Re: [Xen-users] hvm booting guest OS problem

["Todd Deshane" <deshantm@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 9:11 PM, Jason Rexilius <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>  This may be a stupid question but have been wrestling with it for days
> now.  I have successfully (I thought) installed a guest OS under domU,
> via VNC (took me a while to give up on trying to get normal console).
>
>  I'm using a file as the target drive and gave it 3 partitions (/boot /
> and swap).  I installed grub and it seems to believe it installed in the
> MBR (of this file-based disk) correctly.
>
>  But after ejecting the CDROM and rebooting the VM just dies.  Very
> little error output in logs (that I can understand).
>
>  My thinking is that if you can install Windows under HVM and it boot
> just fine, a linux guest should work just fine too..?.. Or am I missing
> something about the MBR and Windows installer?
>
>  Any feedback would be greatly appreciated..
>
> -jason
>
>
> HVM guest config (after install to just boot from disk, doesnt work):
> ----------------
> kernel = '/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader'
> builder='hvm'
> memory = 512
> shadow_memory = 8
> vcpus=1
> name='new'
> disk = ['file:/webapps/data/guest1/disks/ext3root.img,sda,w']
> root='/dev/sda3 ro'
> dhcp='dhcp'
> vif=['']
> boot='c'
> vnc=1
> vncviewer=0

Try vncviewer="yes"

> sdl=0
> stdvga=0
> device_model='/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
> serial='pty'
> extra = 'xencons=tty'
>
>
> qemu-dm-new.log
> ----------------
> domid: 28
> qemu: the number of cpus is 1
> config qemu network with xen bridge for  tap28.0 xenbr0
> Watching /local/domain/0/device-model/28/logdirty/next-active
> Watching /local/domain/0/device-model/28/command
> xs_read(): vncpasswd get error.
> /vm/97c5a559-abf6-004e-70f5-afd07240a8e8/vncpasswd.
> char device redirected to /dev/pts/0
> qemu_map_cache_init nr_buckets = 4000 size 196608
> shared page at pfn 1fffe
> buffered io page at pfn 1fffc
> Time offset set 0
> Register xen platform.
> Done register platform.
> I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0
>

This seems fine/normal.

>
>
> xend.log
> ---------
> [2008-11-13 20:05:18 27192] INFO (SrvDaemon:331) Xend Daemon started
> [2008-11-13 20:05:18 27192] INFO (SrvDaemon:335) Xend changeset:
> unavailable.

Maybe a xend problem? did you try restarting xend and/or networking and/or
the system?


> [2008-11-13 20:05:18 27192] INFO (XendNetwork:114) Not recreating
> missing unmanaged network tmpbridge
> [2008-11-13 20:05:18 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:137)
> XendDomainInfo.recreate({'max_vcpu_id': 7, 'cpu_time': 11548808583905L,
> 'ssidref': 0, 'hvm': 0, 'shutdown_reason': 0, 'dying': 0,
> 'online_vcpus': 8, 'domid': 0, 'paused': 0, 'crashed': 0, 'running': 1,
> 'maxmem_kb': 4294967292L, 'shutdown': 0, 'mem_kb': 15319040L, 'handle':
> [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], 'blocked': 0, 'name':
> 'Domain-0'})
> [2008-11-13 20:05:18 27192] INFO (XendDomainInfo:154) Recreating domain
> 0, UUID 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000. at /local/domain/0
> [2008-11-13 20:05:18 27192] DEBUG (XendDomain:447) Adding Domain: 0
> [2008-11-13 20:05:18 27192] DEBUG (XendDomain:383) number of vcpus to
> use is 0
> [2008-11-13 20:05:19 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1359) Storing domain
> details: {'cpu/3/availability': 'online', 'name': 'Domain-0',
> 'console/limit': '1048576', 'memory/target': '15319040',
> 'cpu/2/availability': 'online', 'vm':
> '/vm/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000', 'domid': '0',
> 'cpu/7/availability': 'online', 'cpu/0/availability': 'online',
> 'cpu/1/availability': 'online', 'cpu/5/availability': 'online',
> 'control/platform-feature-multiprocessor-suspend': '1',
> 'cpu/6/availability': 'online', 'console/type': 'xenconsoled',
> 'cpu/4/availability': 'online'}
> [2008-11-13 20:05:19 27192] WARNING (XendAPI:684) API call:
> VBD.set_device not found
> [2008-11-13 20:05:19 27192] WARNING (XendAPI:684) API call: VBD.set_type
> not found
> [2008-11-13 20:05:19 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1443)
> XendDomainInfo.handleShutdownWatch
> [2008-11-13 20:05:19 27192] WARNING (XendAPI:684) API call:
> session.get_all_records not found
> [2008-11-13 20:05:19 27192] WARNING (XendAPI:684) API call:
> event.get_record not found
> [2008-11-13 20:05:19 27192] WARNING (XendAPI:684) API call:
> event.get_all not found
> [2008-11-13 20:05:19 27192] WARNING (XendAPI:684) API call:
> VM.get_auto_power_on not found
> [2008-11-13 20:05:19 27192] WARNING (XendAPI:684) API call:
> VM.set_auto_power_on not found
> [2008-11-13 20:05:19 27192] WARNING (XendAPI:684) API call:
> VIF.get_network not found
> [2008-11-13 20:05:19 27192] WARNING (XendAPI:684) API call:
> VIF.set_device not found
> [2008-11-13 20:05:19 27192] WARNING (XendAPI:684) API call: VIF.set_MAC
> not found
> [2008-11-13 20:05:19 27192] WARNING (XendAPI:684) API call: VIF.set_MTU
> not found
> [2008-11-13 20:05:19 27192] WARNING (XendAPI:684) API call:
> debug.get_all not found
> [2008-11-13 20:05:19 27192] INFO (XMLRPCServer:156) Opening Unix domain
> socket XML-RPC server on /var/run/xend/xen-api.sock; authentication has
> been disabled for this server.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:19 27192] INFO (XMLRPCServer:156) Opening Unix domain
> socket XML-RPC server on /var/run/xend/xmlrpc.sock.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:89)
> XendDomainInfo.create(['vm', ['name', 'new'], ['memory', 512],
> ['shadow_memory', 8], ['vcpus', 1], ['on_xend_start', 'ignore'],
> ['on_xend_stop', 'ignore'], ['image', ['hvm', ['kernel',
> '/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader'], ['ip', ':127.0.255.255::::eth0:dhcp'],
> ['root', '/dev/sda3 ro'], ['args', 'xencons=tty'], ['device_model',
> '/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm'], ['pae', 1], ['vcpus', 1], ['boot', 'c'],
> ['fda', ''], ['fdb', ''], ['timer_mode', 0], ['localtime', 0],
> ['serial', 'pty'], ['stdvga', 0], ['isa', 0], ['nographic', 0],
> ['soundhw', ''], ['vnc', 1], ['vncunused', 1], ['sdl', 0],
> ['xauthority', '/root/.Xauthority'], ['rtc_timeoffset', '0'],
> ['monitor', 0], ['acpi', 1], ['apic', 1], ['usb', 0], ['usbdevice', ''],
> ['keymap', ''], ['pci', []], ['hpet', 0], ['guest_os_type', 'default'],
> ['hap', 1], ['cpuid', []], ['cpuid_check', []]]], ['device', ['vbd',
> ['uname', 'file:/webapps/data/guest1/disks/ext3root.img'], ['dev',
> 'sda'], ['mode', 'w']]], ['device', ['vif']]])
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:2028)
> XendDomainInfo.constructDomain
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (balloon:132) Balloon: 544128 KiB
> free; need 2048; done.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (XendDomain:447) Adding Domain: 28
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:2134)
> XendDomainInfo.initDomain: 28 256
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (image:302) No VNC passwd configured
> for vfb access
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (image:712) cmdline        =
> root=/dev/sda3 ro ip=:127.0.255.255::::eth0:dhcp xencons=tty
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (image:743) args: boot, val: c
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (image:743) args: fda, val: None
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (image:743) args: fdb, val: None
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (image:743) args: soundhw, val: None
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (image:743) args: localtime, val: 0
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (image:743) args: serial, val: pty
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (image:743) args: std-vga, val: 0
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (image:743) args: isa, val: 0
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (image:743) args: acpi, val: 1
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (image:743) args: usb, val: 0
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (image:743) args: usbdevice, val: None
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:2215)
> _initDomain:shadow_memory=0x8, memory_static_max=0x20000000,
> memory_static_min=0x0.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (balloon:132) Balloon: 542844 KiB
> free; need 542720; done.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] INFO (image:166) buildDomain os=hvm dom=28
> vcpus=1
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (image:795) domid          = 28
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (image:796) image          =
> /usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (image:797) store_evtchn   = 2
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (image:798) memsize        = 512
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (image:799) vcpus          = 1
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (image:800) acpi           = 1
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (image:801) apic           = 1
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] INFO (XendDomainInfo:1900) createDevice: vfb
> : {'vncunused': 1, 'other_config': {'vncunused': 1, 'type': 'vnc'},
> 'type': 'vnc', 'uuid': 'fcbfb45a-b20d-ed19-ec2a-9147676b1eae'}
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (DevController:122) DevController:
> writing {'state': '1', 'backend-id': '0', 'backend':
> '/local/domain/0/backend/vfb/28/0'} to /local/domain/28/device/vfb/0.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (DevController:124) DevController:
> writing {'vncunused': '1', 'domain': 'new', 'frontend':
> '/local/domain/28/device/vfb/0', 'uuid':
> 'fcbfb45a-b20d-ed19-ec2a-9147676b1eae', 'state': '1', 'online': '1',
> 'frontend-id': '28', 'type': 'vnc'} to /local/domain/0/backend/vfb/28/0.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] INFO (XendDomainInfo:1900) createDevice: vbd
> : {'uuid': 'a4a38795-74cf-440c-a230-08024c1e42ec', 'bootable': 1,
> 'driver': 'paravirtualised', 'dev': 'sda', 'uname':
> 'file:/webapps/data/guest1/disks/ext3root.img', 'mode': 'w'}
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (DevController:122) DevController:
> writing {'backend-id': '0', 'virtual-device': '2048', 'device-type':
> 'disk', 'state': '1', 'backend': '/local/domain/0/backend/vbd/28/2048'}
> to /local/domain/28/device/vbd/2048.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (DevController:124) DevController:
> writing {'domain': 'new', 'frontend':
> '/local/domain/28/device/vbd/2048', 'uuid':
> 'a4a38795-74cf-440c-a230-08024c1e42ec', 'dev': 'sda', 'state': '1',
> 'params': '/webapps/data/guest1/disks/ext3root.img', 'mode': 'w',
> 'online': '1', 'frontend-id': '28', 'type': 'file'} to
> /local/domain/0/backend/vbd/28/2048.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] INFO (XendDomainInfo:1900) createDevice: vif
> : {'mac': '00:16:3e:0b:cb:0a', 'uuid':
> '9d04dafc-35d2-503b-36d5-521313dc3136'}
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (DevController:122) DevController:
> writing {'backend-id': '0', 'mac': '00:16:3e:0b:cb:0a', 'handle': '0',
> 'state': '1', 'backend': '/local/domain/0/backend/vif/28/0'} to
> /local/domain/28/device/vif/0.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (DevController:124) DevController:
> writing {'domain': 'new', 'frontend': '/local/domain/28/device/vif/0',
> 'uuid': '9d04dafc-35d2-503b-36d5-521313dc3136', 'script':
> '/etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge', 'mac': '00:16:3e:0b:cb:0a',
> 'frontend-id': '28', 'state': '1', 'online': '1', 'handle': '0'} to
> /local/domain/0/backend/vif/28/0.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] INFO (image:375) spawning device models:
> /usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm ['/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm', '-d', '28',
> '-domain-name', 'new', '-k', 'en-us', '-vnc', '0.0.0.0:0', '-vncunused',
> '-vcpus', '1', '-append', 'root=/dev/sda3 ro
> ip=:127.0.255.255::::eth0:dhcp xencons=tty', '-boot', 'c', '-serial',
> 'pty', '-acpi', '-net',
> 'nic,vlan=1,macaddr=00:16:3e:0b:cb:0a,model=rtl8139', '-net',
> 'tap,vlan=1,ifname=tap28.0,bridge=xenbr0', '-M', 'xenfv']
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] INFO (image:422) device model pid: 27247
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:2729) Storing VM
> details: {'on_xend_stop': 'ignore', 'shadow_memory': '8', 'uuid':
> '97c5a559-abf6-004e-70f5-afd07240a8e8', 'on_reboot': 'restart',
> 'start_time': '1226628353.98', 'on_poweroff': 'destroy',
> 'on_xend_start': 'ignore', 'on_crash': 'restart', 'xend/restart_count':
> '0', 'vcpus': '1', 'vcpu_avail': '1', 'image': "(hvm (kernel ) (args
> 'root=/dev/sda3 ro ip=:127.0.255.255::::eth0:dhcp xencons=tty') (hpet 0)
> (stdvga 0) (loader /usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader) (serial pty) (vncunused
> 1) (boot c) (rtc_timeoffset 0) (pci ()) (pae 1) (hap 1) (acpi 1)
> (localtime 0) (timer_mode 0) (vnc 1) (nographic 0) (guest_os_type
> default) (apic 1) (sdl 0) (monitor 0) (device_model
> /usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm) (keymap en-us) (usb 0) (xauthority
> /root/.Xauthority) (isa 0) (notes (SUSPEND_CANCEL 1)))", 'name': 'new'}
> [2008-11-13 20:05:53 27192] INFO (image:511) waiting for sentinel_fifo
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1359) Storing domain
> details: {'console/port': '3', 'name': 'new', 'console/limit':
> '1048576', 'store/port': '2', 'vm':
> '/vm/97c5a559-abf6-004e-70f5-afd07240a8e8', 'domid': '28',
> 'image/suspend-cancel': '1', 'cpu/0/availability': 'online',
> 'memory/target': '524288',
> 'control/platform-feature-multiprocessor-suspend': '1',
> 'store/ring-ref': '131069', 'console/type': 'ioemu'}
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (DevController:122) DevController:
> writing {'state': '1', 'backend-id': '0', 'backend':
> '/local/domain/0/backend/console/28/0'} to
> /local/domain/28/device/console/0.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (DevController:124) DevController:
> writing {'domain': 'new', 'frontend':
> '/local/domain/28/device/console/0', 'uuid':
> '4f7be2bb-ab0f-b754-24ca-5ee2f1473b37', 'frontend-id': '28', 'state':
> '1', 'location': '3', 'online': '1', 'protocol': 'vt100'} to
> /local/domain/0/backend/console/28/0.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1443)
> XendDomainInfo.handleShutdownWatch
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (DevController:155) Waiting for
> devices vif.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (DevController:160) Waiting for 0.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (DevController:645)
> hotplugStatusCallback /local/domain/0/backend/vif/28/0/hotplug-status.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (DevController:659)
> hotplugStatusCallback 1.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (DevController:155) Waiting for
> devices vscsi.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (DevController:155) Waiting for
> devices vbd.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (DevController:160) Waiting for 2048.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (DevController:645)
> hotplugStatusCallback /local/domain/0/backend/vbd/28/2048/hotplug-status.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (DevController:659)
> hotplugStatusCallback 1.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (DevController:155) Waiting for
> devices irq.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (DevController:155) Waiting for
> devices vkbd.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (DevController:155) Waiting for
> devices vfb.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (DevController:155) Waiting for
> devices console.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (DevController:160) Waiting for 0.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (DevController:155) Waiting for
> devices pci.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (DevController:155) Waiting for
> devices ioports.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (DevController:155) Waiting for
> devices tap.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] DEBUG (DevController:155) Waiting for
> devices vtpm.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:54 27192] INFO (XendDomain:1172) Domain new (28) unpaused.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:55 27192] INFO (XendDomainInfo:1634) Domain has
> shutdown: name=new id=28 reason=poweroff.
> [2008-11-13 20:05:55 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:2389)
> XendDomainInfo.destroy: domid=28
> [2008-11-13 20:05:55 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:2406)
> XendDomainInfo.destroyDomain(28)
> [2008-11-13 20:05:55 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1939) Destroying
> device model
> [2008-11-13 20:05:55 27192] WARNING (image:472) domain new: device model
> failure: no longer running; see /var/log/xen/qemu-dm-new.log
> [2008-11-13 20:05:55 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1946) Releasing devices
> [2008-11-13 20:05:55 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1952) Removing vif/0
> [2008-11-13 20:05:55 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:888)
> XendDomainInfo.destroyDevice: deviceClass = vif, device = vif/0
> [2008-11-13 20:05:55 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1952) Removing vbd/2048
> [2008-11-13 20:05:55 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:888)
> XendDomainInfo.destroyDevice: deviceClass = vbd, device = vbd/2048
> [2008-11-13 20:05:55 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1952) Removing vfb/0
> [2008-11-13 20:05:55 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:888)
> XendDomainInfo.destroyDevice: deviceClass = vfb, device = vfb/0
> [2008-11-13 20:05:55 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1952) Removing console/0
> [2008-11-13 20:05:55 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:888)
> XendDomainInfo.destroyDevice: deviceClass = console, device = console/0
> [2008-11-13 20:05:55 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1944) No device model
> [2008-11-13 20:05:55 27192] DEBUG (XendDomainInfo:1946) Releasing devices
>
>
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