Re: [9fans] recent plan9.iso on hosted kvm/qemu

["Stanley Lieber" <stanley.lieber@gmail.com>]

To recap:

I'm attempting to install Plan 9 from a recent .iso on a hosted KVM/qemu
account. Both the Bell Labs and 9atom installers die here:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5098/5468343552_28695be1dd_o.png

I've managed to obtain the host's KVM config file, in libvirtd XML format:

<domain type='kvm' id='100'>
  <name>user-2</name>
  <uuid>REDACTED</uuid>
  <memory>786432</memory>
  <currentMemory>786432</currentMemory>
  <vcpu>1</vcpu>
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
  </features>
  <clock offset='utc'/>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm</emulator>
    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
      <source dev='/dev/vol1/user-2'/>
      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
      <source file='/home/user/ISO/plan9.iso'/>
      <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
      <readonly/>
    </disk>
    <interface type='ethernet'>
      <mac address='52:54:00:27:34:07'/>
      <script path='/home/kvm-admin/scripts/attach-tap-to-vlan.sh'/>
      <target dev='tap0-407'/>
      <model type='e1000'/>
    </interface>
    <serial type='tcp'>
      <source mode='bind' host='127.0.0.1' service='8081'/>
      <protocol type='telnet'/>
      <target port='0'/>
    </serial>
    <console type='tcp'>
      <source mode='bind' host='127.0.0.1' service='8081'/>
      <protocol type='telnet'/>
      <target port='0'/>
    </console>
    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
    <graphics type='vnc' port='5981' autoport='no' listen=''/>
  </devices>
</domain>

The actual KVM command is:

/usr/bin/kvm -S -M pc -m 768 -smp 1 -name user-2 -uuid 101ff6a0-206b-012e-09d2-525400972102 -monitor pty -boot c -drive file=/dev/vol1/user-2,if=ide,index=0,boot=on -drive file=/home/user/ISO/plan9.iso,if=ide,media=cdrom,index=2 -net nic,macaddr=52:54:00:27:34:07,vlan=0,model=e1000 -net tap,ifname=tap0-407,script=/home/kvm-admin/scripts/attach-tap-to-vlan.sh,vlan=0 -serial telnet:127.0.0.1:8081,server,nowait -parallel none -usb -vnc :81,password

Does anything here look obviously incorrect?

The hosting sevice is interested in offering Plan 9 services, so once
we get this working it may well be of use to others.

-sl