OVS 2.2 :: Unable to install RHEL HVM on physical disk from command line

Question

[root@ovs2 xen]# /usr/sbin/virt-install hvm name=test2 ram=1024 vcpus=1 bridge=xenbr0 file /dev/sdc --nographics
What would you like to use for the virtual CD image? /var/ovs/mount/1FB2E6B36D21418792A1DD30B62C689F/iso_pool/rhel-server-5.6-x86_64-dvd.iso
Starting install...
Guest installation complete... restarting guest.
exception was: Domain named test2 already exists!
Domain installation may not have been
successful. If it was, you can restart your domain
by running 'xm create -c test2'; otherwise, please
restart your installation.
[root@ovs2 xen]# more test2
# Automatically generated xen config file
name = "test2"
builder = "hvm"
memory = "1024"
disk = [ 'phy:/dev/sdc,hda,w', ]
vif = [ 'type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:3d:d0:5c, bridge=xenbr0', ]
uuid = "f99f6a07-6d03-a0ae-8f2f-a7a0e1af5e31"
device_model = "/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm"
kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
nographic=1
timer_mode=0
apic=1
acpi=1
pae=1
vcpus=1
serial = "pty" # enable serial console
on_reboot = 'restart'
on_crash = 'restart'
[root@ovs2 xen]# xm console test2
xenconsole: Could not read tty from store: No such file or directory
[root@ovs2 xen]#
+ No errors in xend.log or qemu-*.log
+ hypervisor inittab is default .. co:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty xvc0 9600 vt100-nav
Using similar syntax, and installing paravirtualized guest to physical disk works fine.
[root@ovs2 xen]# /usr/sbin/virt-install paravirt name=demo3 ram=1024 vcpus=2 bridge=xenbr0 file=/dev/sdc nographics location=http://192.168.229.74/RHEL5764bit
Starting install...
Bootdata ok (command line is method=http://192.168.229.74/RHEL5764bit )
Linux version 2.6.18-238.el5xen ([email protected]) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-50)) #1 SMP Sun Dec 19 14:42:02 EST 2010
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Xen: 0000000000000000 - 0000000040800000 (usable)
No mptable found.
Built 1 zonelists. Total pages: 264192
Kernel command line: method=http://192.168.229.74/RHEL5764bit ...................................
Any suggestions ??

Answer 1

and i go to the temp mountpoint that the script will mount on
Starting install...
ERROR: Invalid NFS location given: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/lib/xen/xennfs.7x4Rf4/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz-xen'
[root@ovs2 opt1]# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/cciss/c0d0p2 3050092 3033308 0 100% /
/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 101086 47114 48753 50% /boot
tmpfs 288856 0 288856 0% /dev/shm
none 288768 40 288728 1% /var/lib/xenstored
/dev/cciss/c0d0p3 288623616 301056 288322560 1% /var/ovs/mount/A52CB661C1CF41D198D50F6379822694
/var/isos/OracleLinux-R5-U7-Server-x86_64-dvd.iso
3755446 3755446 0 100% /el/EL5-x86
192.168.229.110:/el/EL5-x86
3755456 3755456 0 100% /opt1
192.168.229.110:/el/EL5-x86/
3755456 3755456 0 100% /var/lib/xen/xennfs.NnE54I
[root@ovs2 opt1]# cd /var/lib/xen/xen
xend-db/ xennfs.7jHT0q/ xennfs.fQNnQD/ xennfs.LR6hDx/ xennfs.QnxyeH/
xennfs.5Pr0vm/ xennfs.8aMSAA/ xennfs.fRhXiN/ xennfs.NnE54I/ xennfs.yEw4KL/
[root@ovs2 opt1]# cd /var/lib/xen/xen
xend-db/ xennfs.7jHT0q/ xennfs.fQNnQD/ xennfs.LR6hDx/ xennfs.QnxyeH/
xennfs.5Pr0vm/ xennfs.8aMSAA/ xennfs.fRhXiN/ xennfs.NnE54I/ xennfs.yEw4KL/
[root@ovs2 opt1]# cd /var/lib/xen/xennfs.NnE54I/
[root@ovs2 xennfs.NnE54I]# ls
blafdoc.css EULA GPL README-en RELEASE-NOTES-en.html Server VT
Cluster eula.en_US images README-en.html RPM-GPG-KEY supportinfo
ClusterStorage eula.py isolinux RELEASE-NOTES-en RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle TRANS.TBL
[root@ovs2 xennfs.NnE54I]# find . -name vmlinuz\*
./images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
./images/xen/vmlinuz
./isolinux/vmlinuz
[root@ovs2 xennfs.NnE54I]#