[virt-tools-list] virt-install fails to install debian wheezy domU on debian wheezy dom0

[Tomas Agartz]

The problem below persists with debian 7.3. Unable to install either amd64 
or i386 wheezy domU:s. Installing oldstable (squeeze) works fine.

//tlund

On Fri, 27 Sep 2013, Tomas Agartz wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Sep 2013, Cole Robinson wrote:
>
>> On 09/27/2013 05:01 AM, Tomas Agartz wrote:
>> 
>>> I have several XEN domU:s running om my server that I have installed in 
>>> the past. I have recently upgraded the dom0 (and most of the domU) to 
>>> Debian Wheezy. Tried installing a new (wheezy) guest today, but it seems 
>>> to fail to mount the initrd if I understand the error correctly. This is 
>>> how I install:
>>> 
>>> virt-install --name=${DOMU} --ram=128 --disk path=/dev/vg1/${DOMU} 
>>> --network bridge:vlan200 --nographics --paravirt --location ${URL}
>>> 
>>> with URL=http://130.239.18.163/debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-i386 it 
>>> fails but if I change the URL to point to squeeze instead, the 
>>> installation starts.
>>> 
>>> virt-install in Debian Wheezy (on my dom0) is version 0.600.1. My dom0 is 
>>> a x86_64 machine.
>>> 
>>> No idea if this is a Debian problem, a problem with virt-install, or if I 
>>> am doing sometihng wrong myself, so I am asking on this list first.
>> 
>> Please provide the output of this command with --debug.
>
> DOMU=test
> URL=http://130.239.18.163/debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-i386
> virt-install --debug --name=${DOMU} --ram=128 --disk path=/dev/vg1/${DOMU} 
> --network bridge:vlan200 --nographics --paravirt --location ${URL} > 
> virt-install.txt 2>&1
>
> Output posted at: http://tlund.pp.se/virt-install/virt-install.txt
>
>> Also, how is it failing? virt-install error or error inside the VM install?
>
> [    1.451502] No filesystem could mount root, tried:
> [    1.451509] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on  unknown-block(0,0)
> [    1.451522] Pid: 1, comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.2.0-4-686-pae #1 Debian  3.2.46-1
> [    1.451530] Call Trace:
> [    1.451543]  [<c12becb0>] ? panic+0x4d/0x141
> [    1.451551]  [<c1419aa4>] ? mount_block_root+0x1e2/0x203
> [    1.451561]  [<c1002930>] ? hypercall_page+0x930/0x1000
> [    1.451567]  [<c1419afe>] ? mount_root+0x39/0x4d
> [    1.451576]  [<c1419c20>] ? prepare_namespace+0x10e/0x13e
> [    1.451583]  [<c1419829>] ? kernel_init+0x12c/0x131
> [    1.451592]  [<c14196fd>] ? start_kernel+0x32a/0x32a
> [    1.451598]  [<c12c84fe>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x10
>
> //tlund