Re: [Xen-users] XCP 1.1beta - cannot boot from local DVD

[Todd Deshane <todd.deshane@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Joe Linoff <jlinoff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Folks:
>
> I am trying to install XCP 1.1beta and a single VM on a computer with no
> network connections. XCP 1.1 installed just fine but I am having trouble
> getting the VM to boot properly from a CentOS 5.5 DVD.
>

Does your system have HVM support (VT-x or AMD-V)?

I believe that is still needed for XCP + CD/DVD/ISO installs.

You could try to do a network install instead.
http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/5.6.0sp2/1.0/en_gb/guest.html#linux_vm_internet_install


> The first problem was that I could not observe what was happening. Todd
> Deshane solved this by showing me how to disable PV VNC and use "xl
> console <dom-id>" to connect. That worked perfectly.
>
> The current problem is that during the boot process it tells me that it
> does not have a driver for the CD/DVD-ROM but the server boots and
> configure properly when I use the CentOS DVD directly instead of trying
> to create a VM guest which seems to indicate that it has the proper
> drivers.
>
> How can I debug/fix this?
>
> My guess is that I made some sort of mistake when configuring the CD-ROM
> but I am not experienced enough to figure it out. Note that the
> DOM0_CD_NAME="SCSI 1:0:0:0" and the DOM0_CD_DEVICE is "1".
>
> Here is the script that I am using for testing. It simply creates a
> guest called test01.
>
> At lines 8-12 it makes the dom0 CD device not bootable.
>
> At lines 14-17 it adds the CD-ROM to the VM. I have also attached the
> console output.
>
> I got the steps from this URL:
> http://www.xen.org/files/XenCloud/guest.pdf (pg 24): "To install a
> supported Linux VM from vendor media using the CLI".
>
> What is really strange to me is that it looks like it is recognizing and
> reading the DVD because I had several screens of information that
> required answers before I got to this point.
>
> % cat -n make-vm.sh
>    1 #!/bin/bash
>    2
>    3 set -x
>    4
>    5 # Create the VM
>    6 VM_UUID=$(xe vm-install template='CentOS 5 (64-bit)'
> new-name-label="test01")
>    7
>    8 # Make the dom0 CD not bootable.
>    9 DOM0_CD_UUID=$(xe vbd-list vm-uuid=$VM_UUID userdevice=0
> params=uuid --minimal)
>   10 xe vbd-param-set uuid=$DOM0_CD_UUID bootable=false
>   11 DOM0_CD_NAME=$(xe cd-list | grep SCSI | sed -e 's/^.*SCSI/SCSI/')
>   12 DOM0_CD_DEVICE=$( echo "$DOM0_CD_NAME" | awk '{print $2;}' | awk
> -F: '{print $1;}')
>   13
>   14 # Add the CD to domU and make it bootable.
>   15 xe vm-cd-add vm=$VM_UUID cd-name="$DOM0_CD_NAME"
> device=$DOM0_CD_DEVICE
>   16 DOMU_CD_UUID=$(xe vbd-list vm-uuid=$VM_UUID type=CD params=uuid
> --minimal)
>   17 xe vbd-param-set uuid=$DOMU_CD_UUID bootable=true
>   18
>   19 # Disable VNC so that we can use xl console
>   20 # URL:
> http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Xen_Cloud_Platform%3A_Access_to_VM_con
> sole
>   21 # Citation: Todd Deshane
>   22 xe vm-param-set uuid=$VM_UUID other-config:disable_pv_vnc=true
>   23
>   24 # Configuration stuff: use the cd-rom, 2 cpus, 2GB RAM, 20GB disk
> space
>   25 xe vm-param-set uuid=$VM_UUID
> other-config:install-2repository=cdrom
>   26 xe vm-param-set uuid=$VM_UUID VCPUs-max=2 VCPUs-at-startup=2
>   27 xe vm-memory-limits-set uuid=$VM_UUID static-min=2147483648
> 4static-max=2147483648 dynamic-min=2147483648 dynamic-max=2147483648
>   28 xe vm-param-set uuid=$VM_UUID other-config:disks='<provision><disk
> device="0" size="21474836480" sr="" bootable="true" type="system"
> /></provision>'
>   29
>   30 # Set the xenbr0 IP address
>   31 NETW_UUID=$(xe network-list bridge=xenbr0 --minimal)
>   32 xe vif-create vm-uuid=$VM_UUID network-uuid=$NETW_UUID device=0
>   33
>   34 # Start the VM -- boot off of the CD
>   35 xe vm-start uuid=$VM_UUID
>
> % # Get the DOM id
> % xe vm-list params=dom-id,name-label,uuid
>
> % # Start the console
> % xl console <dom-id>
>
> Regards,
>
> Joe
>
>
>
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