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

[Robert Middleswarth]

On 06/21/2012 11:37 AM, Jason Brooks wrote:
> On 06/20/2012 11:18 PM, Itamar Heim wrote:
>> 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?
> I just tried booting from the F17 installer with each of these cases:
> using an ide disk, using no disk, using e1000 nic, rtl8139 nic, no nic.
> I've also tried with both preallocated and thin provisioned disks. All
> the same: the F17 install dvd hangs at boot.
Isn't there a bug regarding san link causing issues with read-only medium?

Thanks
Robert
>
> The same F17 dvd image, when accessed from the same nfs share via
> virt-manager on my F17 notebook, works as expected.
>
> The F16 dvd image boots at least, as does the boot.fedoraproject.org
> image, though Fedora systems installed with either of those do not boot.
>
> Maybe I'll try building a new vdsm to test.
>
> Jason
>
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