Re: [Xen-API] XCP-1.5-beta-base-53341 "Debian Squeeze 6.0 (64-bit)" "No Ethernet card was detected"

[Jonathan Ludlam <Jonathan.Ludlam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Somewhat counter-intuitively, although you've booted your VM from the network, 
it's not got a network interface. You'll need to add one:

'xe network-list' to find an appropriate network, then
'xe vif-create vm-uuid=… network-uuid=… device=0'

before you start the guest.

The reason you were able to boot the guest at all is that the kernel is 
downloaded by the control domain. Once it has it and the initrd, it then starts 
the guest and the install proceeds from there. However, your guest has no 
network device, so it fails.

Jon

On 2 May 2012, at 22:36, David Christensen wrote:

> xen-api:
> 
> I'm a Xen newbie who has installed XCP-1.5-beta-base-53341 on a desktop 
> computer (Intel DQ67SWB3 motherboard, i7-2600S CPU, and 8 GB RAM):
> 
>     Enable thin provisioning.
> 
>     Don't install any Supplemental Packs (not available for XCP)
> 
>     Set hostname to "i72600s".
> 
> 
> I then logged into the XCP box via SSH and attempted to create a "Debian 
> Squeeze 6.0 (64-bit)" virtual machine per "Xen Cloud Platform Virtual 
> Machine Installation Guide Release 0.1 0.1 Published October 2009 0.1 
> Edition", "Chapter 4. Install Linux VMs", "Installing Debian Lenny":
> 
>       http://xen.org/files/XenCloud/guest.pdf
> 
> 
> 2012-05-02 12:58:17 root@i72600s ~
> # xe template-list | grep name-label | grep Debian
>         name-label ( RW): Debian Lenny 5.0 (32-bit)
>         name-label ( RW): Debian Squeeze 6.0 (64-bit)
>         name-label ( RW): Debian Squeeze 6.0 (32-bit)
> 
> 2012-05-02 14:03:24 root@i72600s ~
> # xe vm-install template="Debian Squeeze 6.0 (64-bit)" 
> new-name-label=squeeze64
> 876cf211-b265-d485-f7f6-efe5aa1c5c4c
> 
> 2012-05-02 14:04:00 root@i72600s ~
> # xe vm-param-set uuid=876cf211-b265-d485-f7f6-efe5aa1c5c4c 
> other-config:install-repository="http://apt:9999/debian";
> 
> 2012-05-02 14:04:52 root@i72600s ~
> # xe vm-list
> uuid ( RO)           : 53e98c73-50f7-48ab-a67a-24724660db38
>      name-label ( RW): Control domain on host: i72600s
>     power-state ( RO): running
> 
> 
> uuid ( RO)           : 876cf211-b265-d485-f7f6-efe5aa1c5c4c
>      name-label ( RW): squeeze64
>     power-state ( RO): halted
> 
> 
> 
> 2012-05-02 14:05:00 root@i72600s ~
> # xe vm-start vm=squeeze64
> 
> 
> The above command took a very long time on previous attempts.  I've
> since installed an Apt proxy (approx), so this time starting the VM was 
> much faster (loading kernel image over network?).
> 
> 
> Continuing:
> 
> 
> 2012-05-02 14:05:23 root@i72600s ~
> # xe vm-list
> uuid ( RO)           : 53e98c73-50f7-48ab-a67a-24724660db38
> name-label ( RW): Control domain on host: i72600s
> power-state ( RO): running
> 
> 
> uuid ( RO)           : 876cf211-b265-d485-f7f6-efe5aa1c5c4c
> name-label ( RW): squeeze64
> power-state ( RO): running
> 
> 
> 
> 2012-05-02 14:05:37 root@i72600s ~
> # xe console vm=squeeze64
> Connecting to console on VM squeeze64. Press Ctrl + ']' to quit.
> 
> 
> Pressing <Tab> and the arrow keys lets me know that ncurses (?) is
> running, and paints enough of the screen that I can select "<Go Back>".
> This takes me to the "Debian installer main menu".
> 
> 
> At the "Select a language" screen, choose "English" .
> 
> 
> At the "Select your location" screen, choose "United States".
> 
> 
> At the "Configure the keyboard" screen, choose "American English".
> 
> 
> At the "Detect network hardware" screen:
> 
>     No Ethernet card was detected. If you know the name of the driver
>     needed by your Ethernet card, you can select it from the list.
> 
>     Driver needed by your Ethernet card:
> 
> 
> Scrolling down the list, I see:
> 
>     xen-netfront: Xen Virtual Ethernet
> 
> 
> But I am unable to select it via <Space> key.  Pressing <Enter>
> repaints the screen.  I'm stuck, and cannot proceed forward in the
> installer (?).
> 
> 
> Press Ctrl+] to exit VM and shut it down:
> 
> 2012-05-02 14:18:27 root@i72600s ~
> # xe vm-shutdown vm=squeeze64
> 
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> TIA,
> 
> David
> 
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