[virt-tools-list] Installin RHEL6b2 as domU on RHEL5.5

[Andrew Jones]

On 07/13/2010 06:40 PM, Ray Van Dolson wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:49:48AM -0700, Andrew Jones wrote:
>> On 07/09/2010 05:35 PM, Ray Van Dolson wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 01:11:31AM -0700, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 06:19:20PM -0700, Ray Van Dolson wrote:
>>>>> Tried to install RHEL 6.0b2 x86_64 on a RHEL5.5 machine.  Everything
>>>>> works OK up until Anaconda tries to enter the graphical installer.
>>>>> Then I just get a black window and have to reboot.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I pass the "text" option, I'm able to do the install via VNC and
>>>>> everything works fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Didn't find anything similar in bugzilla but thought I'd check here
>>>>> first before filing a new bug.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, beta 2 was (ahem) somewhat buggy.  I found and filed about 6 bugs
>>>> already.  If you have useful log information (eg. Xorg.log) and/or can
>>>> easily reproduce this, then it would be helpful to file a bug.
>>>>
>>>> Was this Xen or KVM?
>>>>
>>>> Rich.
>>>
>>> This was Xen.  I haven't done much Xen troubleshooting before, but I'll
>>> look up a few of the bugs you filed and figure out what information I
>>> need to try to yank out.
>>>
>>
>> I think this is fixed with the later composes (at least the latest is
>> working for me). If you have access to a latest compose, then please try
>> installing it. If the problem persists, then please open a bug with as
>> much info as possible (maybe check all the virtual terms for anaconda
>> debug output, etc.).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Andrew
> 
> A later compose wouldn't be publicly available, correct?
> 
> Ray

Yeah, I'm afraid not. I'm not sure there's anything beyond beta2 for you
to experiment with :-(  I think you should be able to install a beta2
guest though, you just need to switch to a different virtual terminal to
see the progress. Or use a text-only or vnc (vnc connection to anaconda,
not virt-viewer vnc) mode install.

Andrew