Description of problem: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): xen / 3.0.3 / 0.1.rc3 kernel-xen / 2.6.18 / 1.2798.fc6 python-virtinst / 0.95.0 / 1.fc6 How reproducible: every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. install FC6, choosing virtualisation package 2. boot (limiting dom_0 memory) 3. /usr/sbin/xenguest-install --name test5 --location=http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/core/6/i386/os/ --ram=256 --file=/scratch/test5 --debug 2>&1 | tee /tmp/guestinstall.log Actual results: nothing happens. No logs are generated in /var/log/messages or /var/log/xen* Expected results: either a new virtual machine is started or a useful error message is generated Additional info: the machine this is happening on has only 512 M memory. xen was booted with dom0_mem=262144 no logging generated in /var/log/xen/* and in /var/log/messages only lines like the following repeated: Nov 2 01:10:53 localhost kernel: 4gb seg fixup, process beagled (pid 3418), cs:ip 73:0811cbff more info to be attached (e.g. cpu info)
Created attachment 140052 [details] some info about the machine with the problem.
You should be getting a prompt about whether you want graphics support or not at that point; and the redirect is probably hiding that from you. Also, note that the default config won't let dom0 balloon below 256M and so you're not going to actually be able to start a guest install.