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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-users] VM keeps rebooting when building via pxe
Hrm. Unfortunately, I don't. In both of these cases, it's using pxe to boot your VM, which will cause it to reinstall. What you want is it to use a bootloaded to do so. But it sounds like pygrub isn't working here for you. Hopefully someone else on the list can get you further. Sorry :( Mel On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 6:21 AM, Pinto, Melzer <Melzer.Pinto@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Melody, > Thanks for your response. > I tried this again today and here is what I see. I am using Oracle VM manager > to create the pxe configuration files. When I create the pxe configuration > file, the following 2 files get created > > diff -y vm.cfg vm.cfg.orig > bootargs = 'bridge=xenbr0,mac=00:16:3E:35:C7:95,type=netfront | bootargs = > 'bridge=xenbr0' > bootloader = '/usr/bin/pypxeboot' bootloader = > '/usr/bin/pypxeboot' > disk = ['file:/var/ovs/mount/ADB5300DA0664B9C8CBDBAC34BFFC5A1 disk = > ['file:/var/ovs/mount/ADB5300DA0664B9C8CBDBAC34BFFC5A1 > memory = 2048 memory = 2048 > name = '66_oraclevm3' | name = > 'PXE_pvm' > on_crash = 'restart' on_crash = > 'restart' > on_reboot = 'restart' on_reboot = > 'restart' > uuid = 'da985745-54ec-4387-8d3e-e80f2242b698' < > vcpus = 2 vcpus = 2 > vfb = ['type=vnc,vncunused=1,vnclisten=0.0.0.0,vncpasswd=ovsr vfb = > ['type=vnc,vncunused=1,vnclisten=0.0.0.0,vncpasswd=ovsr > vif = ['bridge=xenbr0,mac=00:16:3E:35:C7:95,type=netfront'] vif = > ['bridge=xenbr0,mac=00:16:3E:35:C7:95,type=netfront'] > vif_other_config = [] > vif_other_config = [] > > I edit the vm.cfg.orig file with the suggestion you made > on_crash="destroy" > on_reboot="destroy" > > I then run a xm create on the vm.cfg file and it starts to pxe and builds. > When the build is completed it goes back to rebuilding the host again. I then > edited the pypxeboot line to pygrub in vm.cfg but now it returns with a > "Error: Boot loader didn't return any data!" error > > Any thoughts on this and what needs to be changed in these steps? > > Thanks > Melzer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Melody Bliss [mailto:melodybliss@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 5:10 PM > To: Pinto, Melzer > Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] VM keeps rebooting when building via pxe > > You want > on_crash="destroy" > on_reboot="destroy" > > instead of restart. Then, upon reboot, it will destroy the current VM. > You'd then used a running config that uses pygrub as your bootloaded > instead. This config would have > > on_reboot="restart" > on_crash="restart" > > Mel > > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Pinto, Melzer <Melzer.Pinto@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to build a Xen VM(THEL 5.3 and OEL 5.5) via pxe boot. I'm able >> to get the dhcp and tftp servers to respond to the pxe request and the VM >> starts building. However when it reboots it goes back to building again >> instead of booting up. Has anyone seen this kind of behavior before? I tried >> both RHEL and OEL. I think the problem might be bootloader pypxeboot line >> but I'm not sure. Here is the vm.cfg >> >> >> >> bootargs = 'bridge=xenbr0,mac=00:16:3E:35:C7:95,type=netfront' >> >> bootloader = '/usr/bin/pypxeboot' >> >> disk = >> ['file:/var/ovs/mount/ADB5300DA0664B9C8CBDBAC34BFFC5A1/running_pool/52_vm4/System.img,xvda,w'] >> >> memory = 2048 >> >> name = '52_vm4' >> >> on_crash = 'restart' >> >> on_reboot = 'restart' >> >> uuid = '25fd9fa0-e383-4e11-98d8-1921d787547a' >> >> vcpus = 2 >> >> vfb = ['type=vnc,vncunused=1,vnclisten=0.0.0.0,vncpasswd=xxxxxx'] >> >> vif = ['bridge=xenbr0,mac=00:16:3E:35:C7:95,type=netfront'] >> >> vif_other_config = [] >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> Melzer Pinto >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> IMPORTANT: The information contained in this email and/or its attachments is >> confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the >> sender immediately by reply and immediately delete this message and all its >> attachments. 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