[xen-tools] xen-create-image memory usage leads to kernel oops

[Peter de Kraker]

Hello everybody,

I have been experimenting with Xen on Ubuntu Gutsy with a dual P3 server 
with 1.25Gb RAM.
Unfortunately I haven't been able to get a virtual instance up and running.

The problem is that when I use xen-create-image it always generates a 
kernel oops.
It looks like it has to do with the memory consumption because all the 
available memory is consumed when using xen-create-image. Often I get a 
pdflush process that hangs and sometimes it just stalls.

Is it normal that xen-create-image (using loop and debootstrap) uses 
that much memory?

TIA,

Peter