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Old 8th April 2010, 08:57
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Default Debootstrap method fails to get release file http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/
This is the article I am referring to
http://www.howtoforge.com/using-xen-...ms-debian-etch

I try to install by debootstrap method and installation aborts in
middle of the process. The error showing in /var/log/xen-tools/filename.log is
Code:
I: Retrieving Release
E: Failed getting release file http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/Release

Copying files from new installation to host.
Copying files from /tmp/jUrDxM_Km2/var/cache/apt/archives -> /var/cache/apt/archives
Done
Done
The installation of the new system has failed.

The system is missing the common file: /bin/ls
Done
System installation failed.  Aborting
While I checked from browser link
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/Release I was able to get
release file but some how debootstrap method is failing to get release
file what can be cause of error?
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Old 8th April 2010, 09:55
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I know the url works when you wget it, but try a different mirror and try again, see what happens. I've had this problem as wel before, just switched mirrors and it worked for me.
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I know the url works when you wget it, but try a different mirror and try again, see what happens. I've had this problem as wel before, just switched mirrors and it worked for me.
Yes that URL works that is why I mentioned above that RELEASE files I have been able to access from some other machine using a browser can you tell me how can I check if it is communicating with internet the machine is behind a proxy and ping www.google.com wont work behind a proxy.I have to do it on command line.

apt-get update is also having following problems so I guess that it
is some other issue.
Code:
openworld:~# apt-get update
Err http://http.us.debian.org stable Release.gpg                                                                                             
  Could not resolve 'http.us.debian.org'
Err http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Translation-en_US                                                                                  
  Could not resolve 'http.us.debian.org'
Err http://http.us.debian.org stable/contrib Translation-en_US                                            
  Could not resolve 'http.us.debian.org'
Err http://http.us.debian.org stable/non-free Translation-en_US                                           
  Could not resolve 'http.us.debian.org'
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org squeeze Release.gpg                                                          
  Could not resolve 'ftp.de.debian.org'
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org squeeze/main Translation-en_US                                               
  Could not resolve 'ftp.de.debian.org'
Err http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny Release.gpg                          
  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'
Err http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/main Translation-en_US               
  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'
Err http://http.us.debian.org unstable Release.gpg
  Could not resolve 'http.us.debian.org'
Err http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Translation-en_US
  Could not resolve 'http.us.debian.org'
Err http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg
  Could not resolve 'security.debian.org'
Err http://security.debian.org etch/updates/lenny Translation-en_US
  Could not resolve 'security.debian.org'
Err http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/non-free Translation-en_US
  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'
Err http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/contrib Translation-en_US
  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'
Err http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Translation-en_US
  Could not resolve 'security.debian.org'
Err http://security.debian.org etch/updates/non-free Translation-en_US
  Could not resolve 'security.debian.org'
Err http://security.debian.org lenny/updates Release.gpg
  Could not resolve 'security.debian.org'
Err http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Translation-en_US
  Could not resolve 'security.debian.org'
Err http://security.debian.org stable/updates Release.gpg
  Could not resolve 'security.debian.org'
Err http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Translation-en_US
  Could not resolve 'security.debian.org'
Err http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Translation-en_US
  Could not resolve 'security.debian.org'
Err http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Translation-en_US
  Could not resolve 'security.debian.org'
Err http://http.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Translation-en_US
  Could not resolve 'http.us.debian.org'
Err http://http.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Translation-en_US
  Could not resolve 'http.us.debian.org'
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/Release.gpg  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/etch/updates/Release.gpg  Could not resolve 'security.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/etch/updates/lenny/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Could not resolve 'security.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/etch/updates/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Could not resolve 'security.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/etch/updates/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Could not resolve 'security.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/lenny/updates/Release.gpg  Could not resolve 'security.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/lenny/updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Could not resolve 'security.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/Release.gpg  Could not resolve 'security.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Could not resolve 'security.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Could not resolve 'security.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Could not resolve 'security.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/Release.gpg  Could not resolve 'http.us.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Could not resolve 'http.us.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Could not resolve 'http.us.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Could not resolve 'http.us.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/Release.gpg  Could not resolve 'http.us.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Could not resolve 'http.us.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/contrib/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Could not resolve 'http.us.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Could not resolve 'http.us.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/Release.gpg  Could not resolve 'ftp.de.debian.org'

W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Could not resolve 'ftp.de.debian.org'

W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
I do not have a physical access to the machine.Only an ssh on LAN.
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Old 8th April 2010, 11:40
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Code:
host ftp.us.debian.org
check if you get an ip response

if not, then you should check your nameserver settings (/etc/resolv.conf)
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Yes It is giving an IP response so that means it is able to get to ftp.us.debian.org
So what should be next step.
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Old 8th April 2010, 13:14
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Strange, because you said:

Code:
Err http://http.us.debian.org stable Release.gpg                                                                                             
  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'
before, but it resolves just fine ..

what if you put this in your /etc/apt/sources.list:
Code:
deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ lenny main

deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib
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Strange, because you said:

Code:
Err http://http.us.debian.org stable Release.gpg                                                                                             
  Could not resolve 'ftp.us.debian.org'
before, but it resolves just fine ..

what if you put this in your /etc/apt/sources.list:
Code:
deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ lenny main

deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib
By the time I read your reply I had transferred an Installation ISO to the target machine and loop mounted it.After wards gave the path to mounted folder where the installation CD was mounted
as following
Code:
openworld:~# xen-create-image --hostname=vignettes --size=150Gb --swap=4Gb --ip=192.168.100.151 --force --memory=2Gb --arch=amd64 --role=udev --install-method=debootstrap --install-source=/home/openworld/inscd/

General Information
--------------------
Hostname       :  vignettes
Distribution   :  lenny
Partitions     :  swap            4Gb   (swap)
                  /               150Gb (ext3)
Image type     :  full
Memory size    :  2Gb
Kernel path    :  /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-xen-amd64
Initrd path    :  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-xen-amd64

Networking Information
----------------------
IP Address 1   : 192.168.100.151 [MAC: 00:16:3E:0B:3A:9B]
Netmask        : 255.255.255.0
Broadcast      : 172.21.100.255
Gateway        : 192.168.100.147

Removing /dev/virtualization/vignettes-swap - since we're forcing the install
Removing /dev/virtualization/vignettes-disk - since we're forcing the install

Creating swap on /dev/virtualization/vignettes-swap
Done

Creating ext3 filesystem on /dev/virtualization/vignettes-disk
Done
Installation method: debootstrap
(Source: /home/openworld/inscd/)
Done

Running hooks
Done

Role: udev
	File: /etc/xen-tools/role.d/udev
Role script completed.

Creating Xen configuration file
Done
Setting up root password
Enter new UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password: 
passwd: password updated successfully
All done
So I infer that installation was successful.
But I have to
Q1) Do a xend start each time I reboot Dom0 I want to get rid of this.
Q2) DomU did not booted
I tried xm console dom name it gave me an error dom does not exist but the process did not stop in between so why is that error coming I am not able to boot DomU .
I do
xm start vignettes
I get error
Code:
WARING!  Can't find version 3.2 of xen utils, fallback to default version!
Error: Domain 'vignettes' does not exist.
There is a corresponding cfg file in /etc/xen so I am not clear with what is the cause of error ?
How can I get rid of this one?
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You should have a config file with the name of the dom0 in /etc/xen

f.e. /etc/xen/vignettes
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Yes there is a config file
/etc/xen/vignettes.cfg

It fails to start domU
Code:
openworld:/etc/xen# xm start vignettes
WARING!  Can't find version 3.2 of xen utils, fallback to default version!
Error: Domain 'vignettes' does not exist.
What should be my next step?
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Code:
apt-get install xen-utils-3.2-1
xm create vignettes.cfg
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