On Tue May 22, 2007 at 23:01:08 +0200, Lars wrote: > I'm running a Debian Etch xen-server and I'm having problem with the > xen-tools are freezing up when i create DomU's and i have to reboot.
That's not good. > But it happens randomly, sometimes I can create DomU in the first > attempt, some times it takes 3-5 attempts. I've tried creating DomU > manually with debootstrap, but with same result. > http://www.option-c.com/xwiki/Create_a_Debian_VM_with_debootstrap So you're saying that using debootstrap manually, without xen-tools causes a freeze? That suggests to me that the xen-tools are not at fault, since they also eventually delegate most of the work to debootstrap. > I've disabled /lib/tls and tried booting with "noapic nolapic > acpi=off", but no luck. I'd suggest it might be network/disc related. Since the kernel is old in real terms there are sometimes issues. Until I upgraded my Sid system to the 2.6.20x kernel I found Xen would randomly crash on heavy I/O, or network traffic. > I haven't reported it as a bug yet. Most of all because of it > happens so random and cause I'm not sure of if the problem lies with > xen-tools, debootstrap or a third option. I think a xen-specific issue, since it is hard to see how debootstrap could crash your system. > Another thing, xen-tools ignores when I define a role, > "--role=basic". I also tried the ones that comes with the xen-tool, > such as "gdm". I also tried to define --roledir and the absolute > path to the role, but no luck. The skeleton directory works fine > though... That sounds like a bug. Report it to the BTS or I'll probably forget to take a look properly. Still if you're running Etch you'll not see the fix unless you use the etch backported package available from my site / the homepage. (Hmmm I've not uploaded the current release just yet. Will do that today.) Steve -- # Commercial Debian GNU/Linux Support http://www.linux-administration.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
