[Xen-users] Errors creating Domu with xl/xm on Xen 4.1.5 with Fedora Dom0

[ranjith krishnan <ranjithkrishnan1@xxxxxxxxx>]

I want to get couple of DomUs running with Xen. I installed Xen 4.1.5 from source on a Fedora 17 Dom0.

I did some reading on configuring DomUs using xl/xm and cfg files.

http://www.fclose.com/b/linux/2544/setting-up-lvm-backed-xen-domu/

http://www.fclose.com/w/Setting_Up_Xen_DomU_on_Fedora:_Unmodified_Fedora_on_Top_of_Xenified_Fedora_Xen_Dom0%23Install_Fedora_12_Linux_via_Internet

So basically I create the cfg file, and do "xm/xl create xmf16install -c"

This is one of my cfg files.

name="xmf16install"

memory=2048

vcpus=1

disk=['phy:/dev/xenvg/xmf16lvm,xvda,w']

vif = [ 'bridge=br0' ]

kernel = "/home/fedora16pxe/vmlinuz"

ramdisk = "/home/fedora16pxe/initrd.img"

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The CentOS/Fedora installers are being launched, but I think I am running into a problem when the installers ask for HTTP location from where to pickup the images for install. I got different kinds of errors each time (I tried multiple installations (F15,16, F17, CentOS5).Â

Some of the errors I got from the anaconda installers wereÂ

(F12, CentOS5)

'' loader received SIGSEGV! ÂBacktrace: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ÂÂ

[0x80488c4]

[0xc18420]

[0x818c9e3]

[0x806305c]

[0x806cbcb]

[0x806cd06]

[0x806d1b7]

[0x806c5ee]

[0x80623ec]

[0x8062b29]

install exited abnormally [1/1]Â

sending termination signals...done

sending kill signals...done

disabling swap...

unmounting filesystems...

/proc done

/dev/pts done

/sys done

/tmp/ramfs done

you may safely reboot your system"Â

F(15)Â

"Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing  Ââ

   â repodata directory. ÂPlease ensure that your install tree has  Ââ

   â been correctly generated.                    Ââ

   â                                 Ââ

   â Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: â

   â updates. Please verify its path and try again Â"

I am guessing there is a problem when it tries to connect to the internet to download packages.Â

I have also attached my domU cfg file for reference in the email.Â

Could someone point out where am I going wrong ?

Is there something wrong with my cfg files. Or is something else the issue here ?

Brctl show output:

# brctl show

bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces

br0 8000.001ec936a1c5 no em1

ÂÂÂÂÂ vif3.0

virbr0 8000.525400f132d7 yes virbr0-nic

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Ranjith krishnan

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