Re: [Xen-users] Xen VM Create Question

[Todd Deshane <todd.deshane@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Randy Katz <rkatz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> dom0 CentOS 5.6 with updates and Virtualization group installed.
> domU CentOS 5.6 install
>
> I have configured a conf file and a kickstart and the install goes well,
> however, it seems to be reverting to a dhcp install rather then grabbing the
> eth
> information I give it. Also, it creates an ifcfg-eth0.bak file with the info
> I give it with a different MAC address, not sure how it gets
> either. If there is anything you know about this please let me know.
>
> If I remove ifcfg-eth0, mv ifcfg-eth0.bak to ifcfg-eth0 and remove the
> HWADDR and do a /etc/init.d/network restart
> it works fine with the correct IP.
>

You need to set a MAC address on the vif line of the domU config (for
example vif=['mac=00:16:3e:aa:aa:aa,bridge=xenbr1']

There was also a but in a centos package (one the package like kudzu
or something that causes this), but I'm not sure if that is what you
are running into in this case.

Thanks,
Todd

> ifcfg-eth0
>
> # Xen Virtual Ethernet
> DEVICE=eth0
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> ONBOOT=yes
> HWADDR=00:16:3e:06:33:04
>
>
> ifcfg-eth0.bak
>
> # Xen Virtual Ethernet
> DEVICE=eth0
> BOOTPROTO=static
> DHCPCLASS=
> HWADDR=00:16:3E:72:6B:32
> IPADDR=192.168.1.23
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> ONBOOT=yes
>
>
> test1.cfg
>
> kernel = "/etc/xen/images/vmlinuz"
> ramdisk = "/etc/xen/images/initrd.img"
> extra = "text ks=http://192.168.1.21/test1.ks.cfg";
> name = "test1"
> memory = "1024"
> disk = [ "phy:/dev/vg1/test1,xvda,w" ]
> vif = [ 'bridge=xenbr1', ]
> vcpus=1
> on_reboot = 'destroy'
> on_crash = 'destroy'
>
> test1.ks.cfg
>
> install
> url --url http://192.168.1.21/centos
> lang en_US.UTF-8
> keyboard us
> network --device=eth0 --bootproto=static --ip=192.168.1.23
> --netmask=255.255.255
> .0 --gateway=192.168.1.1 --nameserver=192.168.1.1 --hostname=test1 --
> noipv6 --onboot=yes
> rootpw sc4300.1
> firewall --enabled --port=22:tcp
> authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
> selinux --disabled
> timezone --utc America/Los_Angeles
> bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=xvda --append="console=xvc0"
> reboot
> clearpart --all --initlabel --drives=xvda
> part /boot --fstype ext3 --size=1024 --ondisk=xvda
> part pv.2 --size=0 --grow --ondisk=xvda
> volgroup VolGroup00 --pesize=16384 pv.2
> logvol / --fstype ext3 --name=LogVol00 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=1024
> --grow
> logvol swap --fstype swap --name=LogVol01 --vgname=VolGroup00 --size=2048
> --grow
>  --maxsize=4096
>
> %packages
> @base
>
> Best regards,
> Randy
>
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