Description of problem: A paravirt xen install fails to download the stage#2 image. * the url provided is a valid URL Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): http://reducto.boston.redhat.com/pungi/f9alpha.10/9-Alpha/Fedora/i386/os * anaconda-11.4.0.28-1 How reproducible: %100 Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot images/xen/* kernel and initrd 2. Perform a URL installation source 3. Enter the URL http://reducto.boston.redhat.com/pungi/f9alpha.10/9-Alpha/Fedora/x86_64/os Actual results: +---------------+ Error +----------------+ | | | Unable to retrieve the install image. | | | | +----+ | | | OK | | | +----+ | | | | | +----------------------------------------+ Expected results: Images should be downloaded and installer proceeds to stage#2 Additional info: Could this be related to the URLinstall method changes in F9
I see an attempt to download the image +----------------------------+ Retrieving +----------------------------+ | | | Retrieving images/minstg2.img... | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ But it continues to fall back to the error dialog posted in comment#0. There is no other tty I can change to, and <ctrl>z is not yet active. :( Any thoughts on grabbing more data?
Chroot'd into initrd.img from an existing install... 20:05:43 INFO : starting to STEP_URL 20:05:48 DEBUG : url address reducto.boston.redhat.com 20:05:48 DEBUG : url prefix /pungi/f9alpha.10/9-Alpha/Fedora/x86_64/os 20:05:48 ERROR : got to setupCdrom without a CD device 20:05:48 INFO : transferring http://reducto.boston.redhat.com/pungi/f9alpha.10/9-Alpha/Fedora/x86_64/os/images/updates.img to a fd 20:05:48 INFO : transferring http://reducto.boston.redhat.com/pungi/f9alpha.10/9-Alpha/Fedora/x86_64/os/images/product.img to a fd 20:05:48 INFO : 533432 kB are available 20:05:48 INFO : transferring http://reducto.boston.redhat.com/pungi/f9alpha.10/9-Alpha/Fedora/x86_64/os/images/stage2.img to a fd 20:06:09 DEBUG : copied 44078395 bytes to /tmp/stage2.img (complete) 20:06:09 ERROR : unable to open loop device /dev/loop0 20:06:09 ERROR : Error mounting /dev//dev/loop0 on /mnt/runtime (No such file or directory)
please ignore comment#2 ... I suspect that's noise since the F8 system I was chroot'ing with appears to not support the squashfs stage2.img. Looks like I'll need a rawhide-ish system to test this against (chicken vs egg)
Can you ping the guest when it's at this point?
In response to comment#4 ... it appears the guest is pingable Feb 4 09:26:12 dhcpd-server dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:16:3e:7f:c9:93 via eth0 Feb 4 09:26:13 dhcpd-server dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.34.193 to 00:16:3e:7f:c9:93 via eth0 Feb 4 09:26:13 dhcpd-server dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.34.193 (192.168.32.2) from 00:16:3e:7f:c9:93 via eth0 Feb 4 09:26:13 dhcpd-server dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.34.193 to 00:16:3e:7f:c9:93 via eth0 You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root # ping 192.168.34.193 PING 192.168.34.193 (192.168.34.193) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.34.193: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=7.00 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.34.193: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.481 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.34.193: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.516 ms But the guest still shows: +---------------+ Error +----------------+ | | | Unable to retrieve the install image. | | | | +----+ | | | OK | | | +----+ | | | | | +----------------------------------------+
I was seeing something similar when attempting an NFS install of Fedora 9 alpha xen guest. It ends up with the error +--------------+ Error +---------------+ | | | That directory does not seem to | | contain a Fedora installation tree. | | | | +----+ | | | OK | | | +----+ | | | | | +--------------------------------------+ except that it does, and the packet capture suggests it is reading bits of the stage2.img file, then browsing the directory before putting up this error.
Regarding comment #6: Virt-install tries to detect what type of tree it is going to install depending on the presence of certain files in the tree. In the f8 version it looks for fedora.css and Fedora. If it does not find these files it does not see the tree at all. I think that you are hitting this issue because these files are not present (they are not present in http://reducto.boston.redhat.com/pungi/f9alpha.10/9-Alpha/Fedora/x86_64/os). Don't know if the original issue is related to this.
Actually, I wasn't using virt-install, but booting direct from the xen vmlinuz and initrd.img, which has worked for me for past versions of Fedora. Also an NFS update works in a non-xen situation from the same source so the media isn't at fault. I would guess that this might be related to having to load modules by hand, that some modules beyond those which can be loaded by hand are missing. Incidentally, I hope you don't mean Fedora for f8 since that directory was renamed to Packages in f8 and f9.
(In reply to comment #8) > Actually, I wasn't using virt-install, but booting direct from the xen vmlinuz > and initrd.img, which has worked for me for past versions of Fedora. Also an NFS > update works in a non-xen situation from the same source so the media isn't at > fault. yep, you are correct. you cant be hitting the issue I mentioned because the installation does not even start. I would guess that this might be related to having to load modules by > hand, that some modules beyond those which can be loaded by hand are missing. > Incidentally, I hope you don't mean Fedora for f8 since that directory was > renamed to Packages in f8 and f9. I know, but this has not change in python-virt. It hasn't been an issue because it always finds fedora.css. its just a python-virt bug. I think its beigh taken care of. Sorry for the noise.
Screen captures from the system after it downloads stage2.img and fails to move fwd. http://jlaska.fedorapeople.org/pv-xen-f9-tty1.png http://jlaska.fedorapeople.org/pv-xen-f9-tty3.png http://jlaska.fedorapeople.org/pv-xen-f9-tty4.png
Aha, that's very helpful. kernel-xen has outdated squashfs and thus can't mount the images. 2.6.21 strikes again.
Yes, my testing also confirms squashfs is the problem, as you can't mount the stage2.img from Fedora 9 alpha even on an installed system running kernel-xen-2.6.21.7-2897.fc9.i686 . The errors in /var/log/messages are Mar 5 18:48:03 xenda kernel: loop: loaded (max 8 devices) Mar 5 18:48:03 xenda kernel: squashfs: version 3.2-r2 (2007/01/15) Phillip Lougher Mar 5 18:48:03 xenda kernel: SQUASHFS error: Major/Minor mismatch, trying to mount newer 3.1 filesystem Mar 5 18:48:03 xenda kernel: SQUASHFS error: Please update your kernel
Should be fixed with the kernel-xen-2.6-2.6.25-0.0.rc4.fc9 kernel in tomorrow's rawhide