On 03.08.2017 22:03, Neale Ferguson wrote: > I have built all the bits and pieces for running libvirt/qemu/kvm on my > ClefOS (CentOS) system. I note that anything other than —graphics=none > results in an error as libvirt tries to fine a PCI device. Using none and > specifying --extra-args console=ttyS0 results in the KVM guest booting and > all the typical messages start displaying. It then gets to this point: > > Starting dracut initqueue hook… > > Nothing shows (except if I hit ESC and the alt console is shown with nice > coloured bars moving). Then I get the following: > > [ 135.596380] dracut-initqueue[600]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - > starting timeout scripts > [ 136.149054] dracut-initqueue[600]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - > starting timeout scripts > > > Before repeating this message multiple times and then giving up: > > Starting Switch Root... > [FAILED] Failed to start Switch Root. > See 'systemctl status initrd-switch-root.service' for details. > > Is there something I should have specified in the vert-install: > > virt-install \ > --name=itzgeekguest \ > --connect=qemu:///system \ > --ram=1024 \ > --arch=s390x \ > --virt-type=kvm \ > --vcpus=1 \ > --location=/mnt/iso \ > --os-type=linux \ > --os-variant=rhel7 \ > --network bridge=virbr0 \ > --graphics=none \ > --extra-args console=ttyS0 \ > --disk path=/var/kvm/clefos-7.3.1611.raw,size=4,bus=virtio > Hard to tell from afar ... could you try to run virt-install with "--print-step all" (not sure which one to use in this case) and post the resulting domain XML? What versions of qemu and libvirt are you using? > > Neale > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ >
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