[Users] On oVirt 3.1, Fedora 16 and 17 hang at boot

[Itamar Heim]

On 06/21/2012 06:35 AM, Bing Bu Cao wrote:
> Hi,everyone
>
> I have also met this problem recently,but I was just using vdsm to
> create a vm and boot it to install FC16/17 instead of using ovirt-engine.
>
> Maybe it is a bug or problem of vdsm.
> I also met one problem:
> After created a vm,after a while,trying to get info or shutdown the
> vm,the vm will be not responding.
>
> I have no idea whether the two problems are relative.
>
> On 06/21/2012 12:38 AM, Jason Brooks wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm testing oVirt 3.1 with a few different VM types, and I'm
>> experiencing boot issues with Fedora 16 and 17, 64bit. F17 hangs while
>> booting from the F17 install DVD. F16 installs normally (minimal
>> install), but hangs during the initial boot after installation. The F16
>> VM will boot to rescue mode, however.
>>
>> The VM appears to get through the full boot process, but then the CPU
>> usage goes to 99 or 100% and the VM won't respond. I've tried with spice
>> and vnc consoles, with and without USB enabled. I've let it sit for
>> quite a while, and the VM CPU usage stays pegged, and the VMs remain
>> unresponsive.
>>
>> CentOS 6.2 and Ubuntu 12.04 VMs, both 64bit, work normally on my oVirt
>> 3.1 setup. Any idea what might be causing the issue, or how I might go
>> about debugging it?

did you try ide disk instead of virtio? a VM without a nic?