Hi, I have followed the Howto on Xen in order to install xen (I installed the binary version from page 2 of the Howto) My Linux knowledge is limited so I will have to tell a big story to explain it Everything went grand. I installed it initially on a Debain system and successfully followed the instructions to create a Debian virtual host, I could log in and generally do everything and anything i wanted within it. However, I needed to install a Ubunutu image on the server. I found another Howto http://docs.anykey.se/xen-ubuntu/using-xen-tools-and-creating-virtual-machines/ which detailed how to install the ubuntu system via xen-tools. This would not work for me no matter what i tried, it always failed on the debootstrapping part. So, i decided to wipe the hard drive and go again. This time i started with Ubuntu, and followed your excellet walk through once more to get Xen installed. Then i switched to the second walkthrough and i managed to get a Ubuntu domain up and running. However when i log in to this domain i get this error message: -bash: no job control in this shell I cannot use a lot of the tools so i am attempting to get them via apt. When i run any apt command i am getting a Failed to Fetch message and the error code (101 Network is unreachable) Here is the output of my ifconfig on the vm01 root@vmubuntu1:~# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:3E:75:2A:95 inet addr:10.37.84.35 Bcast:10.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:2313 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:160854 (157.0 KiB) TX bytes:1048 (1.0 KiB) lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Could anybody help me out with this problem? Or if that is too much hassle perhaps point me to a walkthrough for a Ubuntu virtual machine install (It needs to be Ubuntu of any version) Thanks and Regards.
You can try the Debian tutorial: http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_xen3_debian but use Ubuntu all the way. I haven't tried it, but it should work because both are very similar.
I will try that and let you know my results. Instead of debootstrapping to the debian instalation, I will try a ubuntu source. If anybody has tried this could they please advise meof success/pitfalls please. Thanks.
That Ubuntu system worked after all, however after all my hard work to get it sorted, we now need to switch back to a Debain system.. doh Anyway, i have one more question i am hoping someone can help me with. I have created 4 domains, and on the booting of the fifth i get this error message: Error: Device 769 (vbd) could not be connected. Backend device not found. So i went to the /boot/grub/menu.lst and added the line regarding the max_loop value as stated in the howto and i rebooted. However my 4th domain and any others i try to boot still return the same error. Could there be any other configuration i need to add?
