[xen-tools] strange behaviour : installation not complete

[Eric Veiras Galisson]

Hello,

I have a strange behaviour with xen-tools 2.0-1 : the creation of a
sarge image seems to go well, but I cannot start my domU : normal! my
root image only contains /etc, /var and /lib...

I'm running Xen 3 from backports.org on a fresh sarge installation.
Xen-tools comes from the Steve Kemp repository.

My xen-tools.conf is like that (relevant lines only) :
---
lvm = domains
debootstrap = 1
size = 4Gb
memory = 128Mb
swap = 512Mb
fs = ext3
dist = sarge
image = sparse                   (don't really know what it is for, i
think it's for domU images on file, isn't it?)

kernel = /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-2-xen-686
initrd = /boot/initrd.img-2.6.16-2-xen-686

mirror = http://ftp2.fr.debian.org/debian/
---

I create my image with this command :

---
# xen-create-image --hostname=ocsinventory --ip=myip
--netmask=mynetmask --gateway=mygateway
---

and it responds :

---
General Infomation
--------------------
Hostname       :  ocsinventory
Distribution   :  sarge
Fileystem Type :  ext3

Size Information
----------------
Image size     :  4Gb
Swap size      :  512Mb
Image type     :  sparse
Memory size    :  128Mb
Kernel path    :  /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-2-xen-686
initrd path    :  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.16-2-xen-686

Networking Information
----------------------
IP Address 1   : 10.41.9.229
Netmask        : 255.255.254.0
Gateway        : 10.41.9.254


Creating ext3 filesystem on /dev/domains/ocsinventory-disk
Done

Installing your system with debootstrap mirror http://ftp2.fr.debian.org/debian/
Done

Running hooks
Done
No role script specified

Creating Xen configuration file
Done
All done
---

The i mount my /dev/domains/ocsinventory-disk and ls it :

---
# ls /tmp/mount/
etc   lib   lost+found   var
---

It's very strange, because i created this domU twice and got the same
problem twice, but on another machine, on Xen on unstable with
xen-tools 2.1-3, I don't remember having the same problem.
Is it a bug, a really strange bug ?
do I need to upgrade to the last version to check if it works ?

thanks all.
-- 
Eric Veiras Galisson