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

[Cole Robinson]

On 01/07/2014 05:41 PM, Tomas Agartz wrote:
> 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
>>

This doesn't seem specific to virt-install. I'd recommend filing a debian bug
against libvirt or xen for further triage.

- Cole