[one-users] infinite boot loop

Wed Aug 8 00:10:13 PDT 2012

Hi,

On 8 August 2012 08:55, Jurgen Weber <jurgen.weber at theiconic.com.au> wrote:
> Some more on this. I reduced the template to the following:
>
> CPU="2"
> DISK=[
>
>   DRIVER="qcow2",
>   IMAGE="Debian 6.0.5",
>   IMAGE_UNAME="rocket" ]
>
> GRAPHICS=[
>   LISTEN="172.20.1.100",
>   TYPE="vnc" ]
> MEMORY="4GB"
> OS=[
>   ARCH="x86_64" ]
> RAW=[
>   TYPE="kvm" ]

Try changing the MEMORY parameter to "4096". The memory is specified
in MB, therefore using that template you are starting a VM with 4MB of
RAM :).

Hope this helps

>
> Same problem. I then grabbed the process/command and reduced it to the
> below:
>
> /usr/bin/kvm /var/lib/one/datastores/0/40/disk.0 -vnc 172.20.1.100:41
>
> it works great.
>
> How can I get opennebula to drop all of its command? something outside of
> the default that it is using is breaking it for me.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jurgen
>
> On 08/08/12 13:26, Jurgen Weber wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I am struggling with a new OpenNebula install, I have only dealt with
>> VMWare previosuly and do not have much 'vm + cloud' experience, so it has
>> been a learning process over the last week to understand all of the concepts
>> and what not... That said, I have a problem with OpenNebula + SunStone. My
>> system so far:
>>
>> # uname -a
>> Linux chaos 3.2.0-3-amd64 #1 SMP Thu Jun 28 09:07:26 UTC 2012 x86_64
>> GNU/Linux
>>
>> ii  opennebula 3.4.1-3+b1                           controller which
>> executes the OpenNebula cluster services
>> ii  opennebula-common 3.4.1-3                              empty package
>> to create OpenNebula users and directories
>> ii  opennebula-sunstone 3.4.1-3                              web interface
>> to which executes the OpenNebula cluster services
>> ii  opennebula-tools 3.4.1-3 Command-line tools for OpenNebula Cloud
>> ii  ruby-opennebula 3.4.1-3                              Ruby bindings for
>> OpenNebula Cloud API (OCA)
>> ii  kvm 1:1.1.0+dfsg-3                       dummy transitional package
>> from kvm to qemu-kvm
>> ii  qemu-kvm 1.1.0+dfsg-3                         Full virtualization on
>> x86 hardware
>> ii  libvirt-bin 0.9.12-3                             programs for the
>> libvirt library
>> ii  libvirt0 0.9.12-3                             library for interfacing
>> with different virtualization systems
>> ii  python-libvirt 0.9.12-3                             libvirt Python
>> bindings
>>
>> System Template:
>>
>> CPU="2"
>> DISK=[
>>   BUS="ide",
>>   DRIVER="qcow2",
>>   IMAGE="Debian 6.0.5",
>>   IMAGE_UNAME="rocket",
>>   TARGET="hda",
>>   TYPE="DISK" ]
>> GRAPHICS=[
>>   LISTEN="172.20.1.100",
>>   TYPE="vnc" ]
>> MEMORY="4GB"
>> NAME="aether"
>> NIC=[
>>   NETWORK="eth1-vlan100",
>>   NETWORK_UNAME="rocket" ]
>> NIC=[
>>   NETWORK="eth1-vlan200",
>>   NETWORK_UNAME="rocket" ]
>> OS=[
>>   ARCH="x86_64",
>>   BOOT="hd",
>>   ROOT="hda1" ]
>> RAW=[
>>   TYPE="kvm" ]
>> VCPU="2"
>>
>> ps axwwww of system:
>> /usr/bin/kvm -S -M pc-1.1 -enable-kvm -m 4 -smp
>> 2,sockets=2,cores=1,threads=1 -name one-33 -uuid
>> 37c0f915-b756-78b3-912a-04cb3118c469 -nodefconfig -nodefaults -chardev
>> socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/one-33.monitor,server,nowait
>> -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -no-shutdown
>> -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 -drive
>> file=/var/lib/one//datastores/0/33/disk.0,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,format=qcow2
>> -device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1
>> -netdev tap,fd=22,id=hostnet0 -device
>> rtl8139,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=02:00:ac:14:01:6a,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3
>> -netdev tap,fd=24,id=hostnet1 -device
>> rtl8139,netdev=hostnet1,id=net1,mac=02:00:ac:14:02:6a,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4
>> -vnc 172.20.1.100:33 -vga cirrus -device
>> virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5
>>
>> So, I followed the instructions found at this link:
>> http://wiki.debian.org/OpenNebula/PreparingDebianVmImage and created an
>> image, I did not do the contexualization part, I just create the disk image,
>> booted off the CD and installed, restarted, it booted up again. All is well.
>>
>> I then added these images into sunstone, and setup my template using them.
>>
>> I am now trying to boot from this image, you will note the template and
>> processor info above.
>>
>> This machine, just goes into an infinite loop. It boots, it posts... I see
>> "GRUB Loading. Welcome to Grub!" and then it starts all over again. After a
>> while (10 minutes or so) it will stop and say "error: out of memory.".
>>
>> I am really looking forward to getting this run, any ideas on how to make
>> the VM boot up?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
> --
> Jurgen Weber
>
> Systems Engineer
> IT Infrastructure Team Leader
>
> THE ICONIC | E jurgen.weber at theiconic.com.au | www.theiconic.com.au
>
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