This is the command line and error I’m getting …
vm-install -d ‘phy://dev/md2,xvda,disk,w’ -m 1024 -M 1024 -o oes2nw -n pq8nw -v -s ‘nfs://192.168.0.103/home/mike/install_kits/NW65OS’
Error: The installation source is using an unsupported protocol. (dev:/)
That IP address is the OpenSuSE 11.1 dom0 Xen host. I have tried all variations I can think of for an installation source including phy:/dev/sr0
What bugs me is that many months ago it all worked. More recently, I ran into Tomcat issues on my domU oes2nw machine. In the end I decided to re-install oes2nw from scratch but couldn’t get it to recognise the same installation media (DVD) I used originally. I figure the only thing different was the incremental update patches installed since last year.
Right now I can’t get past the above error. Any hints would be very much appreciated.
Mike
I’m now getting a different error …
No kernel was found. The installation may have failed.
… which came about after trying the installation after umount’ing /dev/cdrom on dom0. I did that because at one point I got an error saying the domU guest couldn’t access a device in the privileged domain. Anyway I think the No kernel error is wrong.
In the Xen python source it is hard-coded to look for a kernel in /STARTUP/XNLOADER.SYS in the CD. That file exists and I can see activity on the DVD drive when it reports the No kernel error.
The media is fine.
So I reckon I’m stumped.
Any suggestions?
Mike
On digging around and trying different CD settings I noticed that the xen config file said it should look in /tmp/hh423gy3 (or similar). I copied /STARTUP/XNLOADER.SYS from the CD to /tmp/XNLOADER.SYS and adjusted the config file accordingly.
From then on xm create launched the Netware installer and it installed properly and I haven’t looked back.
Whew!
I’m new to this community… Any way, when i download hypervisor and tools for xen in 12.1 GNOME, after i reboot and go into my xen kerel i dont have , the ‘create virtual machines’ option is not there. Also in the installation i tried to create a network bridge (in domain0), but while im creating the bridge my network disconnects and it says " no network found! " and after i reboot and go into my xen kernel i dont have the option i talked about before. HELP!!!