Interesting... I tried something similar using KOAN/Cobbler and believe
that is the error I saw as well...
On Mon, 23 Nov 2009, Charles J Gruener wrote:
> Doing a kickstart install of Fedora 12 results in a non-bootable image.
>
>> From a virt-maanger instance, the error produced when trying to run the domU
>> is:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/engine.py", line 498, in run_domain
> vm.startup()
> File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/domain.py", line 573, in startup
> self.vm.create()
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 287, in create
> if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainCreate() failed', dom=self)
> libvirtError: POST operation failed: xend_post: error from xen daemon:
> (xend.err "Error creating domain: Boot loader didn't return any data!")
>
> If you drop to the command line to see what pygrub gets back, you get:
>
> # pygrub /var/lib/xen/images/fedora12.img
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/pygrub", line 677, in ?
> fs = fsimage.open(file, get_fs_offset(file))
> IOError: [Errno 95] Operation not supported
>
> The kickstart worked perfectly in Fedora 11 on a CentOS 5.4 dom0.
>
> I've tried investigating all sorts of grub options and even tried copying
> kernel and initramfs files out from the domU to dom0 and booting from those
> with no luck. The only thing that does work is if I install Fedora 11 and
> then perform an upgrade to Fedora 12. I really don't want to have to deploy
> machines this way.
>
> Is anyone else experiencing this issue? I can provide any further
> information requested. Basically, to repeat my error, install CentOS 5.4
> with Virtualization, then try to install a Fedora 12 domU. The installation
> finishes without error but you can't boot. The systems are all x86_64.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Charles
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