.phys.uvic.ca/~fransham/ks.cfg method=ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/46/i386/
Initializing CPU#0
CPU 0 irqstacks, hard=c033e000 soft=c031e000
PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 65536 bytes)
Xen reported: 1799.994 MHz processor.
Console: colour dummy device 80x25
Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
vmalloc area: ee000000-f4ffe000, maxmem 2d800000
Memory: 1024384k/1056768k available (1458k kernel code, 23728k reserved, 548k data, 132k init, 311296k highmem)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.
Security Scaffold v1.0.0 initialized
SELinux:  Initializing.
There is already a security framework initialized, register_security failed.
selinux_register_security:  Registering secondary module capability
Capability LSM initialized as secondary
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
CPU: L2 cache: 2048K
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
Brought up 1 CPUs
checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (ungzip failed); looks like an initrd
Freeing initrd memory: 8196k freed
Grant table initialized
NET: Registered protocol family 16
Brought up 1 VCPUs
xen_mem: Initialising balloon driver.
audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
audit(1233177665.585:1): initialized
highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
Initializing Cryptographic API
ksign: Installing public key data
Loading keyring
- Added public key 6AE3E5354F98B3C8
- User ID: Red Hat, Inc. (Kernel Module GPG key)
rtc: IRQ 8 is not free.
i8042.c: No controller found.
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 16384K size 1024 blocksize
Xen virtual console successfully installed as xvc0
Linux version 2.6.9-67.0.4.ELxenU (root@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) (gcc version 3.4.5 20051201 (Red Hat 3.4.5-2)) #1 SMP Thu Jan 31 17:16:59 CST 2008
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
 Xen: 0000000000000000 - 0000000040800000 (usable)
304MB HIGHMEM available.
728MB LOWMEM available.
Using x86 segment limits to approximate NX protection
IRQ lockup detection disabled
Built 1 zonelists
Kernel command line:  ks=http://particle.phys.uvic.ca/~fransham/ks.cfg method=ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/46/i386/
Initializing CPU#0
CPU 0 irqstacks, hard=c033e000 soft=c031e000
PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 65536 bytes)
Xen reported: 1799.994 MHz processor.
Console: colour dummy device 80x25
Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
vmalloc area: ee000000-f4ffe000, maxmem 2d800000
Memory: 1024384k/1056768k available (1458k kernel code, 23728k reserved, 548k data, 132k init, 311296k highmem)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.
Security Scaffold v1.0.0 initialized
SELinux:  Initializing.
There is already a security framework initialized, register_security failed.
selinux_register_security:  Registering secondary module capability
Capability LSM initialized as secondary
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
CPU: L2 cache: 2048K
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
Brought up 1 CPUs
checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (ungzip failed); looks like an initrd
Freeing initrd memory: 8196k freed
Grant table initialized
NET: Registered protocol family 16
Brought up 1 VCPUs
xen_mem: Initialising balloon driver.
audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
audit(1233177665.585:1): initialized
highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
Initializing Cryptographic API
ksign: Installing public key data
Loading keyring
- Added public key 6AE3E5354F98B3C8
- User ID: Red Hat, Inc. (Kernel Module GPG key)
rtc: IRQ 8 is not free.
i8042.c: No controller found.
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 16384K size 1024 blocksize
Xen virtual console successfully installed as xvc0
Event-channel device installed.
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 262144 (order: 10, 4194304 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 262144 (order: 9, 3145728 bytes)
Welcome to Scientific Linux                                                     
                                                                                
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                   | during the installation process?      |                    
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                   |       Chinese(Simplified)    #        |                    
                   |       Chinese(Traditional)   #        |                    
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*   Kyle Fransham                  *
*   BaBar Computing Associate      *
*   University of Victoria         *
*   250-721-7746                   *
*   fransham@xxxxxxx               *
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