On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 07:19:31AM +0000, Addison Gourluck wrote: > Hey, > > I'm trying to use guestfish to run a few lvm-related commands on an image, but > I'm getting errors. The error message suggested that I should send the error > output to this mailing list. > > The simplest version of the command I'm running is as follows: > > ``` > PSEUDO_DISABLED=1 guestfish -v --format=raw -a MY_IMAGE << EOF > run > pvcreate /dev/sda > EOF > ``` > > and the error that I'm getting is quite long, but it seems to start failing > about here: > > ``` > supermin: deleting initramfs files > supermin: chroot > Starting /init script ... > mount: only root can use "--types" option (effective UID is 65534) > /init: line 38: /proc/cmdline: No such file or directory > mount: only root can use "--types" option (effective UID is 65534) > mount: only root can use "--options" option (effective UID is 65534) > dd: failed to open '/dev/urandom': No such file or directory > Failed to redirect standard streams to /dev/null: No such file or directory > ``` > > The errors at this point are quite obviously due to the mount commands somehow > failing, and most errors are complaining about /dev/ not existing, and other > fatal failures. > > This is especially unusual, because running this command normally on Ubuntu > 20.04 works fine, but when it runs as part of my build process, it fails. The > build tool that I'm using is Yocto's bitbake. I don't think it even begins to > try to run the LVM commands, as it seems to fail before it even gets there. > > Interestingly, if I clean out the files at /tmp/.guestfs-1000/, then run the > test tool like this "TMPDIR=/tmp libguestfs-test-tool", then also run my build > with "TMPDIR=/tmp" set, it will succeed normally. The files in /tmp are > identical in every way (I shasumed them), except for two: "/tmp/.guestfs-1000/ > appliance.d/initrd" and "/tmp/.guestfs-1000/appliance.d/root". Their > permissions and user/group are also identical. > > The versions of relevant packages are as follows: > > ``` > supermin 5.1.20 > guestfish 1.40.2
Is it the Debian libguestfs package, or self-built? Please run libguestfs-test-tool and attach the complete, unedited output. Rich. > QEMU emulator version 4.2.1 (Debian 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.23) > Linux Kernel 5.15.0-53-generic > ``` > > I'm happy to provide more information, or full debug logs, if someone can > offer > instructions on how best to share them. > > Regards, -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com virt-p2v converts physical machines to virtual machines. Boot with a live CD or over the network (PXE) and turn machines into KVM guests. http://libguestfs.org/virt-v2v _______________________________________________ Libguestfs mailing list Libguestfs@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs
