Re: [CentOS] Installation of CentOS 6 on KVM - Hangs
- Original Message - - Original Message - Greetings- I'm attempting to install CentOS-6 x86_64 to a virtual machine running via KVM on a Proxmox 1.9 system. The specs are 4x CPUs, 4GB RAM, and 160GB HDD. Installation proceeds fine using either minimal or netinstall CDs until installation of the selinux or More specifically, it's hanging on the selinux-policy-targeted RPM. Not sure if this makes a difference, but I thought it worthy of note. Of interesting note, it now no longer hangs on selinux-policy-targeted, but every time now on qla2xxx-firmware which is the last package. I've let it sit overnight, same results. Even though I'd already verified MD5 of the ISO, I redownloaded from a different mirror, same results. I've tried disabling ACPI on the VM, giving less RAM, more RAM, use smaller HDD, larger HDD, more CPU cores, less CPU cores, etc. No change. Surely *someone* has installed CentOS 6 in a KVM VM and gotten it to work? :) --Tim ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Installation of CentOS 6 on KVM - Hangs
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Tim Nelson tnel...@rockbochs.com wrote: - Original Message - - Original Message - Greetings- I'm attempting to install CentOS-6 x86_64 to a virtual machine running via KVM on a Proxmox 1.9 system. The specs are 4x CPUs, 4GB RAM, and 160GB HDD. Installation proceeds fine using either minimal or netinstall CDs until installation of the selinux or More specifically, it's hanging on the selinux-policy-targeted RPM. Not sure if this makes a difference, but I thought it worthy of note. Of interesting note, it now no longer hangs on selinux-policy-targeted, but every time now on qla2xxx-firmware which is the last package. I've let it sit overnight, same results. Even though I'd already verified MD5 of the ISO, I redownloaded from a different mirror, same results. I've tried disabling ACPI on the VM, giving less RAM, more RAM, use smaller HDD, larger HDD, more CPU cores, less CPU cores, etc. No change. Surely *someone* has installed CentOS 6 in a KVM VM and gotten it to work? :) Yes I have quite a few CentOS 6 installs in KVM and have not experienced any of the issues you have mentioned. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Installation of CentOS 6 on KVM - Hangs
On Fri, 18 May 2012, Tim Nelson wrote: Surely *someone* has installed CentOS 6 in a KVM VM and gotten it to work? :) Time after time after time. :-) -- Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com 45°38' N, 122°6' W___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Installation of CentOS 6 on KVM - Hangs
On 05/18/2012 11:19 PM, Tim Nelson wrote: - Original Message - - Original Message - Greetings- I'm attempting to install CentOS-6 x86_64 to a virtual machine running via KVM on a Proxmox 1.9 system. The specs are 4x CPUs, 4GB RAM, and 160GB HDD. Installation proceeds fine using either minimal or netinstall CDs until installation of the selinux or More specifically, it's hanging on the selinux-policy-targeted RPM. Not sure if this makes a difference, but I thought it worthy of note. Of interesting note, it now no longer hangs on selinux-policy-targeted, but every time now on qla2xxx-firmware which is the last package. I've let it sit overnight, same results. Even though I'd already verified MD5 of the ISO, I redownloaded from a different mirror, same results. I've tried disabling ACPI on the VM, giving less RAM, more RAM, use smaller HDD, larger HDD, more CPU cores, less CPU cores, etc. No change. Surely *someone* has installed CentOS 6 in a KVM VM and gotten it to work? :) I see a delay after all packages are installed as well sometimes and I think this has something to do with post-install jobs that have to be done. How big is your boot partition? Regards, Dennis ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Installation of CentOS 6 on KVM - Hangs
- Original Message - On 05/18/2012 11:19 PM, Tim Nelson wrote: - Original Message - - Original Message - Greetings- I'm attempting to install CentOS-6 x86_64 to a virtual machine running via KVM on a Proxmox 1.9 system. The specs are 4x CPUs, 4GB RAM, and 160GB HDD. Installation proceeds fine using either minimal or netinstall CDs until installation of the selinux or More specifically, it's hanging on the selinux-policy-targeted RPM. Not sure if this makes a difference, but I thought it worthy of note. Of interesting note, it now no longer hangs on selinux-policy-targeted, but every time now on qla2xxx-firmware which is the last package. I've let it sit overnight, same results. Even though I'd already verified MD5 of the ISO, I redownloaded from a different mirror, same results. I've tried disabling ACPI on the VM, giving less RAM, more RAM, use smaller HDD, larger HDD, more CPU cores, less CPU cores, etc. No change. Surely *someone* has installed CentOS 6 in a KVM VM and gotten it to work? :) I see a delay after all packages are installed as well sometimes and I think this has something to do with post-install jobs that have to be done. How big is your boot partition? I have a 4GB swap partition, then the rest is dedicated to /, of course including /boot. --Tim ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Installation of CentOS 6 on KVM - Hangs
I see a delay after all packages are installed as well sometimes and I think this has something to do with post-install jobs that have to be done. How big is your boot partition? I see a huge delay as well, and I think it's unrelated to %post. I've timed my kickstart file %post section and it completes within seconds, whereas it takes a long time (5m? 10m?) before it even gets to %post. That's on a real machine, not kvm, though. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Installation of CentOS 6 on KVM - Hangs
- Original Message - I see a delay after all packages are installed as well sometimes and I think this has something to do with post-install jobs that have to be done. How big is your boot partition? I see a huge delay as well, and I think it's unrelated to %post. I've timed my kickstart file %post section and it completes within seconds, whereas it takes a long time (5m? 10m?) before it even gets to %post. That's on a real machine, not kvm, though. I've seen (and am comfortable with) the normal delay after package installation. But, leaving the system sit overnight and it still now completing makes me think there is something else amiss. I've got a new install sitting at the same location, hoping maybe now until Monday morning is enough time to fix it. :) --Tim ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Installation of CentOS 6 on KVM - Hangs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/16/2012 12:29 PM, Tim Nelson wrote: - Original Message - Greetings- I'm attempting to install CentOS-6 x86_64 to a virtual machine running via KVM on a Proxmox 1.9 system. The specs are 4x CPUs, 4GB RAM, and 160GB HDD. Installation proceeds fine using either minimal or netinstall CDs until installation of the selinux or More specifically, it's hanging on the selinux-policy-targeted RPM. Not sure if this makes a difference, but I thought it worthy of note. --Tim ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos How much memory did you give to the VM? selinux-policy rpm within a update takes a lot of memory. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk+1Hf8ACgkQrlYvE4MpobMB/wCeN2sJpUoT7GtCbv2bfwh0IYZc 7MYAn3/Us85DbMgOI5bIhJTYb9yRUuaS =LRnV -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Installation of CentOS 6 on KVM - Hangs
Daniel J Walsh writes: On 05/16/2012 12:29 PM, Tim Nelson wrote: - Original Message - Greetings- I'm attempting to install CentOS-6 x86_64 to a virtual machine running via KVM on a Proxmox 1.9 system. The specs are 4x CPUs, 4GB RAM, and 160GB HDD. Installation proceeds fine using either minimal or netinstall CDs until installation of the selinux or More specifically, it's hanging on the selinux-policy-targeted RPM. Not sure if this makes a difference, but I thought it worthy of note. --Tim ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos How much memory did you give to the VM? selinux-policy rpm within a update takes a lot of memory. Absolutely. I found that it will not work well or at all with less than 512MB of RAM. If less is wanted, it can be reduced afterwards, but that's the minimum needed for installation. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Installation of CentOS 6 on KVM - Hangs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/17/2012 12:01 PM, Lars Hecking wrote: Daniel J Walsh writes: On 05/16/2012 12:29 PM, Tim Nelson wrote: - Original Message - Greetings- I'm attempting to install CentOS-6 x86_64 to a virtual machine running via KVM on a Proxmox 1.9 system. The specs are 4x CPUs, 4GB RAM, and 160GB HDD. Installation proceeds fine using either minimal or netinstall CDs until installation of the selinux or More specifically, it's hanging on the selinux-policy-targeted RPM. Not sure if this makes a difference, but I thought it worthy of note. --Tim ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos How much memory did you give to the VM? selinux-policy rpm within a update takes a lot of memory. Absolutely. I found that it will not work well or at all with less than 512MB of RAM. If less is wanted, it can be reduced afterwards, but that's the minimum needed for installation. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Yes installing with less then 512 would be a problem. It might be a little better in RHEL7. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk+1IY4ACgkQrlYvE4MpobOrKwCZAUUjXBsFmp1oUj64iAnG5uTQ FcUAn33TyPQwuOyjjHdGoYyhSb/J7pJw =2sGo -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Installation of CentOS 6 on KVM - Hangs
- Original Message - Greetings- I'm attempting to install CentOS-6 x86_64 to a virtual machine running via KVM on a Proxmox 1.9 system. The specs are 4x CPUs, 4GB RAM, and 160GB HDD. Installation proceeds fine using either minimal or netinstall CDs until installation of the selinux or More specifically, it's hanging on the selinux-policy-targeted RPM. Not sure if this makes a difference, but I thought it worthy of note. --Tim ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
