10:54 p.m.
Hello:
I am using kvm on a CentOS 5.4 server.
I am trying to install the TunkeyLinux Core appliance
found here: http://www.turnkeylinux.org/core
I downloaded the ISO file from the web site.
Then, I used this command to intall it:
virt-install -n tkl-core -r 512 --vcpus=1 --check-cpu --os-type=linux
--os-variant=ubuntuhardy -v --accelerate
-c /tmp/turnkey-core-2009.10-hardy-x86.iso
-f /var/lib/libvirt/images/tkl-core.img -s 15 -b br0 --vnc noautoconsole
When I connect to the VNC console, I get the Turnkey linux
options screen.
I select Install to hard disk from there and it seems to
start the install but crashes during the installer startup.
This is repeatable so there has to be a way to debug it.
I tried turning on the debug option for virt-install but that
did not give me any useful info.
Any ideas how to debug this?
Thanks,
Neil
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7:25 a.m.
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:54:12PM -0600, Neil Aggarwal wrote:
Hello:
I am using kvm on a CentOS 5.4 server.
I am trying to install the TunkeyLinux Core appliance
found here: http://www.turnkeylinux.org/core
I downloaded the ISO file from the web site.
Then, I used this command to intall it:
virt-install -n tkl-core -r 512 --vcpus=1 --check-cpu --os-type=linux
--os-variant=ubuntuhardy -v --accelerate
-c /tmp/turnkey-core-2009.10-hardy-x86.iso
-f /var/lib/libvirt/images/tkl-core.img -s 15 -b br0 --vnc noautoconsole
When I connect to the VNC console, I get the Turnkey linux
options screen.
I select Install to hard disk from there and it seems to
start the install but crashes during the installer startup.
This is repeatable so there has to be a way to debug it.
I tried turning on the debug option for virt-install but that
did not give me any useful info.
virt-install debug options only relate to host side debugging. From your
description it sounds like the crashes is guest side, so you'd likely
need to set guest kenrel debug options - eg make it log to the serial
console at boot time so you see guest kernel messages
Daniel
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9:23 a.m.
Daniel:
> I tried turning on the debug option for virt-install but that
> did not give me any useful info.
virt-install debug options only relate to host side
debugging. From your
description it sounds like the crashes is guest side, so you'd likely
need to set guest kenrel debug options - eg make it log to the serial
console at boot time so you see guest kernel messages
Thank you for getting back to me. I have been trying to figure
out how set the guest to log messages to the serial console.
I tried this command:
virt-install -n v1092 -r 512 --vcpus=1 --check-cpu --os-type=linux
--os-variant=ubuntuhardy -v --accelerate
-c /tmp/turnkey-lamp-2009.10-hardy-x86.iso
-f /var/lib/libvirt/images/v1092.img -s 15 -b br0
--nographics -x "console ttyS0"
When I do that, I get this output:
Starting install...
Creating domain...
Connected to domain v1092
Escape character is ^]
And then it just sits there doing nothing.
My guess is the host is connected to a serial port, but the
guest does not know to set its console to that port.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Neil
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