4.6.2 Xen Geek Problems

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Xen: Failed to get devices for domain virtual1 - [Solved] 2006-08-15 18:08
Starting install...
libvir: Xen Daemon error : POST operation failed: No such domain virtual1
Failed to get devices for domain virtual1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install.py", line 460, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install.py", line 451, in main
    start_paravirt_install(name, ram, disk, mac, uuid, src, options.extra)
  File "/usr/sbin/xenguest-install.py", line 331, in start_paravirt_install
    dom = conn.createLinux(cfgxml, 0)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 233, in createLinux
    if ret is None:raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateLinux() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: virDomainCreateLinux() failed
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Solution

See the error messages in /var/log/xend-debug.log.
I had too few memory on the host system. I have reduced the memory amount of the master system down to 200 MB:
xm mem-set 0 200
Then, re-launch the xenguest-install.py script and assign the necessary 256 MB for the guest system.