[xen-tools-discuss] Problems with xen-create-image --role minimal

[S. Kremer]

Hi Axel,

thanks for your answers.
I removed the line with cpio in minimal script and now it works fine.

Kind regards,
Stefan

Am 19.11.2013 16:57, schrieb Axel Beckert:
> Hi again,
> 
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 01:50:05PM +0100, Axel Beckert wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 01:16:20PM +0100, S. Kremer wrote:
>>> after upgrade from debian squeeze to debian wheezy and xen 4.1 i have
>>> problems to create a new virtual machine by using xen-create-image.
>>>
>>> To create a new virtual machine i use the following command:
>>>
>>> xen-create-image --hostname new-vm1 --ip 192.168.101.45 --vcpus 1
>>> --memory 512m --dist wheezy --passwd --role minimal --partitions server1
>>> --verbose
>>>
>>> All is fine till the moment the script for minimal role is running.
>>
>> I must admit that the example roles which are installed by default
>> don't get much love as I don't use them.
> 
> The minimal role currently does not work together properly with
> --pygrub (which is on by default for e.g. most Ubuntu releases).
> 
>>> The script hangs at the point "Removing
>>> linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64..."
>>
>> Confirmed. There seems to be an interactive question popping about
>> about kernel removal which seems not visible unless you press enter or
>> similar due to capturing output and hence not having a proper terminal
>> for such questions.
> 
> Point is that it shouldn't remove the kernel at all. Currently the
> role removes cpio, but initramfs-tools depend on cpio and the kernels
> depend on initramfs-tools.
> 
> So the quick as well as necessary fix is to not remove cpio. Just
> remove the whole line that contains "cpio" from the file.
> 
> For the 4.4 release, I'll rework the minimal role to be more minimal
> and less based on personal preference, i.e. I'll rather remove all vim
> versions and just keep nvi or nano instead of installing (compared to
> vim-tiny and nvi rather bloaty) vim.
> 
> 		Kind regards, Axel
>