Bug 683394 - /etc/xen/scripts/block failed
Summary: /etc/xen/scripts/block failed
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: xen
Version: 5.6
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Xen Maintainance List
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-03-09 10:57 UTC by Andrew Jones
Modified: 2011-03-09 14:17 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2011-03-09 14:17:42 UTC
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Description Andrew Jones 2011-03-09 10:57:12 UTC 
Attempting to install an F15 64-bit HVM with virt-install using blktap for the disk gives this

# virt-install -v -n f15-64fv -l http://download.englab.brq.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/15/x86_64/os -f /vm/images/f15-64fv.img -s 7 --vcpus=2 -r 1024 


Starting install...
Retrieving file .treeinfo...                             |  796 B     00:00     
Retrieving file boot.iso...                              | 281 MB     00:02     
ERROR    POST operation failed: xend_post: error from xen daemon: (xend.err 'Device 768 (vbd) could not be connected. /etc/xen/scripts/block failed; error detected.')

Using blkbk with an image on lvm allows the install to start.

# virt-install -v -n f15-64fv -l http://download.englab.brq.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/15/x86_64/os -f /dev/guests/f15-64fv --vcpus=2 -r 1024
Comment 1 Andrew Jones 2011-03-09 11:02:42 UTC 
Also note that blktap works for 32-bit HVM installs.
Comment 2 Andrew Jones 2011-03-09 14:12:19 UTC 
This was due to a problem in my environment. I had exhausted all loop back devices. Only reason to keep this bug open would be if we wanted to make the output message better, e.g. /etc/xen/scripts/block failed; insufficient loop back devices

Otherwise it can be closed.
Comment 3 Andrew Jones 2011-03-09 14:17:42 UTC 
Once again, never mind... This already _is_ logged in /var/log/xen/xen-hotplug.log. Closing.
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