On Sun, 2007-12-09 at 18:24 -0800, Glen wrote: > Bryen wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-09 at 13:36 -0800, Glen wrote: > > > >> All - > >> > >> I'm running OpenSuse 10.3 with all patches installed. I have two > >> servers - both brand new Dell PowerEdge 2950s - one with two dual-core > >> 2.00 GHz CPUs, 4GB RAM, and one with two quad-core 3.00 GHz CPUs, 8GB > >> RAM. The machines appear to run fine with no problems. However, when I > >> boot into the Xen-PAE kernel, and launch the graphical VM-INSTALL > >> client, the entire server hangs during the installation of software onto > >> the VM. > >> > >> The setup creates the disk, the SuSE installer launches in a VNC window > >> on my desktop, I can configure disks and choose software. > >> > >> But when I actually get through the configuration, and the installer > >> starts to install SuSE on the virtual client's virtual disk, it gets > >> about 20% of the way through, and then the ENTIRE SERVER hangs. > >> > >> No output is written to the console. No boot.omsg, no dmesg, no xm > >> dmesg, nothing. > >> > >> As this happens on two separate machines, I doubt that I'm experiencing > >> a hardware failure. > >> > > Does the same thing happen when you install from the command line using > > the xen shell? (The xen shell command line can be started by typing xm) > > > > Bryen - > > Yes, I'm sorry to report that the command-line install (very cool, btw, > I wasn't aware of that option!), did in fact crash the entire server, at > roughly 30% of the way through the default installation. > > Any ideas or thoughts would be welcome! > > Glen
Ahh, regrettably, your timing is just horrible! :-) The box I normally use for VMs is currently experiencing a major hardware upgrade, and thus everything is wiped clean. As a consequence, I cannot go back to look for the exact location of log files to guide you. One thing I want to suggest, however, is maybe consider trying a different medium or different OS to see if the results are similar? And the reason I asked to try the xm shell was to see if there was a difference in whether the GUI was interferring in some way. Guess not. :-( -- ---Bryen--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
