[Pkg-ganeti-devel] Bug#528618: Bug#528618: ganeti (HVM mode) default expected kernel: /usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader in lenny not exist

[Iustin Pop]

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 09:49:43AM +0200, Grzegorz wrote:
> Package: ganeti                                                                        
> Version: 1.2.6-3                                                                       
> Severity: normal                                                                       
> 
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> 
> after add instance with:
> gnt-instance add -n node -t plain -s 42g --swap-size=42g -o debootstrap -m 
> 1024M -b eth0 --hvm-acpi=true --hvm-disk-type=ioemu --hvm-pae=true --hvm-
> cdrom-image-path=/srv/ganeti/iso/image.iso xserv
> 
> ganeti didn't report error, but default kernel path for hvm in ganeti is:
> /usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader
> 
> In lenny:
> /usr/lib/xen-3.2-1/boot/hvmloader 
> 
> Modify instance with 
> gnt-instance modify --kernel=/usr/lib/xen-3.2-1/boot/hvmloader
> didn't resolve problem (but in /var/lib/ganeti/config.data
> ganeti put proper path), in /var/log/ganeti/node-daemon.log is:
> Error: Kernel image does not exist: /usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader
> 
> 
> Workaround is simple - do symbolic link for xen 

Hi,

Thanks for the report. The symlink is indeed the simplest option in 1.2.
The setting for ‘kernel’ will not affect HVM instances - the HVM support
in 1.2 is a little bit hackish.

We're going to fix this in upstream future version so that it's working
correctly when modifying the kernel path; but for 1.2 and 2.0, you will
need the symlink. I'll see if patching the debian package is feasible.

thanks,
iustin