When I try to install CentOS 5.5 in a new VM, I get an error that the installer is unable to retrieve stage2.img. I have verified the URL and I am able to download this file from a web browser.
I suspect it is a networking/routing issue, but I can't figure out what is wrong. This is a new install of XenServer 5.6 on a new server.
This server is remote, so I don't have physical access to the box – only ssh access.
Can anyone give me some tips on what might be wrong here? Do I need to do something special to get a net install to work?
For what it's worth, I see the same error trying to install Debian Woody using a similar process.
Console Screenshot http://img.skitch.com/20100608-ki5wnghn57w4cwies4txs2akwc.png
[Update] On the host, here is the output of ifconfig:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:B9:66:F4:1B
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:550110 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:87730 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:175102636 (166.9 MiB) TX bytes:46959244 (44.7 MiB)
Interrupt:20 Memory:e6000000-e6012800
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:B9:66:F4:1D
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:19 Memory:e8000000-e8012800
eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:B9:66:EC:44
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:18 Memory:ea000000-ea012800
eth3 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:B9:66:EC:46
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:20 Memory:ec000000-ec012800
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:35166 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:35166 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:74186349 (70.7 MiB) TX bytes:74186349 (70.7 MiB)
xenbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:B9:66:F4:1B
inet addr:38.101.26.97 Bcast:38.101.26.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:511631 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:63220 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:159956363 (152.5 MiB) TX bytes:44989078 (42.9 MiB)
xenbr1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:B9:66:F4:1D
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
xenbr2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:B9:66:EC:44
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
xenbr3 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:B9:66:EC:46
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Best Answer
Were you guided through the network setup before this screen appeared? Either the virtual network card isn't being detected, or more likely, Xen isn't running DHCP so you have to manually configure the IP/DNS/Gateway settings before you can complete the netinstall.