On 03/09/2013 02:35 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > I've made much more progress this time, but there are still outstanding > issues: > > - neither "xe console" or VNC seems to allow ALT-F[2-6] keystrokes, so I > can't get other virtual terminals and therefore can't obtain any useful > log/status messages. This issue alone makes me feel I'm really wasting > my time as it prevents me doing any serious troubleshooting efficiently. > > - when I connect with "xe console", it doesn't show me the current > content of the screen, I have to press enter - but that pushes the > installer to the next menu
This is a problem with Xen, not with XAPI, IMO. Xen doesn't keep a buffer of the tty1, which is a real annoyance. The problem is the same with "xm console" and "xl console". But it must be possible to start your vm into a paused state (I haven't checked, but that might be one of the options of "xe vm-start", just like with "xm start -p"), attach to its console, and THEN unpause it. This works well with xend. > - I still can't get expert mode install, it always seems to go with the > basic install (unless I do a HVM install like the other day, booting > from ISO) I believe that you can use a boot option that can be set. > - networking is really troublesome, I have to deliberately hit the > cancel button in both the IPv6 auto-config and DHCP screens, otherwise > it seems to think it has a valid IPv6 address and doesn't let me put in > the desired IPv4 address - this is partly speculation though, because > without the other virtual consoles, I can't really check which address > it picked up Well, can't you go into the "Execute a shell" option of d-i to check? > - I couldn't find any convenient way to override the disk size when > using the vm-install command, and I have to delete and recreate the VDI, > this is a pain when scripting Well, the default HDD size is with the template itself, so the only way to change the default, is either to change the default template, or make a new one. Making a new one is basically what you do when you do: vm=$(xe vm-install template=$template new-name-label=debian) Then you can resize the HDD: xe vm-disk-list vm=$vm xe vdi-resize uuid=<UUID-OF-THE-VDI> disk-size=10GiB I think that's quite easy, no? This comes directly from the README.Debian, paragraph 6.2. > However, my install did succeed, but it gives some errors about "g.e. > still in use": > > ┌─────────────────────┤ Finishing the installation ├──────────────────────┐ > │ │ > │ 95% │ > │ │ > The system is going down NOW!ystem... │ > Sent SIGTERM to all processes │ > Sent SIGKILL to all > processes───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ > Requesting system reboot > [ 1419.728488] WARNING: g.e. still in use! > [ 1419.728500] WARNING: g.e. still in use! > [ 1424.673842] Restarting system. That's a warning, not an error, so I believe it can be ignored. Cheers, Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
